Comparison

DragonflyDB vs Riak KV

On the evidence we track, DragonflyDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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DragonflyDB58
Riak KV26
Score
Vioscale score
DragonflyDB58 / 100medium · 67%
Riak KV26 / 100low · 45%
Pricing
Free tier
DragonflyDB
Riak KV
Model
DragonflyDBcommercial
Riak KVcommercial
Price level
DragonflyDBlow
Riak KVlow
Transparent
DragonflyDB
Riak KV
Integrations
Count
DragonflyDB6
Riak KV4
Security
Gdpr
DragonflyDB
Riak KV
Pci
DragonflyDB
Riak KV
Scorecard
DragonflyDB5.3
Riak KV
Soc2
DragonflyDB
Riak KV
Reliability
Status page
DragonflyDB
Riak KV
Adoption
Dependent repos
DragonflyDB0
Riak KV
Github stars
DragonflyDB31,043
Riak KV17
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
Riak KV

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

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

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
Web
DragonflyDB
Riak KV
Linux
DragonflyDB
Riak KV
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
6 total
  • GCP Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Feast
  • Airbyte
  • PostgreSQL
Independently observed

Riak KV

4 total
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Solr
  • Apache Mesos
  • Redis
Independently observed

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