Prepared: 14 April 2026 1. Executive Summary November 2025 was a pivotal month for KeyDB , the high‑performance, multithreaded fork of Redis. The community saw the launch of KeyDB 7.2 , a major release that introduced native Active‑Active replication , Zero‑Copy Persistence , and Built‑in Cloud‑Connector modules.
Key milestones include:
All features are with Redis‑compatible clients; the migration path from 7.1 to 7.2 is documented as a single‑command upgrade ( keydb-upgrade ). 3. Performance Benchmarks | Test | Environment | Throughput (ops/s) | Latency (p99) | Δ vs. KeyDB 7.1 | |------|-------------|--------------------|---------------|-----------------| | SET‑GET (single‑thread) | 2 × Intel Xeon E5‑2699 v4, 256 GB RAM, NVMe 2 TB | 18.7 M | 0.45 ms | +18 % | | MGET (10‑key batch) | Same as above | 34.2 M | 0.61 ms | +23 % | | Pub/Sub (10 K channels) | 4 × AMD EPYC 7763, 512 GB RAM, 8 × NVMe | 12.1 M msgs/s | 0.71 ms | +27 % | | Active‑Active Write | 3‑region cluster (US‑East, EU‑West, AP‑South) | 9.5 M writes/s | 1.2 ms (global) | N/A (new) | keydb news november 2025
These case studies have been featured in the (Nov 2025) and have contributed to a 15 % YoY increase in paid subscriptions. 7. Market Outlook | Metric (Q4 2025) | Value | YoY Change | |------------------|-------|------------| | Total KeyDB Deployments | 1 200+ (incl. self‑hosted, managed) | +28 % | | Enterprise ARR | $84 M | +32 % | | Global Market Share – In‑Memory DB | 12 % (3rd place) | +3 pts | | Developer Sentiment (StackOverflow) | 4.8/5 | +0.3 | Prepared: 14 April 2026 1
| Area | Highlight | |------|-----------| | | KeyDB 7.2 GA (General Availability) – 7‑core improvements | | Performance | 2‑3× throughput gains on modern NVMe‑based servers (benchmark‑ed by DB‑Engines) | | Security | End‑to‑End TLS 1.3 enforcement, “Secure‑by‑Default” configuration profile | | Ecosystem | First‑class AWS Aurora‑compatible and Azure Managed KeyDB offerings | | Community | KeyDB Summit 2025 (virtual + Berlin hackathon) – 1 500+ attendees | | Adoption | New contracts with Shopify , Netflix , Deutsche Bank , and NASA | | Funding | $45 M Series B round led by Accel and GV , earmarked for enterprise tooling and global support centers | KeyDB 7