Item: Redis Software
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Redis

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're using Redis in our development department, as a layer on top of regular databases (MongoDB, MySQL), as cache, and for other critical data storage.

Pros and Cons

Pros

The main point: speed.
Easy to use and integrate with the rest of the components of our system.

Cons

Full-text search support
GUI tools
Pricing

Return on Investment

Reduced main database overload through caching as much as we can to Redis.
High-speed authentication process in some of our apps.

Key Differentiators

Price
Product Features
Product Usability
Third-party Reviews

Actually, it depends on when we make the decision and also what product is being developed. Sometimes it was the price (especially at the beginning of the product development), and sometimes it was the availability (for example, when we decided to move the authentication layer to Redis as a top layer).

Alternatives Considered

CouchDB

Actually, our CouchDB usage has been testimonial, so I can't do a good comparison.

Other Software Used

MongoDB, Node, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Likelihood to Recommend

I think it is perfect for managing temporary auth tokens and for caching.

Redis Software Feature Ratings

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Some points about using Redis in small and medium products