KiviDB Cloud vs Redis Cloud | A Redis Cloud alternative
KiviDB Cloud against Redis Cloud: 77% less than Redis Cloud Pro for 25 GB with a replica, search and vectors built in, on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, billed by the hour.
The commands, clients and data structures you use on Redis Cloud, with search, vectors and JSON built in, for 77% less than Redis Cloud Pro at 25 GB with a replica.
Five reasons teams move from Redis Cloud
- 77% less: Than Redis Cloud Pro $393 a month against $1,708 from Redis Cloud's own calculator, for 25 GB with a replica and persistence.
- 63% less: Than Essentials with a replica $95.54 a month for 5 GB replicated across zones, against $258 for the Essentials plan that holds it.
- Every core runs commands Redis runs commands on one thread, so more throughput means more shards. KiviDB uses every core of the machine it runs on.
- Your own cloud account Run the managed service inside an AWS, Google Cloud or Azure account you own, with the machines and backups there.
- Prepaid, by the hour No annual contract or minimum. A database is charged for the hours it runs.
Statements about other services reflect their public documentation as of November 2026. If one is out of date, tell us at support@kividb.io and we will correct it.
KiviDB Cloud and Redis Cloud, at three sizes
The same dataset, replicated across two zones, on each service's cheapest configuration that holds it.
| Dataset, with a replica | KiviDB Cloud | Redis Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| 5 GB | $95.54 | $258 |
| 25 GB | $393 | $1,708 |
| 100 GB | $1,570 | $3,416 |
Monthly, 730 hours, a primary and one replica in another zone, US regions. KiviDB Cloud: Pro on AWS from the live rate card. Others: each service's cheapest published configuration that holds the dataset, from its list price as read on October 5, 2026; the exact configurations are listed under "How we compared" on the home page.
Side by side
| KiviDB Cloud | Redis Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | KiviDB (Redis protocol, RESP2 and RESP3) | Redis |
| Commands run on | Every core | One thread per shard |
| Search, vectors, JSON | Built in | Built in (Redis 8) |
| Clouds | AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or your own account | AWS, Google Cloud, Azure |
| Replicated, 25 GB | $393 a month | $1,708 a month (Pro) |
| Billing | Prepaid credit, by the hour | Monthly plans (Essentials); hourly or annual (Pro) |
Statements about other services reflect their public documentation as of November 2026. If one is out of date, tell us at support@kividb.io and we will correct it.
Where Redis Cloud is the better fit
- Active-Active across regions Redis Cloud Pro can write in several regions at once and merge the results. KiviDB replicates from one primary.
- Redis modules KiviDB does not load Redis modules. Search, JSON and time series are built in; anything else from a module is not there.
- A database of a few megabytes Redis Cloud's smallest Essentials plans cost less than KiviDB's smallest paid database, which starts at 1 GB.
Move over without a rewrite
- Create a database On the cloud and in the region your application already runs in.
- Bring the data Import an .rdb file as a snapshot, or replicate from your current Redis primary until you cut over.
- Change the address Your Redis client, your commands and your code stay as they are. The compatibility page lists the few things that differ.
Try it on a copy of your data
Export an .rdb from Redis Cloud, import it as a snapshot, and point a copy of your service at it.