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Comparison

Aiven vs Redis Cloud

On the evidence we track, Aiven leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Aiven full profile →Redis Cloud full profile →
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★Aiven69
Redis Cloud55
Score
vioscaleAI score
Aiven69 / 100medium · 73%
Redis Cloud55 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Model
Aivenfreemium
Redis Cloudfreemium
Price level
Aivenlow
Redis Cloudlow
Transparent
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✗
Integrations
Count
Aiven12
Redis Cloud11
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Gdpr
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Hipaa
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Iso27001
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud–
Pci
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Soc2
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Aiven99.99
Redis Cloud99.999
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Aiven6 items
Redis Cloud7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for managed databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Engine family
AivenMulti engine
Redis CloudRedis valkey compatible
Deployment type
AivenIndependent multi cloud
Redis CloudIndependent multi cloud
Serverless scale to zero
Aiven-
Redis Cloud✗
Database branching
Aiven-
Redis Cloud-
Point in time recovery
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud-
Multi region replication
Aiven-
Redis Cloud✓
Automatic failover
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Private networking
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud-
Built in connection pooling
Aiven-
Redis Cloud-
Extensions plugin support
Aiven-
Redis CloudExtensive
Self host alternative
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Pricing model
AivenUsage based
Redis CloudUsage based
Free tier
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Aiven

Leader

A fully managed cloud platform providing multiple open source data services—streaming, databases, analytics, and search—with enterprise-grade security and compliance features included across all service tiers.

Independently observed

Redis Cloud

A fully managed Redis database service offering low-latency, high-throughput data operations across AWS, GCP, and Azure. It provides enterprise-grade reliability, advanced data structures, multi-region replication, and support for diverse workloads including caching, document databases, vector search, and streaming.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Aiven

Leader
Usage-basedFree tier30-day trial

Free tier with no credit card required; production plans with hourly usage-based billing. All tiers include automated backups, monitoring, and security features with no hidden fees.

  • DeveloperFlat monthly fee for development and prototyping
    • Always-on managed services
    • Automated backups
    • Monitoring
    • SSO
    • PrivateLink
  • BusinessProduction tier with high availability, 99.99% uptime SLA, and automated backups
    • Multi-node clusters with automatic failover
    • 14-day backup retention
    • 99.99% uptime SLA
    • Zero-downtime version upgrades
    • Automatic security patching
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseEnterprise compliance, data residency options, and dedicated support
    • 1 month backup retention
    • HIPAA compliance
    • ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, PCI-DSS, GDPR compliance
    • SSO on all service tiers
    • PrivateLink
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Redis Cloud

SubscriptionFree tier
  • EssentialsFree
    • single database
    • RAM index
    • 12 GB max
    • 99.99% uptime
    • fixed 10% RAM allocation
  • Flex-
    • adjustable RAM-to-SSD ratio
    • up to 100 GB capacity
    • 5x more data at similar cost
    • 99.99% uptime
  • Pro-
    • unlimited databases
    • unlimited operations/sec
    • Active-Active multi-region replication
    • 99.999% uptime
    • automatic failover
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
CLI
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓
Self-hosted
Aiven✗
Redis Cloud✓
On-premise
Aiven✗
Redis Cloud✓
Hybrid
Aiven✓
Redis Cloud✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (6)
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Datadog
  • New Relic

Aiven

Leader
21 total - 15 not shared
  • Auth0
  • Google
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • OneLogin
  • Apache Kafka
  • OpenSearch
  • Apache Flink
  • Cursor
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Kafka
  • ClickHouse
  • Apache Cassandra
  • GitHub
Independently observed

Redis Cloud

13 total - 7 not shared
  • MariaDB
  • Percona XtraDB
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Oracle
Independently observed
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