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 solution's technical support team is good...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"The product offers fast access to my database."
"Redis is a simple, powerful, and fast solution."
"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."
"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."
"The in-memory data makes it fast."
"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."
"It's easy to use and maintain. If we look at the development of the maintenance team, we are not directly responsible for any infrastructure issues. We have too many positive sides to that. No maintenance, easy to use, and we'll know the limits very well."
"It's the type of product that doesn't need much technical support assistance as it works seamlessly."
"The most valuable feature is PolyBase."
"The stability of the solution is very good."
"The solution is quite straightforward to set up."
"Great auto-scaling and security features."
"Very easy to use on any platform and works well."
"Customers can benefit from a lot of cost savings if they go for Azure."
"The development of clusters could improve. Additionally, it would be helpful if it was integrated with Amazon AWS or Google Cloud."
"The initial setup took some time as our technical team needed to familiarize themselves with Redis."
"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."
"There is a lack of documentation on the scalability of the solution."
"If we use a lot of data, it will eventually cost us a lot."
"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."
"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 are some limitations for cross-database queries and features. The migration of data from older systems should be easier. For deployment, there are too many options, which sometimes makes it difficult to figure out the best option. There is not enough information to help you to find the best option for deployment. There should be more documentation about this."
"The user interface (UI) could be more flexible."
"The solution requires familiarity with its language so can be tricky."
"The preset configuration switches we can select on SQL Azure should be made more liberal to work on."
"SQL Azure could improve by adding more features."
"Its automation can be improved. SQL Server Agent was a very big part of the on-prem tools. While moving from on-prem to the cloud, redoing some of such tools was very cumbersome in Azure. There was a whole new set of technologies and methodologies. It should have easier automation-type features to be able to implement such tools. It should have almost a SQL agent type of substance built into that."
"There are certain shortcomings when it comes to the stability of the product, especially if I consider the fact that there can always be some bug-related issues in the tool."
"The problem is the automated configuration."
Redis is ranked 7th in Database as a Service with 9 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 "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, 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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