Free daily snapshot backups have been added to M2/M5 MongoDB Atlas clusters, providing users with automatic and regular 8-day backup retention. This new feature is available at no additional cost to all users of the 2GB and 5GB storage options. The snapshots are created on a secondary node to minimize performance impact and can be accessed from the MongoDB Atlas web front end. Users of M10 or larger clusters have access to policy-controlled continuous backups and cloud provider snapshots for more precise control over backup schedules.