About · Redis
Redis.
An in-memory data structure store used as a cache, queue, and pub/sub broker.
Primary use cases
- · Caching
- · Session storage
- · Pub/sub
- · Queues
- · Key-value lookups
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§ Head-to-Head
Redis vs TimescaleDB.
An in-memory data structure store used as a cache, queue, and pub/sub broker. · A Postgres extension that turns it into a high-performance time-series database.
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§ Quick Verdict
Pick Redis if you need caching, session storage, pub/sub, queues or key-value lookups.
Pick TimescaleDB if you need time-series or analytics.
§ At a Glance
- Key-value
- Category
- Time-series
- 2009
- First released
- 2017
- AGPLv3 / SSPL / RSAL
- License
- Apache 2 / TSL
- C
- Written in
- C
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Yes
- Free tier
- Yes
- 74,403
- GitHub stars
- 22,652
- 4d ago
- Last push
- yesterday
- 8.6.3
- Latest release
- 2.27.0
§ Use Case Coverage
● fits · ○ not a primary fit
Where each one fits.
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Analytics
Aggregations and scans over large datasets.
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Caching
In-memory storage to relieve a slower database.
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Key-value lookups
Simple GET/SET of small values at high QPS.
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Pub/sub
Message broadcasting between services.
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Queues
Lightweight background-job queues.
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Session storage
Per-user state in an expireable, fast store.
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Time-series
Metrics, IoT, financial ticks, monitoring data.
Redis TimescaleDB
Coverage reflects each tool's primary, well-supported use cases — not every workload it can technically handle. Tools listed as missing a case can often serve it with extra work, but a tool designed for it will be a better default.
About · TimescaleDB
TimescaleDB.
A Postgres extension that turns it into a high-performance time-series database.
Primary use cases
- · Time-series
- · Analytics
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