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Name

Description

Open Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database

In-memory data structure store, used as database, cache and message broker info

Redis focuses on performance so most of its design decisions prioritize high performance and very low latencies.

Primary database model

Document store

Key-value store info

Multiple data types and a rich set of operations, as well as configurable data expiration, eviction and persistence

Secondary database models

Document store info

with Redis Modules
Graph DBMS info

with Redis Modules
Search engine info

with Redis Modules
Time Series DBMS info

with Redis Modules

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Score	4.18
Rank	#70	Overall
	#12	Document stores

Score	146.13
Rank	#8	Overall
	#1	Key-value stores

Website

ravendb.net

redis.io

Technical documentation

ravendb.net/docs

redis.io/documentation

Developer

Hibernating Rhinos

Salvatore Sanfilippo info

Development sponsored by Redis Labs

Initial release

2010

2009

Current release

4.2, May 2019

5.0.5, May 2019

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source info

AGPL version 3, commercial license available

Open Source info

BSD 3-Clause, commercial license available

Cloud-based only info

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) info

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Server operating systems

Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows

BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows info

ported and maintained by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.

Data scheme

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

partial

Supported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes

XML support info

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

with RediSearch module

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language (RQL)

APIs and other access methods

.NET Client API
Java Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API

proprietary protocol info

RESP - REdis Serialization Protocol

Supported programming languages

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby

C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic

Server-side scripts info

Stored procedures

yes

Lua

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods info

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Replication methods info

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Multi-master replication

Master-slave replication info

Chained replication is supported
Multi-master replication info

with Redis Enterprise Pack

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

MapReduce functions can be defined in Linq

Consistency concepts info

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency

Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys info

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts info

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID, Cluster-wide transaction available

Optimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scripts

Concurrency info

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Data access is serialized by the server

Durability info

Support for making data persistent

yes

Configurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logs

In-memory capabilities info

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts info

Access control

Access control on document level using the Authorization Bundle

Simple password-based access control info

Access control lists and SSL are available in the commercial version

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Specific characteristics

Mentioned in both Gartner and Forrester research, RavenDB is a pioneer in the newest...
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Redis, benchmarked as the world's fastest database, reduces application complexity,...
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Competitive advantages

RavenDB is easy to setup and secure. You can do it in a matter of minutes . Easy...
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Redis is an in-memory database platform offering native support of wide range of...
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Typical application scenarios

IoT for Edge Deployments Fraud Detection Recommendation Engines Product Catalogs...
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Redis powers personalization, real-time fraud detection, IoT, e-commerce, real-time...
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Key customers

Toyota, Vodafone, Medicaid, Nomura, RMS Automotive, MSNBC, Pluralsight, JetBrains
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Verizon, Vodafone, Atlassian, Trip Advisor, Jet.com, Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Docker,...
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Market metrics

2 million+ downloads 1000+ customers including Fortune 500 large enterprises
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Licensing and pricing models

RavenDB is available on-premise and in the cloud. RavenDB Community : You can take...
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The licensing model is subscription based. Redis Enterprise Cloud is priced according...
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