Best Dragonfly Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from in-memory databases ranked against Dragonfly on the same published basis.
- 1Dragonfly vs Amazon ElastiCache
- 2Dragonfly vs Redis Insight
- 3Dragonfly vs Aerospike Database
- 4Dragonfly vs VMware Workstation Pro
- 5Dragonfly vs VoltDB
- 6Dragonfly vs Apache Geode
- 7Dragonfly vs RonDB
- 8Dragonfly vs SingleStore Helios
- 9Dragonfly vs Infinispan
- 10Dragonfly vs KeyDB
- 11Dragonfly vs eXtremeDB
- 12Dragonfly vs Tarantool DB
- 13Dragonfly vs DiceDB
- 14Dragonfly vs GridGain
- 15Dragonfly vs Couchbase Server
- 16Dragonfly vs RaimaDB
- 17Dragonfly vs Valkey
- 19Dragonfly vs Erlang Debugger
- 20Dragonfly vs SAP Customer Data Platform
- 21Dragonfly vs ScaleOut In-Memory Database
Dragonfly alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon ElastiCache | 6.6 | Free plan | $6/mo | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Redis Insight | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Aerospike Database | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 4 | VMware Workstation Pro | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Linux, self-hosted, Windows |
| 5 | VoltDB | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web |
| 6 | Apache Geode | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Windows |
| 7 | RonDB | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted |
| 8 | SingleStore Helios | 6.4 | Free plan | $0.99/mo | API, Web |
| 9 | Infinispan | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted |
| 10 | KeyDB | 5.5 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted |
| 11 | eXtremeDB | 5.3 | No | — | Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 12 | Tarantool DB | 5.3 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted |
| 13 | DiceDB | 5.2 | No | — | Linux, Mac |
| 14 | GridGain | 5.2 | No | $0.11/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 15 | Couchbase Server | 5.1 | No | — | — |
| 16 | RaimaDB | 5.1 | No | — | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android |
| 17 | Valkey | 5.1 | No | — | Linux, Mac |
| 19 | Erlang Debugger | 5.0 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 20 | SAP Customer Data Platform | 4.9 | No | — | — |
| 21 | ScaleOut In-Memory Database | 4.9 | No | — | Windows, Linux |
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Questions about Dragonfly alternatives
What is the best alternative to Dragonfly?
Amazon ElastiCache, number 1 in in-memory databases with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Redis Insight, Aerospike Database, VMware Workstation Pro and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Dragonfly?
Amazon ElastiCache is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 9 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.