MongoDB Pagination - Two Approaches You Need to Know

Two approaches for paginating MongoDB results are compared: the classic skip/limit method and a cursor-based approach using MongoDB's ObjectId natural ordering with _id and limit. The skip/limit approach is straightforward but has known performance issues at scale. The _id-based approach leverages the default index on _id and ObjectId's natural ordering to fetch pages efficiently by tracking the last seen document id. Python code examples are provided for both methods, and the author notes that benchmarks show trade-offs between the two approaches depending on use case.