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Comparison

etcd vs Redis

On the evidence we track, Redis leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

etcd full profile →Redis full profile →
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etcd59
★Redis71
Score
vioscaleAI score
etcd59 / 100low · 43%
Redis71 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
etcd✗
Redis✓
Model
Price level
etcdfree
Redislow
Transparent
etcd✓
Redis✗
Integrations
Count
etcd80
Redis11
Security
Disclosure policy
etcd–
Redis✓
Gdpr
etcd–
Redis✓
Hipaa
etcd–
Redis✓
Iso27001
etcd–
Redis✓
Pci
etcd–
Redis✓
Scorecard
etcd6.9
Redis6.8
Soc2
etcd–
Redis✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
etcd–
Redis99.999
Status page
etcd–
Redis✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
etcd39,452
Redis1
Github stars
etcd52,359
Redis76,594
Stackoverflow questions
etcd–
Redis26,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
etcd70
Redis44
Release
Cadence days
etcd–
Redis45
History
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
etcdGo
RedisC
Market
Availability
Content
Faq

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
etcdPersistent
RedisIn-memory
Persistence
etcdAppend-only log
RedisAppend-only log
Data structures
etcdRich types
RedisRich types
Protocol
Wire protocol
etcdgRPC
RedisRESP (Redis)
Distribution
Clustering
etcdConsensus (Raft)
RedisSharded
Consistency
etcdStrong
RedisStrong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
etcd✓
Redis✓
Multi-threaded
etcd-
Redis✓
Pub/Sub / streams
etcd✓
Redis✓
Transactions / atomic ops
etcd-
RedisMULTI-EXEC
Deployment
Deployment
etcdSelf-hosted
RedisManaged
Licensing
Licence class
etcdPermissive OSS
RedisSource-available
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
etcdNone
RedisFull

What each one is

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

etcd

A distributed key-value store designed to reliably store and manage critical shared state across multiple machines. It provides strong consistency guarantees via consensus, automatic TLS encryption, and gRPC APIs.

Independently observed

Redis

Leader

A multi-purpose in-memory data platform that functions as a cache, vector database, document store, streaming engine, and message broker, with built-in support for advanced search, transactions, and multi-region replication.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

etcd

Open source
as of verify ↗

Redis

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free open-source software plus three cloud subscription tiers (Essentials, Flex, Pro)

  • Essentials-
    • Single database
    • Index on RAM
    • 99.99% uptime
  • Flex-
    • Tiered RAM and SSD storage
    • Adjustable RAM ratio
    • 99.99% uptime
    • Up to 80% cost savings vs RAM alone
  • Pro-
    • Unlimited databases
    • Unlimited storage
    • Unlimited ops/sec
    • Active-Active multi-region
    • 99.999% uptime
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
etcd✗
Redis✓
macOS
etcd✓
Redis✓
Windows
etcd✓
Redis✓
Linux
etcd✓
Redis✓
CLI
etcd✓
Redis✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
etcd✗
Redis✓
Self-hosted
etcd✓
Redis✓
On-premise
etcd✗
Redis✓
Hybrid
etcd✗
Redis✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL

etcd

33 total - 31 not shared
  • Kubernetes
  • Vitess
  • fleet
  • Docker
  • Puppet
  • confd
  • AWS ECS
  • SkyDNS
  • discodns
  • Hiera
  • Chef
  • BOSH
  • etcdctl
  • etcd-backup
  • etcd-dump
  • etcd-fs
  • etcd-browser
  • etcd-console
  • etcd-viewer
  • etcdtool
  • etcd-rest
  • etcdsh
  • etcdloadtest
  • etcd-workbench
  • +7 more
Independently observed

Redis

Leader
22 total - 20 not shared
  • Oracle
  • MariaDB
  • Percona XtraDB
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • Java
  • Go
  • .NET
  • Datadog
  • New Relic
  • Azure
Independently observed
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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.