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 product offers fast access to my database."
"Redis is a simple, powerful, and fast solution."
"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."
"It makes operations more efficient. The information processing is very fast, and very responsive. It's all about the technology."
"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 ability to fetch and save data quickly is valuable."
"The product is quite stable. The performance is great and it's reliable."
"SQL is a simpler database. We use it more than other databases."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Deployment takes about one hour."
"What is really helpful about the Azure SQL is that when we have a problem with our sound queries, we can trade information about what indexes we should create on tables. It's really helpful for me and also for developers."
"The solution is a fairly mature product. It provides good stability."
"Its easy usage is the most valuable."
"We like the ease of integrating it with our on-premises environment. We use a hybrid model. We have a SQL Server on-premises, and we have an integration with the cloud version. We do CPU or disk intensive processes on-premises. For accessibility, we offload onto the cloud. When you do a lot of IO and things like that in the cloud, Microsoft charges for the CPU activity."
"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."
"If we use a lot of data, it will eventually cost us a lot."
"The development of clusters could improve. Additionally, it would be helpful if it was integrated with Amazon AWS or Google Cloud."
"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."
"Sometimes, we use Redis as a cluster, and the clusters can sometimes suffer some issues and bring some downtime to your application."
"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."
"There is a lack of documentation on the scalability of the solution."
"The initial setup took some time as our technical team needed to familiarize themselves with Redis."
"Price definitely will be the negative point. It is quite expensive."
"I would like to see the cloud connectivity environment improved."
"The product could be more competitive in terms of features, security, and scalability."
"One of the nice features in Microsoft SQL Server is the SQL Server CLR, which we sometimes need to use to protect our procedures using C# or CLR. This is not available in the SQL Azure database."
"If it's a transitional system, there is a lot of reporting, so the solution becomes a bit slow when it's churning out tons of data, but it's good for a mid-sized application"
"The default 1433 port for communication should be customizable because most hacks or attacks are attempted when creating any application or database on the default port."
"It's a little bit limited in terms of functionality."
"It's not a feature, but the solution only offers a certain amount of memory and that's limiting. The scalability should be extended to more than two terabytes."
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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