Redis Alternatives

Redis is described as 'The in-memory data store used by millions of developers as a cache, vector database, document database, streaming engine, and message broker' and is a very popular app in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Redis for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Redis alternative is MongoDB, which is free. Other great apps like Redis are DiceDB, Valkey, KeyDB and Amazon DynamoDB.

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  1. MongoDB icon
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    MongoDB is a document database with the scalability and flexibility that you want with the querying and indexing that you need

    101 MongoDB alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
  2. DiceDB icon
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    DiceDB is an open-source, fast, reactive, in-memory database optimized for modern hardware. Commonly used as a cache, it offers a familiar interface while enabling real-time data updates through query subscriptions.

    49 DiceDB alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  3. Valkey icon
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    Valkey is an open source (BSD) high-performance key/value datastore that supports a variety of workloads such as caching, message queues, and can act as a primary database. Valkey can run as either a standalone daemon or in a cluster, with options for replication and high...

    49 Valkey alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about Valkey as an Alternative to Redis
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    Fork of redis, pretty much the same thing

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Valkey is Free and Open SourceRedis is also Free and Open Source
  4. KeyDB icon
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    KeyDB is fast NoSQL database with full compatibility for Redis APIs, clients, and modules.

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Comments about KeyDB as an Alternative to Redis
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    Multi threaded architecture makes it so much faster

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • KeyDB is Free and Open SourceRedis is also Free and Open Source
  5. Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service offered by Amazon.com as part of the Amazon Web Services portfolio. It was announced by Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on January 18, 2012.OverviewDynamoDB differs from other Amazon services by allowing developers to purchase a...

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  6. CouchDB icon
     48 likes

    Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP / JSON API. It includes incremental map / reduce mechanics for queries and keeps data safe with an append-only datastore.

    74 CouchDB alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
     
  7. YDB icon
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    YDB is an open source Distributed SQL Database that combines high availability and scalability with strong consistency and ACID transactions.

    60 YDB alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  8. The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  9. FerretDB icon
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    FerretDB (formerly MangoDB) is an open-source proxy, which converts MongoDB wire protocol queries to SQL, and uses PostgreSQL as a database engine.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine. It’s the right solution for web and mobile applications when predictable throughput, low latency, and flexible query are...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  11. Hazelcast icon
     16 likes

    Hazelcast is an in-memory Open Source data grid based on Java. By having multiple nodes form a cluster, data is evenly distributed among the nodes. This allows for horizontal scalability both in terms of available storage space and processing power.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Hazelcast as an Alternative to Redis
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    It's easier to scale and get HA clusters. It's also faster.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Hazelcast is Free and Open SourceRedis is also Free and Open Source
  12. CockroachDB icon
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    Cockroach is a distributed key/value datastore which supports ACID transactional semantics and versioned values as first-class features. The primary design goal is global consistency and survivability, hence the name.

    96 CockroachDB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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