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Should I use Dragonfly?

Discover Dragonfly - the most performant in-memory data store, engineered for extreme throughput at scale. - dragonflydb.io

· 1 month ago

Buy if you run heavy Redis-scale workloads and the claimed savings survive your own benchmark. Skip if you need a simple cache or Redis's full ecosystem maturity — plain Redis or Valkey is the safer default.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~12 public sources. High noise: many 'Dragonfly' hits are unrelated products (DragonFly BSD, Alibaba's P2P tool, strollers), so security attribution needs verification.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usable evidence
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo usable evidence
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • High-throughput caches at scale
  • Redis workloads with ballooning costs
  • Large session or event-stream workloads

Not for

  • Small apps — plain Redis or Valkey is simpler
  • Teams relying on niche Redis modules (parity likely partial)
  • Durable, disk-first storage needs — this is in-memory

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

'Up to 80% off Redis' is a marketing ceiling; validate savings against your own workload before switching.

medium

Public review base is thin; support quality and long-term reliability unproven versus Redis.

low

CVEs titled 'Dragonfly' may be DragonFly BSD or Alibaba's P2P tool — verify before treating as DragonflyDB issues.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Markets itself at up to 80% lower cost than Redis
  • Unaffected by the critical Redis RCE found by Wiz Research
  • Public case study: Sharp App cut latency
  • G2 reviewers consistently praise the product

Cons

  • Young, venture-funded vendor (~$24M) against Redis's entrenched ecosystem
  • Multiple recent CVEs reference 'Dragonfly'; attribution to DragonflyDB partly unclear
  • No dedicated public security page found
  • Thin public review base; long-term reliability hard to judge

Sources & method

- 10 sources - Mixed: a few recent CVEs reference 'Dragonfly' (some possibly other products); Wiz's critical Redis RCE did not affect Dragonfly.

official x3review x2security x4news x1
  • CVE-2026-54341 — Dragonfly in-memory store, Listed against 'Dragonfly, an in-memory data store'; details sparse in sources reviewed.
  • CVE-2026-24124 — reported auth bypass, Tagged critical; source titles only 'Dragonfly', so confirm applicability to DragonflyDB.
  • CVE-2025-59346 — SSRF, Dragonfly SSRF fixed in 2.1.0; check your deployed version.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Claims up to 80% below Redis costs
  • Ease of use. No usable evidence
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Guess: Redis-compatible API covers typical cache workloads
  • Support quality. No usable evidence
  • Security posture: 3/5. Few recent CVEs; unaffected by Redis RCE
  • Up to 80% Claimed savings vs Redis Marketing claim on pricing page
  • $24M+ Reported funding Per Startup Intros
  • 2 Pricing plans Per Capterra listing

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

Mixed: a few recent CVEs reference 'Dragonfly' (some possibly other products); Wiz's critical Redis RCE did not affect Dragonfly.

  • CVE-2026-54341 — Dragonfly in-memory storeListed against 'Dragonfly, an in-memory data store'; details sparse in sources reviewed.⁷
  • CVE-2026-24124 — reported auth bypassTagged critical; source titles only 'Dragonfly', so confirm applicability to DragonflyDB.⁶
  • CVE-2025-59346 — SSRFDragonfly SSRF fixed in 2.1.0; check your deployed version.⁸

What users say

G2 reviewers consistently praise Dragonfly, but review volume is small and snippets lack quotable detail.

Alternatives

Compare Dragonfly with each alternative.

  • Managed Redis (e.g. ElastiCache)

    Skip ops work; pay for managed Redis instead.

Companies that use it

  • Sharp App³
Full analysis

Based on ~12 public sources. High noise: many 'Dragonfly' hits are unrelated products (DragonFly BSD, Alibaba's P2P tool, strollers), so security attribution needs verification.

Strong Redis-scale replacement with bold cost claims, but young vendor, thin reviews, murky CVE signals. Benchmark it, don't leap.

Methodology

Based on ~12 public sources. High noise: many 'Dragonfly' hits are unrelated products (DragonFly BSD, Alibaba's P2P tool, strollers), so security attribution needs verification.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Dragonfly Pricing — officialdragonflydb.io
    official
  2. G2 — DragonflyDB reviewsg2.com
    review
  3. DragonflyDB case studiesdragonflydb.io
    official
  4. DragonflyDB security page (not found)dragonflydb.io
    official
  5. Wiz Redis RCE — no impact on Dragonflylinkedin.com
    security
  6. CVE-2026-24124 — Dragonfly auth bypasssentinelone.com
    security
  7. CVE-2026-54341 — vulnerability detailsopencve.alliance.unm.edu
    security
  8. CVE-2025-59346 — SSRF advisorygithub.com
    security
  9. Dragonfly funding — Startup Introsstartupintros.com
    news
  10. Dragonfly pricing — Capterracapterra.com
    review

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