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Redis™*

Overview

What is Redis™*?

Redis is an open source in-memory data structure server and NoSQL database.

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Redis has proven itself to be an invaluable tool in a wide range of use cases. Users have found Redis to be exceptional as an efficient …
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Set up & forget

7 out of 10
May 08, 2021
Incentivized
We use it to manage & control user sessions in a Tomcat based web application programmed with Java. It's used in both production and …
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Redis Review

9 out of 10
February 03, 2020
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Redis has been a vital component in our design, it's usage is mainly for caching API requests, but it also extends to other applications …
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Redis is awesome!

9 out of 10
November 23, 2019
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We're using Redis in many ways and across different departments in the organization. The most simple use case is to store locks so the …
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Popular Features

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  • Performance (69)
    10.0
    100%
  • Scalability (69)
    9.4
    94%
  • Availability (69)
    9.0
    90%
  • Concurrency (68)
    9.0
    90%

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Pricing

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Cloud

$388.00

On Premise
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://redislabs.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

NoSQL Databases

NoSQL databases are designed to be used across large distrusted systems. They are notably much more scalable and much faster and handling very large data loads than traditional relational databases.

9.2
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Product Details

What is Redis™*?

According to the vendor, Redis is an in-memory multi-model database that supports multiple data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes with radius queries. Redis has built-in replication, Lua scripting, LRU eviction, transactions and different levels of on-disk persistence, and provides high availability and automatic partitioning with Redis Cluster.

Redis combines in-memory, schema-less design with optimized data structures and versatile modules that adapt to your data needs. The result is an adept, high performance, multi-purpose database that scales easily like a simple key/value data store but delivers sophisticated functionality with great simplicity, according to the vendor.

Redis also enables data persistence and high availability through replication and backups. Redis Enterprise is built from the ground up to serve as a system of record for any application.

*Redis is a trademark of Redis Ltd. Any rights therein are reserved to Redis Ltd. Any use by TrustRadius is for referential purposes only and does not indicate any sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation between Redis and TrustRadius.

Redis™* Features

NoSQL Databases Features

  • Supported: Performance
  • Supported: Availability
  • Supported: Concurrency
  • Supported: Security
  • Supported: Scalability
  • Supported: Data model flexibility
  • Supported: Deployment model flexibility

Additional Features

  • Supported: Integrated modules
  • Supported: Active-Passive Geo Distribution
  • Supported: Cluster Architecture
  • Supported: Linear Scaling
  • Supported: Durability
  • Supported: Backup and Disaster Recovery
  • Supported: Reliability

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Why Redis?

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Redis™* Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported Languageshttps://redis.io/clients

Frequently Asked Questions

Redis is an open source in-memory data structure server and NoSQL database.

MongoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, and Couchbase Server are common alternatives for Redis™*.

Reviewers rate Performance highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Redis™* are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Redis has proven itself to be an invaluable tool in a wide range of use cases. Users have found Redis to be exceptional as an efficient caching solution, allowing for the distribution of data and storage of web sessions. This capability has led to significant improvements in performance and reliability, making it a go-to choice for many backend development teams. Additionally, Redis's versatility as a NoSQL key-based database store has made it a preferred option for organizations working alongside other databases like PostgreSQL and Memcache. Its ease of use, stability, and reliability have made it a popular choice across multiple departments within organizations.

Furthermore, Redis has been leveraged in various R&D projects to experiment with its implementation in different modules. Starting with cache management, users have been able to extend its usage to address specific project needs effectively. In these experiments, Redis has served as a traditional in-memory key store warehouse for cache systems with a vast number of items, resulting in substantial latency savings. Its ability to manage distributed queues efficiently has also made Redis an excellent choice for tasks that require multiple worker nodes to subscribe and complete tasks. The flexibility Redis offers by enabling users to store sets of object-based information and lists further improves performance through set operations.

In addition to these use cases, Redis has become synonymous with simplicity and speed when it comes to basic yet fast key-value storage solutions. It has been extensively adopted in organizations, including game studios, where it is used for storing user data, session data, game data, and indexing information. For example, Redis Enterprise has been utilized to support backend systems for casual games by providing sub-millisecond response times and facilitating clustering, sharding, backups, and monitoring.

Moreover, customers have found Redis instrumental in addressing various challenges such as big data processing, handling temporal data, managing session state, and even as a caching service in microservices environments. Its ability to provide data consistency, concurrency management, and high-speed operations has proven invaluable. Additionally, Redis has been a reliable tool for caching solutions in e-commerce storefronts and data visualization applications. Users have reported reduced server load and improved performance as a result of implementing Redis as a cache.

Redis has also found success as a buffer cache, allowing for faster data retrieval and improved overall database performance. Its role in processing queues, calling APIs, and supporting vital organizational workflows has been recognized by customers who rely on its stability and speed. Furthermore, users have implemented Redis across various domains to manage user timelines, build notification systems, and implement microservices architecture

Users recommend the following for Redis:

Consider other cache options before choosing Redis. It is advisable to try out other caching solutions before jumping to Redis, even though it is a great tool for highly distributed caching.

Understand the purpose of Redis in your implementation. It is important to have a clear understanding of how Redis will be used in your specific application. Don't assume that it will work straight out of the box. Evaluate data structures and choose a model that allows for faster query times.

Use Redis for specific use cases. Redis shines in certain areas such as synchronizing states across instances and handling user sessions with Node.js. It can also be a good alternative for relational data when speed is of utmost importance. However, users caution against abusing Redis and recommend using it in a reasonable way.

Overall, users believe that Redis is a valuable tool for fast reliable storage and caching, particularly for enterprise applications. However, they also advise considering other key-value stores depending on the specific use case at hand.

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Previously (not necessarily as solutions for this application stack) many have used alternatives including Memcached, MongoDB, CouchDB, Cassandra etc., and Redis was tested and compared to these other solutions - if only mentally. Ultimately while they are all good solutions they each target specific use cases (and support different ones better - with potential added complexity for differing feature sets), Redis was the best fit for the types of use cases we are specifically targeting it for.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
UI isn't that great compared to the other competitors.
The management of our memcached cluster was becoming pretty complicated as the application grew in size. Redis is a much better option compared to memcached.
Redis is bit unreliable compared to the alternative RabbitMQ especially when it needs to be integrated with Celery.
February 18, 2020

REDIS great as K/V cache

Anson Abraham | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Redis vs. Aerospike ... Aerospike is way BETTER. But very expensive.
  • Between Redis and MemCacheD, Redis outright is better than it.
  • Couchbase is better than Redis, but CouchB is expensive
  • Cockroach is really nice, but still kind of relatively new compared to redis.
  • rethinkDB is comparatively better than redis. But misses out on geolocational info which redis supports.
Gene Baker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
All are good products. MongoDB is a great NoSQL DB but didn't seem to have the high performance caching of Redis. Coherence and Xtreme Scale are expensive. In my opinion for our particular use case, Redis was the clear winner.
November 23, 2019

Redis is awesome!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
DynamoDB is a fully managed key-value store by Amazon. It provides more powerful indexing to the tables, which certainly increases the performance if searching is what you need. However, it is also a lot more expensive to use compared to Redis. If your use case is more on the basic side, Redis would be good enough and save you a lot of money.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We evaluated Oracle and at first it seems competitive but after the contract term pricing would jump. Heard this from business associates and online communities
October 08, 2019

Gets the job done!

Emiliano Perez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ElastiCache also offers Redis, but it's quite cryptic and you have to pay for support separately (it's quite expensive as well). With Redis Enterprise we were able to set-up our cluster with constant support from their team, and we were even able to set-up a particular set of nodes, cluster, and shards that we needed when we migrated from our in-house solution to the cloud.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We initially used Memcached for some of the caching and locking solutions we now use Redis for; we found that for the purposes of our system Memcache could not match up to Redis for performance. We also found Redis to be a bit more reliable, but that could have just been down to our different vendors.
Leonel Quinteros | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Every time you don't need a document DB, you can't go wrong with Redis over MongoDB.
Google Cloud Pub/Sub may have solved one use case, but we'd still have to deploy Redis instances for other use cases, and adding another tech stack would only add complexity to our infrastructure management.
The main competitor for Redis in the cache server space is Memcached, but it falls short on some features like data persistence and data types.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are big users of MySQL and PostgreSQL. We were looking at replacing our aging web page caching technology and found that we could do it in SQL, but there was a NoSQL movement happening at the time. We dabbled a bit in the NoSQL scene just to get an idea of what it was about and whether it was for us. We tried a bunch, but I can only seem to remember Mongo and Couch. Mongo had big issues early on that drove us to Redis and we couldn't quite figure out how to deploy couch.
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