🆚 MySQL vs. Redis

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 MySQL is much more popular than Redis.
🌍 MySQL is more popular in all countries.

MySQL

Redis

Type

Database technology

About

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system currently owned by Oracle.

It supports ACID transactions via the InnoDB storage engine, provides support for stored procedures, triggers, views, high availability through replication and clustering, and can scale to tables with billions of rows.

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

Austin, Texas, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

mysql.com #1,650

redis.io #23,562

Pricing

Free version ✔️Community Edition, open source

Commercial LicenseStandard Edition$2,140+/year
Enterprise Edition$5,350+/year
Cluster Carrier Grade Edition$10,700+/year

* The open source version of MySQL can be used for commercial purposes.
A commercial license is required for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), and VARs (Value Added Resellers) who distribute MySQL with commercially licensed software.

Free version ✔️Open source

Cloud Essentials$5+/month

Cloud Pro$0.881/hour

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

MySQL database technology is 16 times more popular than Redis.

Total websites

Market share

Databases

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

MySQL is more popular than Redis in all countries.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

France

Spain

Italy

Australia

Netherlands

Canada

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Databases category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Databases category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Databases category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Databases category.
🥇 Most popular in France 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.

MySQL is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while Redis is more commonly used on fashion and beauty sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Entertainment

Travel

Health

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO