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MongoDB vs. Redis

MongoDB and Redis are both are NoSQL databases, but they have their own features. The table below will help us to understand the difference between them.

Features	MongoDB	Redis
Database type	MongoDB uses BSON to store schema-free data	It uses key-value to store data with pairs of a key and an associated value
Deployment	MongoDB was written in C++. It is available on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Solaris.	It was written in C. It is available on Windows, OS X, BSD, and Linux.
Replication	MongoDB has a single-primary (master) replication with built-in auto-election	Redis uses master-slave replication. In Redis Enterprise, we can have a cluster manager and shared-nothing cluster architecture.
Scalability	MongoDB has a flexible database design.	Redis is less flexible than MongoDB
Support	Community support for MongoDB is available at StackOverflow, Community Support Forum, and ServerFault.	Community support is available via the mailing list as well as #redis on Freenode.

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