Does in-memory work with multiple pods?

No, each pod has own state; total limit is over-counted.

Managed Redis costs money; self-hosted Redis is cheaper.

Can I replace Redis with something else?

Yes, Memcached or other key-value stores can work too.

Compare Redis and in-memory rate limiting on scalability and simplicity. Discover which approach best fits your API or service.

Redis fits distributed apps; in-memory for single instance or simplicity. With multiple pods: Redis.

Distributed rate limiting; shared state across instances, persistent.

Rate limiting in app memory; per instance, no external dependency.

Feature	Redis	In-memory
Scope	Shared across instances	Per instance; not shared
Dependency	Redis needed	None; local memory only
Scale	Multi-instance correct	Under-counts with replication
Use case	Horizontal scaling, multiple pods	Single instance or simplicity

Redis fits distributed apps; in-memory for single instance or simplicity. With multiple pods: Redis.

MG Software uses Redis for rate limiting in production. In-memory for local dev or single-instance.

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