We performed a comparison between Redis and SQL Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database as a Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The online interface is very fast and easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Redis are its ease of use and speed. It does not have access to the disc and it is fast."
"Redis is a simple, powerful, and fast solution."
"Redis is better tested and is used by large companies. I haven't found a direct alternative to what Redis offers. Plus, there are a lot of support and learning resources available, which help you use Redis efficiently."
"The product offers fast access to my database."
"The solution's technical support team is good...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"The in-memory data makes it fast."
"It makes operations more efficient. The information processing is very fast, and very responsive. It's all about the technology."
"We're a Microsoft customer, so it fits in with everything else we work with."
"The most valuable feature of SQL Azure is centralized authentication because I'm using the domain, user name, and password, for Microsoft 365 account with multifactor authentication and the security has been working well."
"Its performance is good. It has a lot of features. It has the backup feature, which is not there in Amazon RDS. In Azure SQL, there is an option to replicate and restore a database point to point, whereas we can't do that with Amazon RDS."
"The product is easy to set up."
"Coding does not require much effort."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that our customers do not have to manage the solution."
"The product is quite stable. The performance is great and it's reliable."
"The reason we moved to the cloud was for the convenience of not having any physical hardware to maintain."
"Sometimes, we use Redis as a cluster, and the clusters can sometimes suffer some issues and bring some downtime to your application."
"It's actually quite expensive."
"I would prefer it if there was more information available about Redis. That would make it easier for new beginners. Currently, there is a lack of resources."
"The initial setup took some time as our technical team needed to familiarize themselves with Redis."
"There is a lack of documentation on the scalability of the solution."
"In future releases, I would like Redis to provide its users with an option like schema validation. Currently, the solution lacks to offer such functionality."
"The only thing is the lack of a GUI application. There was a time when we needed to resolve an issue in production. If we had a GUI, it would have been easier."
"The development of clusters could improve. Additionally, it would be helpful if it was integrated with Amazon AWS or Google Cloud."
"The management is entirely controlled by Microsoft, so there are some restrictions."
"The solution could improve by allowing the export of the data more seamlessly. It is difficult to copy and back up data."
"I think that the cost management in SQL is not clear because we may use some tax to identify products, but in some cases identifying the transactions in SQL is not easy for some financial cost centers."
"SQL Azure could improve the feature set. They are catching up to Microsoft SQL Server."
"The solution can be improved by reducing the constraints available."
"The problem is the automated configuration."
"The solution lacks feedback tools."
"It can have more dashboards for monitoring, which would naturally help a lot. Other than that, everything is okay."
Redis is ranked 7th in Database as a Service with 8 reviews while SQL Azure is ranked 2nd in Database as a Service with 90 reviews. Redis is rated 8.6, while SQL Azure is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Redis writes "Performs much better than traditional databases, integrates well and lot of learning resources available ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Azure writes "The SQL connector effectively syncs data to databases". Redis is most compared with Google Cloud Memorystore, Amazon SQS, ActiveMQ, Chroma and Faiss, whereas SQL Azure is most compared with Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Database as a Service and Google Cloud Spanner. See our Redis vs. SQL Azure report.
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