GridGain vs Redis Enterprise: In-Memory Computing Platform Feature Comparison

Compare GridGain and Redis Enterprise across SQL, distributed ACID transactions, “slide-in” database acceleration, tiered storage, integrations, and built-in ML capabilities.

  • Compare native ANSI-99 SQL and distributed SQL JOIN support
  • Evaluate distributed ACID transactions and cross-partition transaction capabilities
  • See “slide-in” acceleration for SQL apps via JDBC/ODBC drivers
  • Review tiered storage: on-heap, off-heap, and disk persistence
  • Compare Spark DataFrame/RDD/HDFS support and SQL optimization
  • Assess built-in machine learning and deep learning/TensorFlow integration

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About this feature comparison

Redis (and Redis Enterprise) is widely used as an in-memory cache and key-value store—commonly for session caching, full-page caching, message queues, leaderboards, and counting. This feature comparison explains where Redis fits well and where teams often need a broader platform as requirements expand.

GridGain (built on Apache Ignite) is positioned as a more comprehensive in-memory computing platform that can operate as a distributed in-memory data grid, distributed SQL + key-value database with native persistence, and processing engine for analytics and ML. A key distinction described is GridGain’s ability to “slide in” between SQL-based applications and existing databases by swapping JDBC/ODBC drivers—supporting read-through/write-through caching and keeping data in sync with underlying systems.

The document highlights major differences across native ANSI-99 SQL (including distributed joins), distributed ACID transactions (with multiple isolation levels and optimistic/pessimistic modes), tiered storage and instantaneous restart, automatic integrations with RDBMS/NoSQL/Hadoop via Spark + HDFS, plus built-in machine learning and deep learning (contrasted with Redis’s more limited ML module approach).

GridGain supports ANSI-99 compliant SQL, including distributed SQL JOINs… Redis does not natively support SQL.

GridGain vs Redis Enterprise: In-Memory Computing Platform Feature Comparison

Compare GridGain vs Redis Enterprise across ANSI-99 SQL, distributed joins, ACID transactions, tiered storage, “slide-in” database acceleration, Spark/HDFS integration, and ML support.

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