Redis

Based on 1444 responses from 332 people, we've built up the following picture of Redis

Ranked high for:

  1. This database has very good read performance
  2. This database has a very flexible data model
  3. This database has very good write performance
  4. This database is good for querying time series
  5. This database is good at high concurrency reads
  6. This database is easy for non-programmers to use
  7. This database is good for performing many small operations on data
  8. This database has a low footprint
  9. This database is good at high concurrency writes
  10. This database is highly scalable

Ranked low for:

  1. There are good commercial tools for working with this database
  2. This database has a very restrictive data model
  3. It is easy to construct ad-hoc queries against this database
  4. This database can be a bit arcane
  5. There are bindings for a variety of different languages to talk to this database
  6. I am familiar with this database
  7. This database is good for performing complex operations on large amounts of data
  8. This database is very reliable
  9. There are good open source tools for working with this database
  10. This database is good for heavily mathematical operations on data

Most similar to

  1. kdb
  2. GenieDB
  3. MongoDB
  4. CouchDB
  5. Voldemort

Most dissimilar from

  1. MySQL
  2. PostgreSQL
  3. MSSQL Server
  4. Excel
  5. Access

All statements

  1. This database has very good read performance
  2. This database has a very flexible data model
  3. This database has very good write performance
  4. This database is good for querying time series
  5. This database is good at high concurrency reads
  6. This database is easy for non-programmers to use
  7. This database is good for performing many small operations on data
  8. This database has a low footprint
  9. This database is good at high concurrency writes
  10. This database is highly scalable
  11. This database has an unusual data model
  12. This database is very easy to get started with
  13. This database is good for querying graph structures
  14. This database has a good story for replication
  15. This database has a good community around it
  16. This database would be good for embedding in an application
  17. This database is good for heavily mathematical operations on data
  18. There are good open source tools for working with this database
  19. This database is very reliable
  20. This database is good for performing complex operations on large amounts of data
  21. I am familiar with this database
  22. There are bindings for a variety of different languages to talk to this database
  23. This database can be a bit arcane
  24. It is easy to construct ad-hoc queries against this database
  25. This database has a very restrictive data model
  26. There are good commercial tools for working with this database