SingleStore vs Redis Cloud
A detailed comparison to help you choose between SingleStore and Redis Cloud.
Quick Verdict
3.8/5
SingleStore
0 reviews
3.6/5
Redis Cloud
0 reviews
SingleStore is rated higher (3.8 vs 3.6). SingleStore (formerly MemSQL) is a cloud-native database combining OLTP and OLAP in a single system. Handles real-time analytics and transactions without ETL. Used by financial services and gaming companies. Redis Cloud is the official managed Redis service from Redis Ltd, the creators of Redis. Offers Redis Stack with JSON, search, and time series. Multi-cloud on AWS, GCP, Azure.
SingleStore Real-time analytics and transactions in one database | Redis Cloud Managed Redis from the original creators | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.8 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.6 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | usage-based | freemium |
| Starting price | Free tier available | Free tier available |
| Best for | Teams with genuinely mixed transactional and analytical workloads — fraud, risk, adtech, IoT, live gaming — that need sub-second freshness and want to retire a separate warehouse and sync pipeline. | Teams running business-critical caching, session, real-time or vector workloads who want the Redis engine operated by its creators, with backups and SLAs included on paid plans. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ||
| Tags | ||
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| Visit SingleStore → | Visit Redis Cloud → | |
SingleStore
Pros
- + Transactions and analytics in one engine — no ETL pipeline between an operational database and a warehouse
- + Published, itemised rate card: workspace sizes, credit burn, storage tiers and every multiplier are public
- + Genuine free evaluation tier plus $500 of credits on Standard
- + MySQL-compatible wire protocol shortens migration from MySQL-based stacks
- + Documented compliance posture (ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR) and a BYOC option for data residency
Cons
- - Stacking multipliers (Enterprise 1.5x, Multi-AZ 1.3x, region tier, scaling) make real bills hard to predict from headline prices
- - Distributed-engine concepts (shard keys, distribution, reference tables) are overkill for simple CRUD applications
- - Free Shared tier is explicitly non-production and self-support only
- - Self-managed licensing and BYOC/Dedicated pricing require a sales conversation
Redis Cloud
Pros
- + Managed by the stewards of upstream Redis, running the same engine (Redis 8) rather than a fork
- + Real free tier for learning and a low $5/month Essentials entry with published per-hour math
- + Paid plans include scheduled backups (daily on Essentials, hourly-capable on Pro) to your own S3/GCS/Azure/FTP
- + Broad footprint: AWS, Google Cloud and Azure regions across multiple continents, private connectivity on Pro
- + Redis 8 turns the cache into a document, search, vector and time-series engine in one binary
Cons
- - Costs compound fast at production scale — in-memory data plus HA plus multi-region is expensive
- - Free plan is tiny (30 MB, 100 ops/sec, no replication, no backups) and Essentials caps throughput per tier
- - Essentials database size includes replication — HA halves usable capacity
- - Published storage ceilings conflict between pages (12 GB vs 100 GB for Essentials)
- - Licensing history (2024 source-available switch) requires reading the license matrix for embedded use
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