Valkey
A fast, reliable, and permanently open-source in-memory database system for real-time data management
- Also known as
- valkey
Available worldwide
What is Valkey?
Valkey is an open-source, in-memory key-value database optimized for caching and real-time workloads. It offers data structure operations, persistence, replication, and full compatibility with Redis.
Valkey pricing
We don't have Valkey'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 Valkey 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
- Snapshot (RDB)
- Data structures
- Rich types
- Wire protocol
- RESP (Redis)
- Clustering
- Sharded
- Consistency
- -
- Eviction / TTL policies
- ✓
- Multi-threaded
- ✓
- Pub/Sub / streams
- ✓
- Transactions / atomic ops
- -
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
- Redis API compatibility
- Full
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- OpenTelemetry→•
- Prometheus→•
- Harbor
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Valkey FAQ
Common questions about Valkey, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Key-Value Stores.
Source: https://valkey.io
Is Valkey free to use?
Valkey is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the BSD-3-Clause licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://valkey.io
What platforms does Valkey support?
Valkey supports macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://valkey.io
Can Valkey be self-hosted?
Yes. Valkey can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://valkey.io
Is Valkey open source?
Yes. Valkey is published under the BSD-3-Clause 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.
Valkey 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 Valkey
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 Valkey, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 60 | 0.14 | 8.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.08 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Stars | 84 | 0.05 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| Security score | 62 | 0.05 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.05 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 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 | 81 | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 67% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Clustering: sharded · Deployment: self_hosted · Persistence: snapshot · Eviction ttl: Yes · Storage tier: persistent · Licence class: permissive | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | C | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | BSD-3-Clause | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| History | 20 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 70% |
Security
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