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Comparison

DragonflyDB vs Valkey

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.

DragonflyDB full profile →Valkey full profile →
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★DragonflyDB57
Valkey49
Score
vioscaleAI score
DragonflyDB57 / 100medium · 67%
Valkey49 / 100low · 44%
Pricing
Free tier
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey✓
Model
DragonflyDBfreemium
Valkeyopen_source
Price level
DragonflyDBlow
Valkeyfree
Transparent
DragonflyDB✗
Valkey✓
Integrations
Count
DragonflyDB5
Valkey2
Security
Gdpr
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey–
Pci
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey–
Scorecard
DragonflyDB5.3
Valkey6.1
Soc2
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
DragonflyDB0
Valkey0
Github stars
DragonflyDB31,781
Valkey27,437
Activity
Commits last 30d
DragonflyDB100
Valkey73
Release
Cadence days
DragonflyDB21
Valkey–
History
DragonflyDB20 items
Valkey20 items
License
Spdx
DragonflyDB–
ValkeyBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
DragonflyDBC++
ValkeyC
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
DragonflyDB6 items
Valkey5 items

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
DragonflyDBIn-memory
ValkeyPersistent
Persistence
DragonflyDBSnapshot (RDB)
ValkeySnapshot (RDB)
Data structures
DragonflyDBRich types
ValkeyRich types
Protocol
Wire protocol
DragonflyDBRESP (Redis)
ValkeyRESP (Redis)
Distribution
Clustering
DragonflyDBSharded
ValkeySharded
Consistency
DragonflyDBStrong
Valkey-
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey✓
Multi-threaded
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey✓
Pub/Sub / streams
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey✓
Transactions / atomic ops
DragonflyDBMULTI-EXEC
Valkey-
Deployment
Deployment
DragonflyDBSelf-hosted
ValkeySelf-hosted
Licensing
Licence class
DragonflyDBSource-available
ValkeyPermissive OSS
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
DragonflyDBFull
ValkeyFull

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

Valkey

A data store designed for fast access to cached and real-time data, supporting message queues and other workloads. Available both as an open-source project backed by the Linux Foundation and through managed cloud services from multiple providers.

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 ↗

Valkey

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Prometheus

DragonflyDB

Leader
10 total - 9 not shared
  • GCP Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Feast
  • Airbyte
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS Marketplace
  • S3
  • Grafana
Independently observed

Valkey

3 total - 2 not shared
  • Harbor
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed
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DragonflyDB or Valkey: which one depends on you

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