Dragonfly Is Not Redis: An Open Letter to the Community
a year ago
- #cloud computing
- #in-memory data store
- #open-source
- Dragonfly launched in 2022 to build a better in-memory data store than Redis.
- Redis dismissed Dragonfly in a blog post, claiming no need for architectural updates.
- Dragonfly focuses on modern cloud scalability, lower cost, and high performance.
- Redis's legal team accused Dragonfly of misleading users by associating with Redis.
- Dragonfly Cloud offers 6.5x higher throughput at 4.5x lower cost compared to Redis Cloud.
- Redis has a history of legal threats against projects using its name.
- Dragonfly remains committed to innovation and competition in the open-source community.