DragonflyDB
A high-performance Redis-compatible in-memory database built for modern multi-threaded hardware and cloud scale
- Also known as
- dragonflydb
Available worldwide
What is 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.
DragonflyDB pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $8/GB/month (Flex), $2,000+/month (Business). Free trial with $100 credits.
Flex
Fully-managed Dragonfly service for teams that prefer a simple, self-serve solution
- Fully-managed on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- One-click provisioning
- Horizontal + vertical scaling
- Monitoring dashboard
- Dragonfly team support
Business
Fully-managed Dragonfly service for teams that require advanced security, compliance, and support
- Bring your own cloud
- Auto-scaling
- SSO & MFA
- Custom SLA
- Dedicated support
Enterprise
Contact salesFully-managed Dragonfly service for large organizations that require air-gapped infrastructure and white-glove support
- Run anywhere
- Custom instance types
- White-glove migrations and tuning
- Advanced security & compliance
- Enterprise SLA & premium support
What DragonflyDB does
The capabilities that matter for key-value stores, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Storage tier
- In-memory
- Persistence
- Snapshot (RDB)
- Data structures
- Rich types
- Wire protocol
- RESP (Redis)
- Clustering
- Sharded
- Consistency
- Strong
- Eviction / TTL policies
- ✓
- Multi-threaded
- ✓
- Pub/Sub / streams
- ✓
- Transactions / atomic ops
- MULTI-EXEC
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Licence class
- Source-available
- Redis API compatibility
- Full
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- GCP Marketplace
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
- Feast
- Airbyte
- PostgreSQL
- AWS Marketplace←•
- S3→•
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
DragonflyDB FAQ
Common questions about DragonflyDB, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Key-Value Stores.
Source: https://www.dragonflydb.io/guides/redis-on-azure-service-options-pricing-pros-and-cons
Is DragonflyDB free?
DragonflyDB offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $8 per GB per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.dragonflydb.io
What platforms does DragonflyDB support?
DragonflyDB supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.dragonflydb.io/guides/redis-on-azure-service-options-pricing-pros-and-cons
Can DragonflyDB be self-hosted?
Yes. DragonflyDB can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.dragonflydb.io/guides/redis-on-azure-service-options-pricing-pros-and-cons
What does DragonflyDB integrate with?
We have confirmed 6 integrations for DragonflyDB, including GCP Marketplace, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Feast, Airbyte and PostgreSQL. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.dragonflydb.io/guides/redis-on-azure-service-options-pricing-pros-and-cons
What security certifications does DragonflyDB have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for DragonflyDB. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as DragonflyDB not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://trust.dragonflydb.io
DragonflyDB alternatives
Other key-value stores we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- RedisHigh-speed in-memory data store for applications requiring real-time data access with extremely low latencyhigh · 75%
- UpstashServerless data platform combining in-memory storage, vector search, messaging, and workflow orchestration in one managed servicemedium · 73%
- Amazon ElastiCacheA fully managed in-memory caching service with microsecond latency and automatic scalingmedium · 61%
- HazelcastA platform for processing and acting on live data streams with real-time SQL and caching capabilitiesmedium · 57%
- etcdA reliable distributed database for managing critical configuration and state across clustered systemslow · 44%
- RocksDBAn embeddable database library for high-performance key-value storage on flash and RAMlow · 49%
Compare DragonflyDB
Side by side against other key-value stores, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for DragonflyDB, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.14 | 8.5 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 60 | 0.12 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 86 | 0.08 | 7.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.10 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.05 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| Stars | 85 | 0.05 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Security score | 53 | 0.05 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 22 | 0.05 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Clustering: sharded · Deployment: self_hosted · Consistency: strong · Persistence: snapshot · Eviction ttl: Yes · Storage tier: in_memory | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 5 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | C++ | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 50% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
| Pci | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 5.3 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fdragonflydb%2Fdragonfly&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
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