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Comparison

DragonflyDB vs Valkey

No clear leader: DragonflyDB (57.5) and Valkey (56.2) 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 →Valkey full profile →
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DragonflyDB58
Valkey56
Score
Vioscale score
DragonflyDB58 / 100medium · 67%
Valkey56 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tier
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey✓
Model
DragonflyDBcommercial
Valkeycommercial
Price level
DragonflyDBlow
Valkeyfree
Transparent
DragonflyDB✗
Valkey✓
Integrations
Count
DragonflyDB6
Valkey1
Security
Gdpr
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey–
Pci
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey–
Scorecard
DragonflyDB5.3
Valkey6.2
Soc2
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
DragonflyDB0
Valkey0
Github stars
DragonflyDB31,043
Valkey26,989
Activity
Commits last 30d
DragonflyDB100
Valkey91
Release
Cadence days
DragonflyDB21
Valkey–
History
DragonflyDB20 items
Valkey20 items
License
Spdx
DragonflyDB–
ValkeyBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
DragonflyDBC++
ValkeyC
Market
Availability
DragonflyDBAvailable worldwide
Valkey–

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)
Valkey-
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

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

Valkey

A Linux Foundation-backed open-source database server for storing and managing key-value data. Supports multiple data types and deployment modes ranging from single-node setups to distributed clusters, serving caching, message queue, and primary database use cases.

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 ↗

Valkey

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
Web
DragonflyDB✓
Valkey✗
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.

DragonflyDB

6 total
  • GCP Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Feast
  • Airbyte
  • PostgreSQL
Independently observed

Valkey

1 total
  • Harbor
Independently observed

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