Redis vs n8n

The real-time data platform — in-memory DB + cache + vector + search
vs. Source-available workflow automation — fair-code, self-host or cloud

Redis Cloud ↗n8n website ↗

Pricing tiers

Redis

Free

30 MB. Single DB. Community support. AWS + GCP only.

Free

Redis OSS

BSD-licensed Redis (or source-available RSALv2 for newer). Self-host free.

$0 base (usage-based)

Essentials

From $5/mo. 250 MB to 100 GB. SAML SSO, RBAC, 99.99% uptime.

$5/mo

Pro

From $200/mo. Dedicated. Active-Active multi-region. Auto-tiering. 99.999% uptime.

$200/mo

Enterprise

Custom annual. SOC2, HIPAA, private deployment.

Custom

Redis Cloud ↗

n8n

Community (self-host)

Source-available (fair-code). Free forever. Full feature set self-hosted.

$0 base (usage-based)

Cloud Starter

€20/mo annual (~$22). 2,500 workflow executions. 5 concurrent. 1 shared project. Unlimited users.

$22/mo

Cloud Pro

€50/mo annual (~$55). Custom execution volume. 20 concurrent. 3 shared projects. 7-day insights.

$55/mo

Cloud Business

€667/mo annual (~$735). 40,000 executions. 30 concurrent. 6 projects. Self-host option. SSO, SAML, LDAP. Git version control.

$735/mo

Enterprise

Custom. 200+ concurrent. Unlimited projects. SLA. 365-day retention.

Custom

n8n website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Redis vs starter on n8n.

Metric	Redis	n8n
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Redis · 21 features

Active-Active (CRDT) — Multi-region live-write replication.
Auto-Tiering (Flex) — RAM + SSD tiered storage.
Bitmaps + Bitfields — Compact boolean storage.
Geo — Geospatial queries on lat/lon.
Hashes — Field-value maps per key.
HyperLogLog — Probabilistic cardinality.
Lists — Linked list — push/pop/range.
Lua Scripting — Server-side Lua + Functions.
Pub/Sub — Channel-based messaging.
RedisBloom — Bloom + Cuckoo + Count-Min Sketch + TopK.
Redis Cluster — Horizontal sharding.
RediSearch — Full-text + vector search engine.
RedisInsight — Official GUI for Redis.
RedisJSON — Native JSON document support.
RedisTimeSeries — Time-series data type.
Replication — Primary-replica async replication.
Sets — Unique element sets.
Sorted Sets (ZSet) — Score-ranked sets for leaderboards.
Streams — Append-only log (Kafka-like).
Strings — Primitive + binary-safe key-value.
Transactions (MULTI/EXEC) — Atomic command batches.

n8n · 19 features

500+ Integration Nodes — Apps, SaaS, DBs, cloud services, AI models.
AI / LangChain Nodes — AI Agent, Chain, Memory, Vector Store nodes out of box.
Audit Logs — Enterprise compliance logging.
Code Nodes (JS + Python) — Drop-in custom code nodes with full data access.
Credentials Vault — Encrypted credentials per service.
Environments — dev/staging/prod environments.
Error Workflows — Global + per-workflow error handlers.
Execution History — Full run log with inputs/outputs per node.
Expression Editor — JavaScript expressions for data mapping.
External Secrets — HashiCorp Vault + AWS Secrets + Azure Key Vault integrations.
Git Version Control — Version workflows in Git (Business+).
HTTP Request Node — Full-featured HTTP client node (any REST API).
Queue Mode — Redis-backed execution queue for scaling.
Schedule Triggers — Cron-based triggers down to the minute.
SSO + SAML + LDAP — Business+ authentication.
Sub-Workflows — Reusable child workflows.
Variables — Global variables + per-workflow variables.
Visual Editor — Drag-and-drop flow builder. Node-based canvas.
Webhooks — Webhook triggers + responses.

Developer interfaces

Kind	Redis	n8n
CLI	redis-cli	n8n CLI
SDK	go-redis, Jedis + Lettuce, node-redis, redis-py, redis-rs	—
REST	Redis Cloud API	n8n REST API
MCP	—	n8n MCP
OTHER	RedisInsight GUI, RESP protocol	n8n Editor UI, Webhook Triggers

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