We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Spanner and Redis 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."Google Cloud Spanner is stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability. Scalability comes with two options, among which Google Cloud Spanner can scale horizontally, compared to other relational databases that scale vertically."
"The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure."
"We can scale the solution if we need to."
"The ability to fetch and save data quickly is valuable."
"The in-memory data makes it fast."
"I use Redis mostly to cache repeated data that is required."
"The solution's technical support team is good...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"The online interface is very fast and easy to use."
"The product offers fast access to my database."
"It makes operations more efficient. The information processing is very fast, and very responsive. It's all about the technology."
"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."
"Google came up with something called Cloud Spanner Emulator, which fails to work like the real product if I want to develop some code and run a database locally on my machine."
"The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling."
"I want to improve the deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure."
"The cost can be a bit high."
"If we use a lot of data, it will eventually cost us a lot."
"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."
"It's actually quite expensive."
"Sometimes, we use Redis as a cluster, and the clusters can sometimes suffer some issues and bring some downtime to your application."
"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."
"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 initial setup took some time as our technical team needed to familiarize themselves with Redis."
"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."
Google Cloud Spanner is ranked 8th in Database as a Service with 4 reviews while Redis is ranked 6th in Database as a Service with 11 reviews. Google Cloud Spanner is rated 9.0, while Redis is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Spanner writes "A stable and scalable relational database that ensures a return on investment for its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Redis writes "Enables efficient caching and helps users fetch and save data quickly". Google Cloud Spanner is most compared with Amazon RDS, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, Oracle Database as a Service and SQL Azure, whereas Redis is most compared with Amazon SQS, Google Cloud Memorystore, Chroma, ActiveMQ and Faiss. See our Google Cloud Spanner vs. Redis report.
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