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  3. Fauna vs Redis Cloud

FaunavsRedis Cloud

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Saas70
ScoresSignalsPricingFeatures

Score Comparison

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Overall
70
0
Pricing
55
0
Usability
75
0
Performance
95
0
Support
65
0
Reliability
85
0
Onboarding
75
0
Security
75
0
Integrations
70
FaunaRedis Cloud

Signals Comparison

Reliability

Fauna

  • SERVICE SHUT DOWN - May 30, 2025(10/10)
  • Open source release promised but no timeline(7/10)

Redis Cloud

  • Performance over durability trade-off(7/10)
  • Regional cloud provider dependencies(6/10)
Pricing

Fauna

  • Costs did not scale to $0 like truly serverless(7/10)
  • Dashboard usage consumed operations(4/10)

Redis Cloud

  • 2024 license change sparked community outrage and fork(8/10)
  • Memory-based pricing gets expensive at scale(8/10)
  • Pro pricing uses hourly billing - unpredictable costs(5/10)
Usability

Fauna

  • FQL query language had steep learning curve(6/10)
  • Type system difficult to debug(4/10)

Redis Cloud

  • Key-value model limits complex data relationships(6/10)
Support

Fauna

  • Documentation gaps for new product(5/10)

Redis Cloud

  • Private offering and contract concerns(6/10)
Customization

Fauna

  • No transactions spanning multiple requests(6/10)
  • Company pivoted focus from developers to enterprise(6/10)

Redis Cloud

  • ElastiCache locked at Redis 7.2 due to license(6/10)
  • Valkey lacks Redis 8+ features(5/10)
Integrations

Fauna

  • Lacked full-text search capability(5/10)

Redis Cloud

No signals

Performance

Fauna

No signals

Redis Cloud

  • Significant RAM requirements(6/10)

Pricing Comparison

Fauna

SERVICE DISCONTINUED
Free

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Cannot sign up or use - service terminated

Service no longer available - migrate to alternatives
Free Tier (Historical)
Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 5GB (was)

Limits: Historical reference only - service shut down

Service terminated - no longer applicable
Pay-Go (Historical)
$25/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Pay per GB

Limits: Historical reference only - service shut down

Flat monthly fee + overages regardless of usage

Redis Cloud

Free (Trial)
Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 30MB

Limits: No HA, no backups, no support, expires after trial period

Very limited - only for testing, not production viable
Essentials
Popular
$5/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 250MB+

Limits: No 99.999% SLA, limited data structures, single region

Higher tiers scale: 1GB ~$18/mo, 5GB ~$85/mo. Limited to shared infrastructure.
Pro
$0.88/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Custom

Limits: Usage-based can be unpredictable, requires cost monitoring

Hourly billing adds up: ~$640/month minimum. Memory scaling increases costs significantly.
Enterprise
$0/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales engagement, minimum commitment likely

Negotiated pricing varies widely. Contract commitment typically required.

Feature Comparison

FeatureFaunaRedis Cloud
Database
Document + Relational

Was unique

In-Memory Data Store

Sub-ms latency

Rich Data Structures

Strings, hashes, sets, etc.

ACID Transactions

Historical

SQL Queries

FQL only

Complex Relationships

Key-value model

Infrastructure
Global Distribution

Historical

Serverless

Historical

Active-Active Geo-Rep

Pro plan

Search
Redis Query Engine

Cloud exclusive

Full-Text Search

Never had

API
GraphQL Support

Historical

AI
Vector Search

Redis 8+

Status
Active Service

SHUT DOWN

Reliability
99.999% SLA

Pro plan

Licensing
Open Source

Promised, no timeline

OSI Open Source

AGPLv3 option (Redis 8)

Storage
Disk-Based Storage

Memory only

Deployment
Self-Hosted Option

Was cloud-only

Compatibility
AWS ElastiCache Redis 8

License blocked