Redis Software Reviews & Product Details

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.

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Redis

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Redis Software Community

Solution Type

All-in-One

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Miguel Allende (Customer Advocacy Manager at Redis Labs)

Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

8 months

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Implementation Time

2 months

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What is Redis Software, and what problem is it built to solve?

Redis Software is an in-memory database for cloud and on-premises deployments. It is built to help applications access data quickly, with uses that include caching and vector search.

What company sizes and industries is Redis Software the best fit for?

Redis Software appears across a range of company sizes, with the strongest representation among smaller businesses. The industries that show up most prominently include technology and software, alongside several other sectors.

Company size — Small businesses: The most prominent size segment.
Company size — Mid-market and enterprise: Both are represented, including organizations with more than 1,000 employees.
Industry — Technology and software: Information technology and services and computer software are especially prominent.
Industry — Other represented sectors: Internet, financial services, telecommunications, and computer games also appear.

How long does it take to implement Redis Software across a team?

Implementation time varies with the scope of the setup, but reported go-live ranges most often fall within a month. More involved deployments can take longer.

Time to go live	Relative frequency
Less than 1 month	Most common
Less than 1 day	Also common
1–3 months	Occasional
3–6 months	Occasional
6–12 months	Occasional
More than 12 months	Less common

What customer support options does Redis Software provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

Redis Software provides email/help desk, knowledge base, and phone support, along with 24/7 live-rep support. The support experience is mixed: users value community and documentation resources, while some find documentation or troubleshooting guidance difficult to work through.

What is the experience like for teams switching to Redis Software from another tool?

Switching to Redis Software has been driven by a need for faster access, simpler operation, or capabilities beyond basic caching. In place of tools such as Memcached, relational databases, and message brokers, Redis has offered fast key-value access, additional data structures, and features such as persistence and publish/subscribe messaging. The transition is described as straightforward in some cases, though teams may need to adapt their data model and learn Redis-specific commands.

What tools and platforms does Redis Software integrate with, and how do these integrations help users get more value from the product?

Redis Software offers 4 integrations, spanning developer frameworks and API management tools.

Developer frameworks: Express.js, Node.js, and Symfony.
API management: Kong Konnect.

These connections let teams add Redis to application and API workflows, often using it for caching and shared data without reshaping the broader stack. Users describe Redis integrations as helping reduce database calls and speed up application responses.

What features or capabilities could make Redis Software even more useful?

The most useful improvements would make Redis Software easier to operate and more approachable for teams as their deployments grow.

More capable visual tools for inspecting keys, values, and operational metrics would make day-to-day management less dependent on the command line.
Clearer documentation, tutorials, and troubleshooting examples would help new users configure and debug Redis more confidently.
Simpler cluster setup and stronger cluster-management tooling would reduce the effort involved in scaling and operating distributed deployments.
Richer query and search capabilities would make it easier to work with data beyond direct key lookups.

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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 easier with other product (I choose Kafka in this case) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/1/2019

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Product Review - Redis"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

Redis is one of the best in cache memory database that we used with Nodejs. There are few things which I like the most about Redis i.e. It's an open-source which we can use free of cost and the team behind it is just awesome. The performance and speed of Redis is exceptionally fast. Redis supports concurrent operations which are atomic in nature, which is very important in our use case. We managed to make Redis work like worker queues. Last but not the least, which is very important in Database, is Data replication which Redis also supports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

There are not many things which we dislike but yeah 1 thing which can extend the functionality of Redis is JOINS which it doesn't have at the moment. Another thing as it's an in-memory database so we need to make sure only that much data has to be fit in which our memory can support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Redis Software:

Everyone should consider this as an in-memory database as it's open source and worth a shot for whoever wants to implement cache stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are trying to make worker queues with Redis with which we are trying to implement the automatic scaling of docker containers depending upon the messages/load on the worker queues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Renato J.

Analista de redes N2

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/24/2019

"The best database No-SQL"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

I really like The redis, because It use memory of computer to process the datas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

I think this product is very difficult to integrate with other software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ammu P.

Software Engineer

Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/31/2018

"Review for Redis"

5/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

Redis is an open source, scalable, pub/sub model, Lua scripting, key expiration, keyspace notifications, memory optimization, and data distribution among multiple Redis instances. Memory optimization, key expiration, creating secondary indexes with Redis, pipelining concepts in Redis, no lack of tutorials for many use cases, storing temporary data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

Unable to store a high amount of data. We cannot observe logs (prints) while returning code in Lua script that returns only once, making it difficult to find errors. Inserting into a LIST is O(1) complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Redis Software:

I would like to recommend the Redis database for data replication and it can save data on disk and is very fast. Debugging Lua scripts is very easy. We can optimize memory usage. If considering using Redis for a project, just try it, it's easy to use and feature-rich. The community is really active and there's no lack of tutorials for many use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

While working on a project, MongoDB was unable to handle parallel requests, so we opted for Redis. Redis has low latency time, making it a better choice for a database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hubert L.

Engineering Lead

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/30/2018

"Fast, easy to use, adequately featured"

5/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

Great feature-set, and not bloated. Libraries for major languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

I normally depend on 3rd party hosted solutions to reliably serve a Redis cluster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vincent C.

Tech Lead / Architecte

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/20/2017

"Perfect in-memory data structure storage with persistence"

5/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

The Redis database is really easy to install and also easy to use. Configuration also fits into a single file. Performances are very good and this tool allows you to scale your applications with ease.

The interesting thing with Redis when you develop web applications for instance is that you can use it for many purposes such as caching files, storing temporarily data, queueing, pub/sub system, and so many things.

Redis also allows you to choose fine-grained memory types to optimize your data storage.

One last thing, but not least, you can also write some custom Redis modules using the C language. This way, you can go further with your data storage and trigger Redis functions programmatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

Honestly, nothing. This is a very good product at all levels. The thing I can criticize is the security part: I actually have a token stored in the configuration file (clearly); which is not the best way to protect data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Redis Software:

I really recommend Redis for its simplicity and its robustness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Redis for managing tokens that automatically expire after a defined time (3 days for instance) and also in order to manage application cache with keys.

I know that a new feature is also available now: Redis Stream in order to manage consumers for reactive applications but I haven't tested it yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rudy P.

Digital Marketing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/20/2018

"Digital Marketing"

4/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

Unlike the free cache modules, Redis is a well known provider with good reputation. While I have not implemented this cache in real environment, I am confident if it will deliver as promises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

Memcache is also good and free. Our team is more familiar to Memcache. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Redis Software:

Try other cache options, including the free before jumping to Redis so you can see the different. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Slowness while access database. We combined Varnish and Memcache and solved most of the first byte issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Medical Devices

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/8/2018

"Great in-memory storage and persistence"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

What's best to appreciate about Redis is how quickly it's growing since its first appearance and how useful and fast it is for many parts of a software implementation.

It always seemed to me like a storage option for caching or indexing, but it is way more than that. Some features are definitely to be highlighted like:

* Pub/Sub message system.

* Redis Cluster

* Expires

* Lua scripting

* Blazing fast

Are some of the things I noticed that make a difference when looking for this kind of memory storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

I did not find any problem yet will update the review once I have more information Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tong (Tony) J.

Software Engineer - Backend

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/14/2017

"Practical tool for caching"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

Fast performance, easy to use. Has support for basic data types, and more advanced ones such as HyperLogLog for solving count-distinct problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

There is no native wildcard support for deletion operations in Redis command line client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonathan W.

Salesforce Consultant

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/27/2017

"Great in-memory storage"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Redis Software?

What's best to appreciate about Redis is how quickly it's growing since it's first appearance and how useful and fast it is for many parts of a software implementation.

It always seemed to me like a storage option for caching or indexing, but it is way more than that. Some features are definitely to be highlighted like:

* Pub/Sub message system.

* Redis Cluster

* Expires

* Lua scripting

* Blazing fast

Are some of the things I noticed that make a difference when looking for this kind of memory storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Redis Software?

I used to dislike the lack of features on Redis, but that was like 2 years ago, it has grown so quickly so fast that it's scary, the community is strongly focus on this product development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Redis Software:

If considering using Redis for a project, just try it, it's easy to use and feature-rich. The community is really active and there's no lack on tutorial for a lot of use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Redis Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Pretty much anything that needs to be stored and retrieved fast, like caching is a great use case for Redis. For example to store session information in web applications. Also to store large amounts of incremental and volatile data, since it can be "expired". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.