Redis 6 · 7 · 8 & Valkey · self-hosted & managed
Take scheduled, restorable backups of any Redis server — self-hosted, Docker, Redis Cloud, Upstash or Amazon ElastiCache — without touching the server’s disk or restarting anything.
Every key, every data type and every expiry time is captured, then compressed and encrypted with AES-256 before it is stored on your PC, NAS, cloud bucket or SFTP server.
Redis is no longer just a cache: sessions, queues, rate limits, leaderboards, feature flags and whole product catalogs live in it. RDB snapshots stay on the server’s own disk, managed services will not hand you the file, and a FLUSHALL takes a second. A logical backup you can restore into any Redis — including a managed one — is the safety net.
One command against the wrong instance, a migration script pointed at production, or a DEL with a broad pattern empties a keyspace instantly. A backup from last night puts the keys back, with their expiry times intact.
Redis keeps its data in memory; when the host dies, so does anything that was not persisted somewhere else. A copy stored on another machine or in the cloud lets you RESTORE into a fresh server in minutes.
Redis Cloud, Upstash and ElastiCache do not give you their dump.rdb, and you cannot restart them to load one. A logical backup taken over the normal connection is the only copy you actually own.
Moving from self-hosted to a managed service, from one cloud to another, or from Redis to Valkey? Back up, point the restore at the new server, and every key arrives with its TTL.
Upgrading Redis 7 to 8 or changing persistence settings can go wrong. A backup taken just before the change is the rollback plan — restore into the previous version and carry on.
An unauthenticated Redis reachable from the internet is wiped by automated attacks within hours. Encrypted backups kept off the server are the clean copy you restore from once the port is closed.
Everything you need to back up Redis databases automatically and restore them anywhere.
Strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, streams and modules’ types are serialized exactly as Redis stores them with DUMP, and each key’s remaining time-to-live is saved beside it. A restore brings back the data and its expiry behaviour.
Because the backup is logical — taken over the normal client connection — it works against Redis Cloud, Upstash, Amazon ElastiCache and any other service that never gives you disk access. No BGSAVE, no dump.rdb, no restart.
RESTORE works on every Redis, so a backup of database 0 on one server can be loaded into database 3 on another, self-hosted or managed. Ideal for migrations, staging copies and disaster recovery.
Set TLS to yes for rediss:// endpoints and add an ACL username when your server uses one. Credentials go into the Windows Credential Manager, never into a plain-text file.
Set a run time and switch on the daily, weekly, monthly or yearly tiers you want. Each tier is also its retention: keep the last 7 daily and 2 weekly copies and older ones are pruned for you. The job runs on its own from the system tray.
Store Redis backups on your PC, a NAS share, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, SFTP or FTP — and add a secondary destination so every run is copied to two places.
Serialized keys compress well. Files are gzipped as they stream, typically shrinking 70–80%, which keeps uploads fast and months of history cheap.
After compression each file is encrypted with AES-256-GCM using a key derived from your password. Session tokens and user data inside a backup are unreadable to anyone without it.
Try every feature of the Redis backup software free for 15 days — no credit card, no hidden charges. If it fits, continue for just $9 per month, billed annually, with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
The Redis Backup Tool turns a fragile RDB copy into a four-step wizard: connect to the server, choose where the backup goes, set the plan, and the software handles every run from then on.
The software scans each selected database, serializes every key with its TTL, compresses and encrypts the file, and stores it at the chosen location on every scheduled run.
Connect the tool to Redis wherever it is hosted — a server of your own, a container, or a managed service that never gives you disk access. Only a host, a port and a password are needed:
Redis running on your own server, VPS or a Windows PC. Connect with the requirepass password and back up any of the numbered databases.
Redis Cloud databases expose a rediss:// endpoint with a generated port. Paste the host and port from the console, use the default user’s password and switch TLS on.
Managed services never hand you dump.rdb — this logical backup is the copy you own.
Upstash serverless Redis is TLS-only. Enter the endpoint, port 6379, the default username and the password shown in the Upstash console.
ElastiCache for Redis with in-transit encryption connects over TLS from a machine inside the VPC or over a VPN. Use the primary endpoint and, if AUTH is enabled, its token.
Cluster-mode enabled? Back up each node individually.
Redis inside a Docker container is backed up over the network — use the compose service name or the port you mapped to the host. Nothing needs to be mounted into the container.
A Redis deployment in Kubernetes is reachable through its service name from inside the cluster network, or through a port-forward or ingress from your PC.
Valkey speaks the same protocol and supports the same DUMP and RESTORE commands, so backups and restores work unchanged — and a Redis backup can be restored into Valkey when you migrate.
Every backup follows the same simple, secure workflow. From scanning the keyspace to storing the encrypted file, each step is designed to keep your data safe and restorable.
The tool walks the keyspace with SCAN — never KEYS *, so a busy server is not blocked — and asks Redis to serialize each value with DUMP, alongside its remaining TTL from PTTL. Keys are read in batches of 500 and streamed straight into the backup file, so even a large instance is never held in your PC’s memory. Nothing is written on the server: no BGSAVE, no dump.rdb, no restart.
Before saving, the file is compressed in a stream, typically by 70–80%. It is never loaded into memory as a whole, so a large keyspace is handled with the same small footprint as a tiny one.
After compression the backup is encrypted with AES-256-GCM, using a key derived from your password with scrypt. Every 64 KB chunk gets its own nonce and authentication tag, so tampering is detected and the file is unreadable without the key.
The encrypted file is uploaded to your chosen destination (and to the secondary one, if set), verified by checksum, and logged. Retention tiers delete outdated copies automatically so storage never fills up with files nobody needs.
The app runs this for you — there is nothing to type.
Recovering a Redis database takes four steps in the app: choose the job, choose the point in time, choose what to do with it, review. The tool downloads the file, decrypts it, decompresses it and replays every record with RESTORE key ttl payload REPLACE — into the original database number or a different one, on the same server or a new one, managed or self-hosted. Press play to watch every step.
DUMP payloads carry the RDB version of the server that made them: restore into the same or a newer Redis version. Redis itself refuses to load a Redis 7 payload into Redis 6, and the tool tells you so in one clear message.
Your Redis backups contain the data your business runs on, so protecting them through the whole backup journey matters. Here, every file is compressed, checksummed and encrypted on your PC before it leaves, and stays protected while it is transferred and stored.
Your Redis credentials and connection details are kept in the Windows Credential Manager, never in a plain-text configuration file. The settings file only stores a reference to the entry, which keeps passwords out of reach of anyone browsing the disk.
When a Redis backup is created and sent to a storage location (local, NAS, cloud, SFTP), things can still go wrong on the way:
Checksum verification compares the stored file against the one that was written. If it is corrupted, incomplete or altered, the job is flagged as failed instead of quietly succeeding — so the Redis backup you rely on is one that will actually restore.
The Redis backup never passes through any of our servers. Everything happens between your machine and the storage location you chose, and the file is encrypted before it leaves. You keep full control over where your backups live and who can open them.
The Redis backup tool is a desktop application, not a hosted service — it runs on your machine and writes each backup straight to the storage you picked. Nobody charges you per gigabyte, and no copy of your Redis data ever sits on somebody else’s server.
You pay us once for the software — never for gigabytes. Point a job at a folder on your own PC or NAS and the storage costs nothing at all. Prefer the cloud? Use your own Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, MinIO or OneDrive account and pay their rate directly, with no markup in between. Back up 10 GB or 10 TB — the price of the software does not move.
This is a desktop application. It runs on your machine, connects straight to your Redis server and writes the backup straight to the destination you chose. Nothing is uploaded to our servers on the way, so we never hold a copy of your data — and it is encrypted with AES-256 before it leaves, so even the storage provider only ever sees ciphertext.
Database passwords are never written into a configuration file and never sent anywhere. They are kept in the Windows Credential Manager, and the settings file only stores a reference to the entry. If you switch on the optional online monitoring, it reports job status only — name, success or failure, size and duration. Never your data, never your credentials.
| Capability | Prapl SQL Backup Tool | Other Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Backup Automation | Automatically Scheduled | Require manual setup |
| Deployment Support | Self-hosted, Docker, Kubernetes, Redis Cloud, Upstash, ElastiCache & Valkey | Limited |
| Storage Destination | Local/NAS, OneDrive, S3, Wasabi, Backblaze, R2, MinIO, SFTP & FTP | Limited storage options |
| Data security | AES-256 before the file leaves your PC | Good |
| Backup Compression | Yes | Supported but limited |
| Backup Monitoring | Dashboard, email & cloud alerts | No |
| Setup Process | Simple wizard, four steps | Complex |
| You hold the keys | Always | No |
| Storage cost | Your own storage · no per-GB fee | Often rented per GB |
Redis sits under applications where downtime and data loss have real consequences. This backup tool exists to make regular backups effortless, remove the manual steps people forget, and make sure a restorable copy of your data is always within reach when something goes wrong.
01. ExperienceYou should always know how your backups are made and protected. The Redis backup workflow is simple, documented on this page step by step, and built on Redis’s own, publicly documented interfaces rather than on anything proprietary or hidden.
02. AuthoritativenessEvery backup is made with commands Redis documents for exactly this purpose: SCAN to walk the keyspace without blocking, DUMP and PTTL to serialize each key with its expiry, and RESTORE to load it back into any server. On top of that the tool adds streaming compression and AES-256-GCM encryption before the file reaches its destination.
03. ExpertiseYour Redis backup belongs to you, not to the software. Files are encrypted before they are stored and only your key can unlock them. The tool keeps no password and no hidden access to your backups — they remain under your control, wherever you decide to keep them.
04. TrustworthinessSQLBackup builds directly on Redis’s own, documented commands. Verify our approach against the official docs:
DUMP — the serialization every backup uses, key by key.RESTORE — how each key and its TTL are loaded back, on any server.Sessions, queues, feature flags and leaderboards get a nightly, encrypted copy that restores with TTLs intact — so a wiped keyspace is an incident, not a rebuild.
Whether Redis is self-hosted or managed, keep every instance’s backups organised, encrypted and visible from one dashboard, with alerts when a run fails.
Backups are encrypted with your key before they leave the PC, credentials stay in the Windows Credential Manager, and nothing is uploaded to a third-party service.
Restore a production keyspace into database 3 of a staging server to reproduce a bug with real data shapes — without touching the live instance.
Replace ad-hoc BGSAVE copies with scheduled logical backups, checksum verification, retention tiers and alerts for Docker, Kubernetes, VM and managed instances alike.
Create one job per client instance with its own schedule and destination. Backups stay separated, encrypted and monitored in one place.
.redis): key + TTL + DUMP payload for every key, all data types · restored with RESTORE … REPLACEAES-256-GCM, key via scrypt, per-file salt, per-chunk nonce · secrets in the Windows Credential ManagerOne flat price covers every engine on the machine. Explore the others:
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