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Comparison

DragonflyDB vs RocksDB

No clear leader: RocksDB (60.1) and DragonflyDB (56.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

DragonflyDB full profile →RocksDB full profile →
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DragonflyDB57
RocksDB60
Score
vioscaleAI score
DragonflyDB57 / 100medium · 67%
RocksDB60 / 100low · 47%
Pricing
Free tier
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB✓
Model
DragonflyDBfreemium
RocksDBopen_source
Price level
DragonflyDBlow
RocksDBfree
Transparent
DragonflyDB✗
RocksDB–
Integrations
Count
DragonflyDB5
RocksDB–
Security
Gdpr
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB–
Pci
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB–
Scorecard
DragonflyDB5.3
RocksDB7.1
Soc2
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
DragonflyDB–
RocksDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
DragonflyDB0
RocksDB2,684
Github stars
DragonflyDB31,781
RocksDB32,198
Package downloads weekly
DragonflyDB–
RocksDB589
Activity
Commits last 30d
DragonflyDB100
RocksDB80
Release
Cadence days
DragonflyDB21
RocksDB21
History
DragonflyDB20 items
RocksDB20 items
License
Spdx
DragonflyDB–
RocksDBGPL-2.0
Language
Primary
DragonflyDBC++
RocksDBC++
Market
Availability
DragonflyDBAvailable worldwide
RocksDB–
Content
Faq
DragonflyDB6 items
RocksDB5 items

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
DragonflyDBIn-memory
RocksDBPersistent
Persistence
DragonflyDBSnapshot (RDB)
RocksDBAppend-only log
Data structures
DragonflyDBRich types
RocksDBKV-only
Protocol
Wire protocol
DragonflyDBRESP (Redis)
RocksDB-
Distribution
Clustering
DragonflyDBSharded
RocksDBSingle-node
Consistency
DragonflyDBStrong
RocksDBStrong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB✓
Multi-threaded
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB✓
Pub/Sub / streams
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB-
Transactions / atomic ops
DragonflyDBMULTI-EXEC
RocksDB-
Deployment
Deployment
DragonflyDBSelf-hosted
RocksDBEmbedded
Licensing
Licence class
DragonflyDBSource-available
RocksDBCopyleft
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
DragonflyDBFull
RocksDB-

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.

Independently observed

RocksDB

RocksDB is a library for integrating database functionality into applications, designed to persist large volumes of data with careful attention to balancing write throughput, read latency, and space efficiency. It supports parallel processing and is optimized for flash storage environments.

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 verify ↗

RocksDB

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
DragonflyDB✗
RocksDB✓
CLI
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB✗
Self-hosted
DragonflyDB✓
RocksDB✓

Integrations

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

DragonflyDB

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

RocksDB

Not documented yet.

Still deciding?

DragonflyDB or RocksDB: 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.