--- title: Redis Software Reviews meta\_title: 'Redis Software Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 136 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Redis Software works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 136 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: NoSQL Databases url: https://www.g2.com/categories/nosql-databases --- # Redis Software Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Redis Software but has limited features. Are you part of the Redis Software team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Redis Software is our advanced solution delivering unmatched speed and reliability for on-prem and private cloud environments. It gives you full control over your deployment, ensuring high performance and scalability to meet your specific needs. Redis Software builds on the speed and reliability of Redis Community Edition with advanced features like active-active geo-distribution, advanced query and search capabilities, automated data synchronization, and superior security features. These enhancements provide enterprise-grade performance, reliability, and security, making Redis Software the ideal choice for production-grade applications. * * * Seller [Redis](https://www.g2.com/sellers/redis) Discussions [Redis Software Community](https://www.g2.com/products/redis-software/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Miguel Allende (Customer Advocacy Manager at Redis Labs) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 8 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/redis-software/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Arango](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Arango") Arango 4.6/5(115) ](https://www.g2.com/products/arango/reviews) [ ![Aerospike](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aerospike") Aerospike 4.4/5(83) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aerospike/reviews) [ ![Azure Cosmos DB](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azure Cosmos DB") Azure Cosmos DB 4.2/5(68) ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-cosmos-db/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/redis-software/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 136 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Redis Software Integrations (5) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. 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FD frederic D. PHP Symfony Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/23/2026 "Redis: Exceptional Performance and Simplicity for Fast Caching" 4/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? What I like most about Redis is its exceptional performance and simplicity. It's incredibly fast for caching, session storage, queues, and temporary data management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? Memory management and debugging issues are hard to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? Redis helps us solve performance and scalability challenges in our teleassistance platform. We use it for caching, asynchronous message processing, and temporary data storage to ensure that alarms, notifications, and background tasks are handled quickly and reliably. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Abhishek J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Abhishek J.") AJ Abhishek J. Jr. Full Stack Developer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/18/2022 "Used Radis for Cache Implementation" 4/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? I used redis in my project for implementing the cache mechanism. it is very fast and reliable. Also like the redis command line (redis cli) easy to add, remove and update the value in the redis server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? In redis command line when we start writing any command it will not give any suggestions or automatically fill the command like other cli tools we can use tab button it will automatically fill the remaining command. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Redis Software: You can use redis as a caching server or it also work very good as no SQL database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? I have designed the cache mechanism using the redis. Whenever someone hits the API for the first time the response I am storing int the redis server. And next time when user hit the API with the same data the response will get return from the redis itself. It save the extra https calls and improved the performance of the whole application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ankit L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ankit L.") AL Ankit L. Node js developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/2/2021 "best caching in memory DB" 4/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? too much lightweight with API interaction support in AWS and many other clouds services support many types of data types to match use case of many caching scenarios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? Single thread nature hang sometimes on many request Not reliable for real time DB due to lack of session handling Documentation is not proper to understand deeply Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? in memory caching Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mochammad Z.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mochammad Z.") MZ Mochammad Z. Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2021 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "My Experience of Using Redis" 4/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? I can use redis to trigger event based actions in almost real-time. It's lightweight and easy to install on our server. The key-value data is simple too, suitable for simple use like an event parameters or something like that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? Its reliability is not as good as others. I've got several disconnected events and its not because of network connection. I've debugging it, and the problem is from the redis connection lost without a reason. and when i want to debug its value using Redis Commander its not as friendly as the others Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Redis Software: Redis is lightweight, powerful, and fast for in-memory database. If you're using it right, it will be give your platform a big boost in performance. I can use it to trigger another event in another platform in almost realtime. But take cautions, sometime i got Redis Connection lost without any reason (and its not network problem) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? I can create a queue too using redis with the help of a plugin (bee-queue). I can send a trigger to another platform on-the-fly after some event triggered. So i can make my action more reactive and real time too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/24/2021 "Best cache management tool" 4/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? It's super fast and gives our application lightning fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? Setting up redis is little complicated if you're a noob Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? Making our application fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Eranga K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Eranga K.") EK Eranga K. Head Of Engineering Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/15/2021 "Redis for in Memory Storing." 3.5/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? I like the speed of Redis. Where I usually using Redis for storing the Authentication tokens in the memory. And it returns the response in no time. This can be accessed as a service using a HOST and a PORT, it allowed us to use Redis in a versatile infrastructure. Mostly we can use it as a sharable(Centralised) data store can be accessed from varies ends, it helps us to setup load balanced infrastructure with multiple application mirror servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? Poor querying ability is the only minus I don't like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? I saved authentication token in a single sharable Redis Server, which can be accessible from multiple application servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JP Joseph P. Consultant, Tech Analyst Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2021 "Best in-Memory Cache" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? A lot of useful data types to choose from such as hashes lists and self destroyed keys with timers Fast read and write Clustering and Distributing between servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? Lack of documentation. Difficulty running on Windows (sometimes). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Redis Software: Fast, Complete,Reliable and most fun to experiment with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? We have an internall betting site that is used for training and risk management assestment.At advanced levels we required realtime and low latency results for our server sometimes. we got to a point where we can rely on our results accross the userbase and asses the risk and apply the bet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/17/2021 "Redis for Distribution Cache" 4/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? It's provide keys-value store. Distribution of data is easy and reliable. Fast key lookup. Support for many languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? Nothing musch. Redis is single-threaded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? We used redis sentinal as cache and store sessions. It's key value store that can use string, hash, list, sets as keys. We used redis as cache because it is fast to access keys and get values. 2 to power 32 keys can store per instant. In case of a failure in Redis cluster, Sentinel will automatically detect the point of failure and bring the cluster back to stable mode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ankush J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ankush J.") AJ Ankush J. Consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/3/2019 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Fastest caching database for performance bootster" 4/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? - Fast - Multiple language driver support - Pub / Sub feature - Easy to store blob - TTL can be specified - Can reduce master database load drastically Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? - Costly as service - Can't store JSON directly, need to convert into string first, which is kind of tedious. - I need a way to store JSON Directly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Redis Software: - Faster insert and retrival, go for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? - Performance for storing cache'd data. - Faster operations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/4/2019 "Easy to install, easy to use" 4/5 What do you like best about Redis Software? Very easy to install, very easy to use, easy to connect to ELK stack (and that was my need) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Redis Software? It is not so easy to create and manage cluster of Redis, it is easyer with other product (I choose Kafka in this case) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you? Really easy to use inside an architecture with the ELK stack, expecially with LogStash as input and output Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Redis Software? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Redis Software ](https://www.g2.com/products/redis-software/discussions/new) ![Ankush J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ankush J.") 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