Comparison

DragonflyDB vs etcd

On the evidence we track, etcd leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

DragonflyDB full profile →etcd full profile →

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DragonflyDB58

★etcd64

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DragonflyDB	etcdLeader
Vioscale score	58 / 100medium · 67%	64 / 100low · 44%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	80
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.3	6.7
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=softonic%2Fdragonfly&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.etcd.io%2Fetcd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: HIGH
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	39,452
Github starsadoption.github_stars	31,043	52,178
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	96
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	21	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

DragonflyDB58 / 100medium · 67%

etcd64 / 100low · 44%

Pricing

Free tier

DragonflyDB✓

etcd✗

Model

DragonflyDBcommercial

etcdopen_source

Price level

DragonflyDBlow

etcdfree

Transparent

DragonflyDB✗

etcd✓

Integrations

Count

DragonflyDB6

etcd80

Security

Gdpr

DragonflyDB✓

etcd–

Pci

DragonflyDB✓

etcd–

Scorecard

DragonflyDB5.3

etcd6.7

Soc2

DragonflyDB✓

etcd–

Vulnerabilities

DragonflyDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=softonic%2Fdragonfly&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

etcdCount: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.etcd.io%2Fetcd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: HIGH

Adoption

Dependent repos

DragonflyDB0

etcd39,452

Github stars

DragonflyDB31,043

etcd52,178

Activity

Commits last 30d

DragonflyDB100

etcd96

Release

Cadence days

DragonflyDB21

etcd–

History

DragonflyDB20 items

etcd20 items

License

Spdx

DragonflyDB–

etcdApache-2.0

Language

Primary

DragonflyDBC++

etcdGo

Market

Availability

DragonflyDBAvailable worldwide

etcd–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for key-value stores. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Key-Value Stores
Capability	DragonflyDB	etcd
Storage
Storage tier	In-memory	Persistent
Persistence	Snapshot (RDB)	Append-only log
Data structures	Rich types	Rich types
Protocol
Wire protocol	RESP (Redis)	gRPC
Distribution
Clustering	Sharded	Consensus (Raft)
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies	✓	✓
Multi-threaded	✓	-
Pub/Sub / streams	✓	✓
Transactions / atomic ops	MULTI-EXEC	-
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available	Permissive OSS
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility	Full	None

Storage

Storage tier

DragonflyDBIn-memory

etcdPersistent

Persistence

DragonflyDBSnapshot (RDB)

etcdAppend-only log

Data structures

DragonflyDBRich types

etcdRich types

Protocol

Wire protocol

DragonflyDBRESP (Redis)

etcdgRPC

Distribution

Clustering

DragonflyDBSharded

etcdConsensus (Raft)

Consistency

DragonflyDBStrong

etcdStrong

Ops

Eviction / TTL policies

DragonflyDB✓

etcd✓

Multi-threaded

DragonflyDB✓

etcd-

Pub/Sub / streams

DragonflyDB✓

etcd✓

Transactions / atomic ops

DragonflyDBMULTI-EXEC

etcd-

Deployment

DragonflyDBSelf-hosted

etcdSelf-hosted

Licensing

Licence class

DragonflyDBSource-available

etcdPermissive OSS

Compatibility

Redis API compatibility

DragonflyDBFull

etcdNone

What each one is

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

DragonflyDB

An in-memory data store delivering significantly higher throughput and memory efficiency than Redis through multi-threaded architecture, enabling cost-effective scaling with fewer infrastructure resources.

Independently observed

etcd

Leader

etcd is a strongly consistent, distributed key-value store that provides a reliable way to store data that needs to be accessed by a distributed system or cluster of machines. It gracefully handles leader elections during network partitions and can tolerate machine failure.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

DragonflyDB

from $8/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $8/GB/month (Flex), $2,000+/month (Business). Free trial with $100 credits.

Flex$8/GB/month, starting at $36/month
- Fully-managed on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- One-click provisioning
- Horizontal + vertical scaling
- Monitoring dashboard
- Dragonfly team support
BusinessStarting at $2,000/month
- Bring your own cloud
- Auto-scaling
- SSO & MFA
- Custom SLA
- Dedicated support
EnterpriseContact sales
- Run anywhere
- Custom instance types
- White-glove migrations and tuning
- Advanced security & compliance
- Enterprise SLA & premium support

as of 2026-08-01verify ↗

etcd

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	DragonflyDB	etcd
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

DragonflyDB✓

etcd✗

Linux

DragonflyDB✓

etcd✗

CLI

DragonflyDB✓

etcd✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

DragonflyDB✓

etcd✗

Self-hosted

DragonflyDB✓

etcd✓

Integrations

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

DragonflyDB

6 total

GCP Marketplace
AWS
Google Cloud Platform
Feast
Airbyte
PostgreSQL

Independently observed

etcd

Leader

29 total

Kubernetes
Vitess
fleet
Docker
Puppet
confd
AWS ECS
SkyDNS
discodns
Hiera
Chef
BOSH
etcdctl
etcd-backup
etcd-dump
etcd-fs
etcd-browser
etcd-console
etcd-viewer
etcdtool
etcd-rest
etcdsh
etcdloadtest
etcd-workbench
+5 more

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.