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Summary

Dragonfly Cloud offers a compelling alternative to Redis by significantly reducing costs, primarily through its unique multi-threaded architecture, enhanced memory efficiency, and lower pricing per unit of memory. This innovative architecture allows Dragonfly to handle workloads with fewer resources, maximizing CPU utilization and reducing infrastructure needs by about 40% on average. Additionally, its memory-efficient design results in an average cost reduction of 20%, while its flat pricing model offers nearly 50% savings compared to Redis-based services like ElastiCache. These efficiencies enable customers to achieve substantial cost savings, with some experiencing up to an 80% reduction in expenses when migrating to Dragonfly. The platform's compatibility with Redis ensures a smooth transition, typically requiring minimal code changes, and customers can complete the migration quickly. While not all workloads will benefit equally, Dragonfly guarantees at least a 30% cost reduction for those managing 100GB or more of data on a hosted Redis service.