Amazon MemoryDB vs FoundationDB
Amazon MemoryDB
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| Figure | Amazon MemoryDB | FoundationDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Key-Value Databases | 7.4 (#19) | 7.8 (#10) |
| Performance | AWS says MemoryDB stores the full dataset in memory and provides microsecond read latency and single-digit millisecond write latency. | The documentation describes FoundationDB as suited to read/write workloads and also performant for write-intensive workloads. |
| Security | MemoryDB runs in Amazon VPC, supports encryption at rest through AWS KMS and encryption in transit with TLS, and Graviton2 nodes include always-on 256-bit DRAM encryption. | FoundationDB supports TLS for communication security and authentication, but cluster connections are unencrypted by default. |
| What it does | Amazon MemoryDB is a Valkey- and Redis OSS-compatible durable in-memory database service. | FoundationDB is a distributed database that organizes structured data as an ordered key-value store. |
Plans
Amazon MemoryDB
- On-demand nodesPrice not published
- Reserved nodesPrice not published
In their own words
Amazon MemoryDB
Amazon MemoryDB has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
FoundationDB
FoundationDB has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.