# DragonflyDB vs Valkey

| Attribute | DragonflyDB | Valkey |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 57.5 (67% (medium)) | 56.2 (43% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 91 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 31,043 | 26,989 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"clustering":"sharded","deployment":"self_hosted","consistency":"strong","persistence":"snapshot","eviction_ttl":true,"storage_tier":"in_memory","transactions":"multi_exec","licence_class":"source_available","wire_protocol":"resp","multi_threaded":true,"pubsub_streams":true,"data_structures":"rich_types","redis_api_compat":"full"}` | `{"clustering":"sharded","deployment":"self_hosted","persistence":"snapshot","eviction_ttl":true,"storage_tier":"persistent","licence_class":"permissive","multi_threaded":true,"pubsub_streams":true,"data_structures":"rich_types","redis_api_compat":"full"}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GCP Marketplace"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Feast"},{"name":"Airbyte"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"}]` | `[{"name":"Harbor"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | C |
| license.spdx | - | BSD-3-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Flex","summary":"$8/GB/month, starting at $36/month","features":["Fully-managed on AWS, GCP, or Azure","One-click provisioning","Horizontal + vertical scaling","Monitoring dashboard","Dragonfly team support"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"GB","amount":8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fully-managed Dragonfly service for teams that prefer a simple, self-serve solution","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"Starting at $2,000/month","features":["Bring your own cloud","Auto-scaling","SSO & MFA","Custom SLA","Dedicated support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":2000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fully-managed Dragonfly service for teams that require advanced security, compliance, and support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact for pricing","features":["Run anywhere","Custom instance types","White-glove migrations and tuning","Advanced security & compliance","Enterprise SLA & premium support"],"description":"Fully-managed Dragonfly service for large organizations that require air-gapped infrastructure and white-glove support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $8/GB/month (Flex), $2,000+/month (Business). Free trial with $100 credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.dragonflydb.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:16:24.351Z","startingPrice":{"amount":8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://valkey.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:34:40.624Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 21 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.40.1","date":"2026-08-06T06:54:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.40.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.40.0","date":"2026-08-04T04:46:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.40.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.39.0","date":"2026-06-09T10:38:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.39.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.38.1","date":"2026-04-28T08:01:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.38.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.38.0","date":"2026-04-14T07:04:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.38.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.37.2","date":"2026-03-26T07:49:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.37.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.37.0","date":"2026-02-23T10:50:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.37.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.36.0","date":"2026-01-07T11:23:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.36.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.35.1","date":"2025-11-25T16:20:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.35.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.34.2","date":"2025-10-14T16:04:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.34.1","date":"2025-09-18T19:50:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.34.0","date":"2025-09-17T23:33:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.34.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.33.1","date":"2025-08-21T10:21:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.33.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.33.0","date":"2025-08-19T07:10:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.33.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.32.0","date":"2025-08-04T03:27:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.32.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.31.2","date":"2025-07-16T06:16:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.31.1","date":"2025-07-14T12:57:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.31.0","date":"2025-06-19T10:15:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.30.3","date":"2025-05-28T16:26:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/tag/v1.30.2","date":"2025-05-25T12:48:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.2"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.1.1","date":"2026-07-21T23:41:58Z","type":"stable","version":"9.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.0.5","date":"2026-07-21T23:40:40Z","type":"stable","version":"9.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.1.9","date":"2026-07-21T23:38:25Z","type":"stable","version":"8.1.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.0.10","date":"2026-07-21T23:37:16Z","type":"stable","version":"8.0.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/7.2.14","date":"2026-07-21T21:35:40Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.1.8","date":"2026-06-02T18:12:16Z","type":"stable","version":"8.1.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.1.0","date":"2026-05-19T15:05:52Z","type":"stable","version":"9.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.0.4","date":"2026-05-06T04:00:07Z","type":"stable","version":"9.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.1.7","date":"2026-05-06T04:00:12Z","type":"stable","version":"8.1.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.0.9","date":"2026-05-06T16:19:13Z","type":"stable","version":"8.0.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/7.2.13","date":"2026-05-06T04:00:21Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.0.8","date":"2026-05-06T04:00:15Z","type":"stable","version":"8.0.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.1.0-rc2","date":"2026-04-28T17:33:18Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.1.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.1.0-rc1","date":"2026-03-16T23:42:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.1.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.0.3","date":"2026-02-24T04:06:53Z","type":"stable","version":"9.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.1.6","date":"2026-02-24T04:00:30Z","type":"stable","version":"8.1.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.0.7","date":"2026-02-24T03:54:23Z","type":"stable","version":"8.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/7.2.12","date":"2026-02-24T02:03:12Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.0.2","date":"2026-02-03T12:53:37Z","type":"stable","version":"9.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/9.0.1","date":"2025-12-09T18:13:25Z","type":"stable","version":"9.0.1"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=softonic%2Fdragonfly&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fvalkey-io%2Fvalkey&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Key-Value Stores)

| Capability | DragonflyDB | Valkey |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Storage tier | In-memory | Persistent |
| Persistence | Snapshot (RDB) | Snapshot (RDB) |
| Data structures | Rich types | Rich types |
| **Protocol** |  |  |
| Wire protocol | RESP (Redis) | - |
| **Distribution** |  |  |
| Clustering | Sharded | Sharded |
| Consistency | Strong | - |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Eviction / TTL policies | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-threaded | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pub/Sub / streams | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transactions / atomic ops | MULTI-EXEC | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Source-available | Permissive OSS |
| **Compatibility** |  |  |
| Redis API compatibility | Full | Full |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:04:47.049Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*