DragonflyDB vs Redis
On the evidence we track, Redis leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for key-value stores. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
DragonflyDB
A Redis-compatible in-memory database that uses multi-threaded processing to achieve significantly higher performance and lower operating costs compared to traditional alternatives, supporting pub/sub, streams, and advanced data structures.
Redis
LeaderA multi-purpose in-memory data platform that functions as a cache, vector database, document store, streaming engine, and message broker, with built-in support for advanced search, transactions, and multi-region replication.
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/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
Redis
LeaderFree open-source software plus three cloud subscription tiers (Essentials, Flex, Pro)
- Essentials-
- Single database
- Index on RAM
- 99.99% uptime
- Flex-
- Tiered RAM and SSD storage
- Adjustable RAM ratio
- 99.99% uptime
- Up to 80% cost savings vs RAM alone
- Pro-
- Unlimited databases
- Unlimited storage
- Unlimited ops/sec
- Active-Active multi-region
- 99.999% uptime
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- AWS
- PostgreSQL
- Grafana
- Prometheus
DragonflyDB
- GCP Marketplace
- Google Cloud Platform
- Feast
- Airbyte
- AWS Marketplace
- S3
Redis
Leader- Oracle
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- Percona XtraDB
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MongoDB
- Cassandra
- Google Cloud SQL
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
- Python
- Node.js
- Java
- Go
- .NET
- Datadog
- New Relic
- Azure
DragonflyDB or Redis: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.