For developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure server, and document and vector query engine.
The same Redis, run on your own machines.
alternatives to
Redis Cloud
The managed database service from Redis that runs Redis on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure. A closed product from Redis.
Side by side
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redis | Full replacement | 77k | Other | Open source | Yes | C | 8.10.2 | 2026-10-06 |
| Dragonfly | Full replacement | 32k | Other | Source available | Yes | C++ | v2.0.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| Valkey | Full replacement | 27k | BSD-3-Clause | Open source | Yes | C | 9.1.2 | 2026-10-06 |
| Apache Kvrocks | Partial | 4.5k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | v2.17.0 | 2026-10-05 |
Every alternative
4 alternatives
A modern replacement for Redis and Memcached
A multithreaded server compatible with the Redis API, run on your own machines.
A flexible distributed key-value database that is optimized for caching and other realtime workloads.
Fork of Redis 7.2.4 with the same protocol and core commands, run on your own machines.
- Language
- C
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Stars
- 27k
- Latest
- 9.1.2
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
Apache Kvrocks is a distributed key value NoSQL database that uses RocksDB as storage engine and is compatible with Redis protocol.
Redis protocol on top of RocksDB, keeping data on disk rather than in memory.
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 4.5k
- Latest
- v2.17.0
- Last push
- 2026-10-05
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