What is Riak KV?
A scalable, enterprise-focused database solution designed for distributed data storage and retrieval at scale.
Riak KV pricing
We don't have Riak KV's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Riak KV 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
- Persistent
- Persistence
- -
- Data structures
- KV-only
- Wire protocol
- -
- Clustering
- Sharded
- Consistency
- Tunable
- Eviction / TTL policies
- ✓
- Multi-threaded
- -
- Pub/Sub / streams
- -
- Transactions / atomic ops
- -
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Licence class
- -
- Redis API compatibility
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- Apache Spark
- Apache Solr
- Apache Mesos
- Redis
Riak KV FAQ
Common questions about Riak KV, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Riak KV?
A scalable, enterprise-focused database solution designed for distributed data storage and retrieval at scale. It is indexed under Key-Value Stores.
Source: https://riak.com
Is Riak KV free?
Riak KV offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://riak.com
Can Riak KV be self-hosted?
Yes. Riak KV can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://riak.com
What does Riak KV integrate with?
We have confirmed 4 integrations for Riak KV, including Apache Spark, Apache Solr, Apache Mesos and Redis. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://riak.com
Is Riak KV open source?
Yes. Riak KV is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Riak KV 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 Riak KV
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 Riak KV, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.08 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Stars | 24 | 0.05 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.05 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
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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 | 0 | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 17 | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 90% |
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Clustering: sharded · Deployment: self_hosted · Consistency: tunable · Eviction ttl: Yes · Storage tier: persistent · Data structures: kv_only | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Erlang | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 95% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
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