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."I use Redis mostly to cache repeated data that is required."
"The online interface is very fast and easy to use."
"The in-memory data makes it fast."
"The ability to fetch and save data quickly is valuable."
"It makes operations more efficient. The information processing is very fast, and very responsive. It's all about the technology."
"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."
"Redis is a simple, powerful, and fast solution."
"The product offers fast access to my database."
"The most valuable feature from the infra point of view is you don't have to keep any on-prem infrastructure, it is available all the time whenever you want to access it."
"We're a Microsoft customer, so it fits in with everything else we work with."
"SQL Azure is good with transactional systems."
"The solution has become easier to use over time and it's also reasonably priced."
"The hardware is all managed by Microsoft."
"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."
"The solution is efficient and easy to use."
"The automated scalability feature of SQL Azure has proven to be highly beneficial, particularly when deployed in the cloud."
"The development of clusters could improve. Additionally, it would be helpful if it was integrated with Amazon AWS or Google Cloud."
"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."
"Sometimes, we use Redis as a cluster, and the clusters can sometimes suffer some issues and bring some downtime to your application."
"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."
"If we use a lot of data, it will eventually cost us a lot."
"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."
"Integration needs to be improved for this solution."
"It does take some time to learn about the environment."
"It should have better profiling capabilities."
"The solution requires familiarity with its language so can be tricky."
"They should include more accessible functions for image tooling."
"There is room for improvement regarding the pricing structure."
"There is probably more functionality in our on-prem SQL Server than SQL Azure."
"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."
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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