MySQL vs Redis

MySQL and Redis are both listed under Databases in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

MySQL, Redis compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
	MySQL	Redis
Category	Databases	Databases
Pricing model	Open Source	Open Source
Open source	Yes	Yes
GitHub stars	12.4K	76.0K
Key features	ACID compliance and transactions High performance and scalability Cross-platform compatibility Replication and clustering support Strong security features Comprehensive backup and recovery Full-text indexing and search JSON data type support	In-memory data storage with persistence Rich data structures (strings, lists, sets, hashes) Pub/Sub messaging system Lua scripting support Clustering and high availability Streams for real-time data processing Built-in replication Atomic operations and transactions
Use cases	Web application backends E-commerce platforms Content management systems Data warehousing Online transaction processing Logging and analytics Enterprise applications Cloud-native applications	Application caching and session storage Real-time analytics and leaderboards Message queuing and pub/sub systems Rate limiting and API throttling Shopping carts and user sessions Real-time chat applications Geospatial applications Machine learning model serving
Integrations	PHP Python Java Node.js WordPress Drupal Laravel	Node.js Python Java PHP Ruby Docker Kubernetes Spring Boot
Tags	sql relational open-source web-development lamp-stack	in-memory cache key-value pub-sub session-store real-time
Links	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)

What each one is

MySQL

Popular open-source relational database management system

MySQL is one of the world's most popular open-source relational database management systems. It's known for its reliability, ease of use, and performance. MySQL is widely used in web applications and is a central component of the LAMP stack.

Full MySQL listing

Redis

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

Redis is an open-source, in-memory data structure store that can be used as a database, cache, streaming engine, and message broker. It supports various data structures like strings, hashes, lists, sets, and sorted sets. Redis is known for its exceptional performance, making it ideal for high-throughput applications.

Full Redis listing

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MySQL, Redis compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
	MySQL	Redis
Category	Databases	Databases
Pricing model	Open Source	Open Source
Open source	Yes	Yes
GitHub stars	12.4K	76.0K
Key features	ACID compliance and transactions High performance and scalability Cross-platform compatibility Replication and clustering support Strong security features Comprehensive backup and recovery Full-text indexing and search JSON data type support	In-memory data storage with persistence Rich data structures (strings, lists, sets, hashes) Pub/Sub messaging system Lua scripting support Clustering and high availability Streams for real-time data processing Built-in replication Atomic operations and transactions
Use cases	Web application backends E-commerce platforms Content management systems Data warehousing Online transaction processing Logging and analytics Enterprise applications Cloud-native applications	Application caching and session storage Real-time analytics and leaderboards Message queuing and pub/sub systems Rate limiting and API throttling Shopping carts and user sessions Real-time chat applications Geospatial applications Machine learning model serving
Integrations	PHP Python Java Node.js WordPress Drupal Laravel	Node.js Python Java PHP Ruby Docker Kubernetes Spring Boot
Tags	sql relational open-source web-development lamp-stack	in-memory cache key-value pub-sub session-store real-time
Links	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)

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