Sound familiar?
- ▸ SSPL / RSAL licensing decision blocking a release — legal wants to know whether your distribution model conflicts with Redis 7.4's license, and the answer changes whether you stay or move to Valkey.
- ▸ ElastiCache vs MemoryDB vs Enterprise — the TCO model in your slide deck doesn't match what the AWS bill actually looks like at 50+ node-hours/day, and you need a defensible decision before the next budget cycle.
- ▸ RediSearch / RedisJSON / vector module evaluation — is the operational overhead worth it, or should you keep Elasticsearch / PostgreSQL JSONB / a dedicated vector DB? You need a real answer before committing.
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Strategic advisory — not execution
Redis Consulting Services
In short: Redis consulting is strategic advisory for product-strategy decisions — Redis OSS vs Enterprise vs Stack vs ElastiCache vs MemoryDB selection, module architecture (RediSearch, RedisJSON, vector via RedisVL), Cluster vs Sentinel topology, memory and eviction sizing, and SSPL/RSAL licensing impact. You need it when a licensing, cost, or module-evaluation call needs a written, defensible answer before committing.
Product-strategy decisions, module architecture, and cost models for Redis OSS, Redis Enterprise, Redis Stack, ElastiCache, and MemoryDB — delivered as written recommendations and trade-off documentation, not as code-shipping engagements. Execution lives on dedicated pages: see the Redis hub or our reverse perspective on Valkey consulting.
The coverage
What our Redis consulting covers
Each engagement deliverable is a written decision document, a sized topology proposal, or a costed trade-off analysis — never a Slack-thread recommendation.
Redis Product Selection
Redis OSS vs Redis Enterprise vs Redis Stack vs ElastiCache (Redis OSS / Valkey / Enterprise) vs MemoryDB — sized for your workload with TCO modeling, not vendor brochures.
Module Architecture
When (and when not) to add RediSearch, RedisJSON, RedisTimeSeries, RedisBloom, or vector search via RedisVL — including the operational-surface cost each module adds.
Cluster vs Sentinel Topology
Cluster-mode (16,384 hash slots, multi-shard) vs Sentinel + replicas vs single-primary decision, sized against working-set, write QPS, p99 latency budget, and ops familiarity.
Licensing & Cost Strategy
SSPL/RSAL impact analysis for your distribution model, ElastiCache Redis vs Valkey cost arbitrage, Enterprise vs OSS break-even, reserved-instance sizing — with real numbers.
Memory, Eviction & Persistence
Working-set sizing, eviction-policy selection (allkeys-lru, allkeys-lfu, volatile-ttl, noeviction), and RDB/AOF/hybrid persistence trade-off recommendations.
Capacity & Scale Planning
Growth modeling, shard-count forecasting, hot-key analysis, and the scale-up-vs-scale-out decision based on your actual workload shape.
Team Enablement
Operational playbooks, on-call rotation guidance, and the runbook outlines that come with each architectural decision we recommend.
The engagement
How a Redis consulting engagement is shaped
Four engagement shapes, each with a different deliverable. We pick based on the decision you actually need to make.
Architecture Review
Product Strategy
Migration Strategy
Greenfield Design
The matrix
Redis product matrix — when each one fits
Rough decision shape before a real engagement. The actual recommendation depends on your workload, but this is the framework we apply.
| Product | Fits when | Avoid when |
|---|---|---|
| Redis OSS (7.4+) | Standard caching, Sentinel HA, cluster sharding, self-managed control. | SSPL/RSAL conflicts with your distribution model, or you need Active-Active. |
| Redis Stack | You need RediSearch, RedisJSON, RedisTimeSeries, or vector search bundled. | Pure-caching workload — Stack adds modules you'll never use. |
| Redis Enterprise | Active-Active CRDTs, Auto Tiering, Redis on Flash, vendor SLA, multi-tenant isolation. | Smaller deployments where the license premium isn't offset by feature use. |
| ElastiCache | Ephemeral cache on AWS, ops outsourcing acceptable, latency-tolerant of cross-AZ. | Durable storage requirements — that's MemoryDB territory. |
| MemoryDB | Durable Redis-compatible storage as primary DB, multi-AZ tx log, recovery to known state. | Ephemeral cache where ElastiCache's per-hour cost is hard to beat. |
| Valkey | SSPL/RSAL conflicts, distribution-model concerns, ElastiCache cost reduction (~20%). | You rely on commercial Redis modules or Redis Enterprise features. |
FAQ
Redis consulting — common questions
Ready to make the call on Redis?
Book a 30-minute scoping call. We'll tell you which engagement shape fits and what the deliverable will look like — before you commit to a statement of work.
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