Redis is famous for caching, but it’s so much more. When you need real-time speed or the power to handle millions of operations per second, here’s how to pick the Redis version that fits your needs.
Redis Community Edition is fast and free, while Redis Software adds enterprise-grade support that ensures high availability, stronger security, and seamless scaling for massive workloads.
“It really wasn’t cost effective to maintain Redis [Community Edition] internally; it was a lot better to get involved with others who were experts in the technology. Plus, as generally is the case, you get a better product up front that’s more reliable for a production application at scale.”
Omar Koncobo
IT Director, Ulta Beauty
Efficient resource utilization with support for multiple datastores in a single cluster
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Redis Enterprise was the former name for the enterprise-grade version of Redis. It offers superior capabilities compared to Redis Community Edition, source available Redis, open source Redis, Redis OSS, Redis core, Redis forks, and Redis substitutes like KeyDB, Valkey, and Dragonfly DB making it the ideal choice for developers seeking advanced performance, security, and scalability. With automated operations, a built-in proxy, and robust query & search features, Redis Enterprise enables faster and more reliable apps. Optimize your data management with Redis Enterprise for enhanced efficiency and innovation. Explore the benefits of Redis Enterprise over source available and open source Redis.
Redis Community Edition is the next evolution of the open source Redis project. It is completely source available and will merge features and functionality from the Redis Stack project such as JSON, time series, probabilistic functions (i.e. Bloom, Cuckoo), query and search.
Redis is no longer considered open source. Starting with Redis 7.4, Redis is licensed under the Redis Source Available License (RSALv2) and the Server Side Public License (SSPLv1). These licenses allow permissive use of the source code but include restrictions to protect Redis’ commercial interests, particularly against cloud providers offering Redis as a managed service without a commercial agreement.
Redis Community Edition remains freely available and continues to support a wide range of use cases and integrations.
For more details, you can read the full announcement.
Redis Software is the formal name for the enterprise-grade version of Redis. It offers superior capabilities compared to Redis Community Edition, source available Redis, open source Redis, Redis OSS, Redis core, Redis forks, and Redis substitutes like KeyDB, Valkey, Redict, and Dragonfly DB making it the ideal choice for developers seeking advanced performance, security, and scalability. With automated operations, a built-in proxy, and robust query & search features, Redis Software enables faster and more reliable apps. Optimize your data management with Redis Software for enhanced efficiency and innovation. Explore the benefits of Redis Software over Redis Community Edition and open source Redis above.
Open source Redis was created by Salvatore Sanfilippo in 2009 to provide a fast, in-memory data structure store for real-time applications. We took over its development and commercial aspects in 2015, allowing for more structured support and the development of Redis Stack and Redis Enterprise, enhancing Redis’s capabilities and commercial reach.
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