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When comparing Extensible Storage Engine vs Redis, the Slant community recommends Redis for most people. In the question“What are the best NoSQL databases for web applications?” Redis is ranked 2nd while Extensible Storage Engine is ranked 9th.
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Pros
Pro Reliable
Pro Lightweight
Pro Efficient
Pro Redis is written in ANSI C and therefore doesn't have a VM
Pro Good support
Redis has great docs, an active mailing list, and a github community.
Pro Redis uses the BSD license
This means that it is able to be used in a commercial product if one wants.
Pro There are numerous client libraries and frameworks to make redis more powerful
For Node.JS for example you can get something similar to what Parse.com was offering by using Node ORM.
Cons
Con Limited
Absence of triggers, stored procedures etc.
Con Not easy to implement
Not as easy to use as other databases.
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