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Managed Redis · by Redis

Redis Cloud

Redis Inc.'s own managed Redis 8, with search, JSON and vector features on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, from a free 30 MB database to dedicated clusters.

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Redis Cloud homepage
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Overview

Redis Cloud is the managed Redis offered by Redis Inc., the company behind Redis. It runs Redis 8, which adds JSON, vector sets, time series and the Redis Query Engine for full-text, geospatial, vector and hybrid search. Databases run on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure, or on your own cloud through BYOC.

The free plan is a single 30 MB database with a 100 ops/sec cap, enough for learning and prototypes. Essentials plans are shared deployments sized by memory, from $5 a month for the smallest, with daily and instant backups, high availability, SAML SSO, encryption at rest and up to 99.99% uptime. Redis Flex on Essentials stores part of the data on SSD to reach 100 GB at lower cost.

Pro moves to dedicated clusters with unlimited memory, multiple databases, Active-Active replication across regions, private connectivity and up to 99.999% uptime. It is billed hourly from $0.014 an hour with a $200 monthly minimum; the first $200 is free.

Essentials plans enforce monthly bandwidth and ops/sec limits per size, so check the throughput caps rather than just memory when sizing a cache for real traffic.

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Pricing and plans

Free tier

One 30 MB Essentials database on shared infrastructure, 30 connections, 5 GB monthly bandwidth, 100 ops/sec, best-effort SLA and community support

At the limit Not stated The vendor does not say what happens at the limit, or we have not found it yet.

Paused if unused No backups
Plan Price What you get
Free $0 30 MB single database, shared, 100 ops/sec, 5 GB bandwidth, best-effort SLA
Essentials From $5/mo Shared; 250 MB to 12 GB in RAM or up to 100 GB with Redis Flex; SAML SSO, RBAC, encryption at rest, up to 99.99% uptime, backups
Pro From $0.014/hr $200/month minimum, first $200 free; dedicated clusters, multiple databases, Active-Active multi-region, private connectivity, up to 99.999% uptime
Redis Software Custom Self-managed Redis for on-premises or your own cloud

Essentials pricing scales with database memory size (replication counts toward size); only the starting price ($0.007/hour, about $5/month) was shown on the pricing page, so prices for the 1 GB to 12 GB and Flex sizes were not captured. Essentials sizes carry bandwidth and throughput caps, for example 250 MB: 100 GB bandwidth and 1,000 ops/sec; 12 GB: 2,000 GB and 16,000 ops/sec. Pro has a $200/month minimum and usage-based data transfer; Pro on Azure is sold as Azure Managed Redis. Region lists did not render on redis.io, so EU availability (Frankfurt for Essentials; Ireland, London, Paris and others for Pro) is taken from a 2024 mirror of the Redis docs.

Source: redis.io/pricing/ · prices as published, excluding tax.

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What it does

Redis 8
Current Redis with JSON, vector sets and 480+ commands; Redis says it is the only managed Redis 8 on AWS and Google Cloud.
Query Engine
Full-text, geospatial, vector and hybrid search directly on Redis data.
Redis Flex
Keeps part of the dataset on SSD to hold up to 100 GB on Essentials and terabytes on Pro at lower cost than RAM only.
Active-Active
Multi-region replication with local read and write latency on Pro, backing the 99.999% uptime tier.
Backups and persistence
Daily and instant backups and data persistence on paid Essentials and Pro plans.
Security
SAML SSO, RBAC, encryption in transit and at rest on Essentials; VPC peering and PrivateLink on Pro.
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Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Full Redis 8 feature set from the company that builds Redis
  • Paid entry at $5/mo with backups and SSO
  • Runs on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure
  • Active-Active multi-region with a 99.999% uptime tier on Pro
  • States SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA and GDPR support

Limitations

  • Free plan is only 30 MB with 100 ops/sec
  • Essentials plans cap bandwidth and throughput per size
  • Pro has a $200 monthly minimum
  • No per-request billing or scale to zero
  • Essentials region choice is narrower than Pro's
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Who it suits

Good for

  • Production caching and session stores that need backups and HA
  • Apps using Redis search, JSON or vector features
  • Enterprises needing multi-region Active-Active Redis

Look elsewhere if

  • Serverless or edge apps with spiky, low average traffic, where per-request pricing is cheaper
  • Hobby projects needing more than 30 MB for free
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Alternatives to Redis Cloud

Tool From Free option Stages
Aiven Managed open-source data platform (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, Valkey, OpenSearch, ClickHouse)
$5/mo Free tier
Render Managed PaaS
$7/mo Free tier
MongoDB Atlas Managed document database
$8/mo Free tier
Crunchy Bridge Managed PostgreSQL on AWS, Azure and GCP
$9/mo Paid
Supabase Managed Postgres backend platform
$25/mo Free tier
Convex Reactive backend and document database
$25/mo Free tier

All managed databases →

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Questions

Is Redis Cloud free?

Yes, one 30 MB database is free forever with a 100 ops/sec limit and community support.

How much does Redis Cloud cost?

Essentials starts at $0.007 an hour, about $5 a month, and scales with memory size. Pro starts at $0.014 an hour with a $200 monthly minimum.

What is the difference between Redis Cloud Essentials and Pro?

Essentials is a shared deployment with one database and size-based limits; Pro is a dedicated cluster with multiple databases, Active-Active replication and private networking.

Does Redis Cloud include backups?

Paid Essentials plans include daily and instant backups; the free 30 MB plan does not.

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