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Best Riak KV Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from key-value databases ranked against Riak KV on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Amazon DynamoDB Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free8.1
    Riak KV vs Amazon DynamoDB
  2. 2
    Aerospike Database Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.7
    Riak KV vs Aerospike Database
  3. 3
    Google Cloud Bigtable Free trial apiWeb $0.03/mo7.7
    Riak KV vs Google Cloud Bigtable
  4. 4
    Upstash Redis Free plan apiWeb $0.20/mo7.7
    Riak KV vs Upstash Redis
  5. 6
    RocksDB Free plan apiiOSLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.1
    Riak KV vs RocksDB
  6. 7
    TiKV Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    Riak KV vs TiKV
  7. 8
    Ristretto Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Riak KV vs Ristretto
  8. 9
    Valkey Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.0
    Riak KV vs Valkey
  9. 10
    etcd Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    Riak KV vs etcd
  10. 11
    Infinispan Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.9
    Riak KV vs Infinispan
  11. 12
    KVdb.io Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $19/mo6.9
    Riak KV vs KVdb.io
  12. 13
    Redis Insight Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.9
    Riak KV vs Redis Insight
  13. 14
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.9
    Riak KV vs VMware Workstation Pro
  14. 15
    Cloudflare Workers KV Free plan LinuxWeb $5/mo6.8
    Riak KV vs Cloudflare Workers KV
  15. 16
    Oracle NoSQL Database Free plan $0.01/mo6.8
    Riak KV vs Oracle NoSQL Database
  16. 17
    RonDB Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.8
    Riak KV vs RonDB
  17. 18
    Apache Accumulo Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.7
    Riak KV vs Apache Accumulo
  18. 19
    Tencent Cloud API Gateway Free plan apiWeb Free6.7
    Riak KV vs Tencent Cloud API Gateway
  19. 20
    Tarantool DB apiLinuxMacself-hosted 6.5
    Riak KV vs Tarantool DB
  20. 21
    FoundationDB apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.4
    Riak KV vs FoundationDB

Riak KV alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Amazon DynamoDB8.1Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Aerospike Database7.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3Google Cloud Bigtable7.7No$0.03/moAPI, Web
4Upstash Redis7.7Free plan$0.20/moAPI, Web
6RocksDB7.1Free planFreeAPI, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7TiKV7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8Ristretto7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9Valkey7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
10etcd6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Infinispan6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
12KVdb.io6.9No$19/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
13Redis Insight6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14VMware Workstation Pro6.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
15Cloudflare Workers KV6.8Free plan$5/moLinux, Web
16Oracle NoSQL Database6.8Free plan$0.01/mo—
17RonDB6.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
18Apache Accumulo6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
19Tencent Cloud API Gateway6.7Free planFreeAPI, Web
20Tarantool DB6.5No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
21FoundationDB6.4No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
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Questions about Riak KV alternatives

What is the best alternative to Riak KV?

Amazon DynamoDB, number 1 in key-value databases with a score of 8.1 out of 10. The others here: Aerospike Database, Google Cloud Bigtable, Upstash Redis and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Riak KV?

Amazon DynamoDB is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.