DragonflyDB
The world's most performant in-memory database.
Overview
Dragonfly is a new in-memory datastore designed to be a drop-in replacement for Redis and Memcached, but with significantly better performance and memory efficiency. It is built from the ground up using modern, multi-threaded, shared-nothing architecture to take full advantage of today's multi-core servers. Dragonfly claims to achieve up to 25x the throughput of Redis on the same hardware.
✨ Key Features
- Redis and Memcached API compatibility
- Multi-threaded, shared-nothing architecture
- High throughput and low latency
- Advanced caching algorithms for high hit rates and memory efficiency
- Built-in high availability and replication
- Snapshotting for persistence
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Ground-up modern architecture designed for multi-core systems
- Exceptional performance, claiming up to 25x Redis throughput
- High memory efficiency due to novel data structures and caching algorithms
Unique Value: Provides a massive leap in performance and efficiency over Redis and Memcached, allowing businesses to handle more load with less hardware and operational complexity.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Serving as a high-throughput cache for AI/ML feature stores
- Consolidating large, sharded Redis clusters
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Applications that rely on Redis-specific modules not yet supported by Dragonfly
🏆 Alternatives
Offers significantly higher performance than both Redis and its multi-threaded fork, KeyDB, due to its modern, ground-up design. It is a drop-in replacement, making migration trivial.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Source-available with the Business Source License (BSL). Free for most uses.
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