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Comparison

DragonflyDB vs Riak KV

On the evidence we track, DragonflyDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★DragonflyDB57
Riak KV32
Score
vioscaleAI score
DragonflyDB57 / 100medium · 67%
Riak KV32 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV✓
Model
DragonflyDBfreemium
Riak KVcommercial
Price level
DragonflyDBlow
Riak KVlow
Transparent
DragonflyDB✗
Riak KV–
Integrations
Count
DragonflyDB5
Riak KV4
Security
Gdpr
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV–
Pci
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV–
Scorecard
DragonflyDB5.3
Riak KV–
Soc2
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
DragonflyDB–
Riak KV✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
DragonflyDB0
Riak KV–
Github stars
DragonflyDB31,781
Riak KV18
Activity
Commits last 30d
DragonflyDB100
Riak KV0
Release
Cadence days
DragonflyDB21
Riak KV–
History
DragonflyDB20 items
Riak KV–
License
Spdx
DragonflyDB–
Riak KVApache-2.0
Language
Primary
DragonflyDBC++
Riak KVErlang
Market
Availability
DragonflyDBAvailable worldwide
Riak KV–
Content
Faq
DragonflyDB6 items
Riak KV5 items

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
DragonflyDBIn-memory
Riak KVPersistent
Persistence
DragonflyDBSnapshot (RDB)
Riak KV-
Data structures
DragonflyDBRich types
Riak KVKV-only
Protocol
Wire protocol
DragonflyDBRESP (Redis)
Riak KV-
Distribution
Clustering
DragonflyDBSharded
Riak KVSharded
Consistency
DragonflyDBStrong
Riak KVTunable
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV✓
Multi-threaded
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV-
Pub/Sub / streams
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV-
Transactions / atomic ops
DragonflyDBMULTI-EXEC
Riak KV-
Deployment
Deployment
DragonflyDBSelf-hosted
Riak KVSelf-hosted
Licensing
Licence class
DragonflyDBSource-available
Riak KV-
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
DragonflyDBFull
Riak KV-

What each one is

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

DragonflyDB

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Riak KV

A scalable, enterprise-focused database solution designed for distributed data storage and retrieval at scale.

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

Leader
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 verify ↗

Riak KV

Free tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
CLI
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV✓
Self-hosted
DragonflyDB✓
Riak KV✓

Integrations

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

DragonflyDB

Leader
10 total
  • GCP Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Feast
  • Airbyte
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS Marketplace
  • S3
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
Independently observed

Riak KV

4 total
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Solr
  • Apache Mesos
  • Redis
Independently observed
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DragonflyDB or Riak KV: 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.

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