🆚 Microsoft SQL Server vs. Redis

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Redis is much more popular than Microsoft SQL Server.
🌎 Redis is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
🌍 Microsoft SQL Server is more popular in the Czech Republic, Iran, and Liechtenstein.

Microsoft SQL Server

Redis

Type

Database technology

About

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft.

It supports Transact-SQL (T-SQL) as its query language, runs on both Windows and Linux platforms, includes features such as Always On Availability Groups, in-memory OLTP, Transparent Data Encryption, and row-level security.

Redis is a popular high-performance in-memory key-value database that persists on disk.

It supports rich data structures beyond simple strings, offers master-replica replication, clustering across up to thousands of nodes via hash-slot sharding, and automatic failover.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

microsoft.com/sqlserver/ #3

redis.io #23,562

Pricing

Free version ✔️Express

Pay-as-you-goStandard$73/core/month
Enterprise$274/core/month

Free version ✔️Open source

Cloud Essentials$5+/month

Cloud Pro$0.881/hour

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Redis database technology is 9 times more popular than Microsoft SQL Server.

Total websites

Market share

Databases

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Redis is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Microsoft SQL Server is more popular in the Czech Republic, Iran, and Liechtenstein.

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

India

Germany

Canada

France

Netherlands

Japan

Italy

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in the Czech Republic in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in Iran in the Databases category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Databases category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Databases category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Databases category.

🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in India in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in France in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Databases category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Redis is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and business, while Microsoft SQL Server is more commonly used on finance and banking, and government and military sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Fashion/Beauty

Health

Blogs/Wiki

Sports

Entertainment

Education/Reference

Internet Services