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 ability to fetch and save data quickly is valuable."
"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."
"I use Redis mostly to cache repeated data that is required."
"The best thing about Redis is its ability to handle large amounts of data without frequently hitting the database. You can store data in temporary memory, especially for high-volume data."
"The solution's technical support team is good...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"The product offers fast access to my database."
"The online interface is very fast and easy to use."
"It makes operations more efficient. The information processing is very fast, and very responsive. It's all about the technology."
"Their technical support is the most valuable."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"The reason we moved to the cloud was for the convenience of not having any physical hardware to maintain."
"It is very fast in replicating the data from one database to another. We do some extractions from multiple databases to a target database that we use for visualization. It has a good speed."
"The solution is efficient and easy to use."
"SQL Azure can integrate well with other Microsoft Windows services."
"We have multiple applications running for our customers that we can integrate into Azure SQL."
"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."
"Sometimes, we use Redis as a cluster, and the clusters can sometimes suffer some issues and bring some downtime to your application."
"If we use a lot of data, it will eventually cost us a lot."
"The initial setup took some time as our technical team needed to familiarize themselves with Redis."
"The tool should improve by increasing its size limits and handling dynamic data better. We use the client ID or associate it with a key for static content. The solution will not be easy for a beginner. Unless you understand SQL data, it will be difficult to understand and use Redis. It also needs to be user-friendly."
"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."
"It's actually quite expensive."
"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."
"There is a lack of documentation on the scalability of the solution."
"I was using a user list for connecting a program in OTF for getting information. The connection in SQL Azure can improve by being easier because at the moment I have to use private certificates for user authentication. I had to do additional configuration to have the connections."
"Scalability is an issue because we can't upgrade to new versions due to hardware limitations."
"Although the solution integrates well into Azure’s ecosystem, it has limited capability and is incompatible with many third-party applications or tools."
"It's a little bit limited in terms of functionality."
"I'm not really a SQL DBA, so I can't go into the depths of the areas that need to be improved. They can maybe make it a bit easier to educate people on how to develop SQL Server in Azure. They can provide some free seminars and webinars and more training in general for easier migration. I know there is some stuff on Microsoft learning, but it would be helpful and useful to have more up-to-date content."
"The solution could improve by allowing the export of the data more seamlessly. It is difficult to copy and back up data."
"The solution has to scale up its expertise for hosting Oracle."
"There could be more collaboration with other tools like Data Factory and Databricks."
Redis is ranked 7th in Database as a Service with 11 reviews while SQL Azure is ranked 2nd in Database as a Service with 90 reviews. Redis is rated 8.4, while SQL Azure is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Redis writes "Enables efficient caching and helps users fetch and save data quickly". 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, Chroma, ActiveMQ 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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