• MongoDB Community Edition to Atlas: A Migration Masterclass With BharatPE Launched in 2018, BharatPE is a fintech pioneer serving millions of Indian retailers and small businesses across more than 450 cities. • The company processes over ₹12,000 crore (about US $1.368 billion) in monthly Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based transactions. • One of BharatPE’s most innovative financial solutions is India’s first interoperable UPI QR code-a scannable 2D barcode that empowers users to make payments using the UPI system in India-and a zero-MDR (Merchant Discount Rate) payment acceptance service, which enables merchants to accept payments through the same system without any charges. • Behind BharatPE’s success is the ability to manage high volumes of data, maintain data security, and scale to accommodate growth and adapt to traffic peaks, all while keeping operational and maintenance burden low. • This is all powered byMongoDB Atlas. • Sumit Malik, Head of Database Operations at BharatPE,presented at MongoDB .local Delhi in July 2025, sharing the company’s transformational journey from managing aself-hosted version of MongoDB.
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- BharatPE, a 2018‑launched fintech serving millions of Indian retailers, showcased its migration from a self‑hosted MongoDB Community Edition to MongoDB Atlas at MongoDB .local Delhi in July 2025. The company’s 45 TB of data, previously spread across three sharded clusters, suffered from uneven load, high maintenance costs and limited disaster‑recovery options. By adopting Atlas, BharatPE gained seamless scalability, enhanced end‑to‑end security, and reduced operational overhead. The migration followed a five‑step, professional‑services‑led process-design, de‑risk, test, deploy, and optimize-ensuring zero downtime and continuous business continuity.
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