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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 vs Redis field by field

MySQL, Redis compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
MySQL
Redis
CategoryDatabasesDatabases
Pricing modelOpen SourceOpen Source
Open sourceYesYes
GitHub stars12.5K77.1K
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
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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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