What Memurai does

Memurai is a Seattle-based, private software firm (a division and d/b/a of Janea Systems, Inc.) that develops and commercializes the only enterprise-grade, Windows-native in-memory datastore compatible with the Redis protocol. Its product lineage traces to the 2013 Microsoft Open Technologies (MSOpenTech) Redis on Windows project, giving the team a multi-year technical heritage in porting Redis to Windows and positioning Memurai as the official Redis Ltd. partner for Windows compatibility since October 2024. The portfolio centers on Memurai for Redis (Developer Edition for free development/testing with usage restrictions, and Enterprise Edition for production with 24/7 support), plus Memurai for Valkey (Windows and Linux/Ubuntu 22), and extends via the Memurai Portal for license management, downloads, and a 90-day Enterprise trial. The product integrates natively with Windows Services and Event Log, works with all standard Redis client libraries, and is positioned for financial services (on-prem feature stores, fraud detection, risk scoring), IoT, gaming, and general Windows/.NET enterprise workloads.

The company's revenue mechanics rest on annual Enterprise subscription licensing supplemented by professional consulting services for architectural and technical implementations. Distribution follows a hybrid go-to-market combining self-serve Developer Edition downloads, self-registered Enterprise trial provisioning via the Memurai Portal, direct enterprise sales for production deployments, and the Redis partner channel for ecosystem referrals. There are no disclosed external funding rounds — operations appear founder-owned and capital-efficient — and headcount sits at 51-100.

Recent strategic activity signals platform and ecosystem broadening: the 2024 Redis partnership, the September 2024 launch of Valkey on Linux extending beyond Windows-only origins, the May 2025 launch of Memurai 4.2.0 with reduced latency and the new Portal, ongoing security updates through 2025-2026, and a March 2026 Redis 8 RC1 preview with planned RediSearch and RedisJSON modules that would enable vector search, RAG, and semantic caching natively on Windows. No AI/ML capabilities are present in the current product, and no public customer logos or revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Memurai

Legal name

Janea Systems, Inc.

Website

https://memurai.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Memurai is a Seattle-based private software vendor that builds and commercializes the only enterprise-grade, Windows-native in-memory datastore compatible with Redis and Valkey, serving financial services, IoT, gaming, and general Windows/.NET enterprise workloads via annual subscriptions and consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Enterprise License: Paid license for production use with no restrictions or limitations. Includes premium email and web support, security fixes, updates, and full feature access.
2. Developer Edition: Free edition for development and testing. Licensed for non-production environments only. No support included.
3. Consulting Services: Consulting services for architectural and technical implementations of Memurai in enterprise environments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Memurai sells enterprise-grade, Windows-native in-memory datastores that are compatible with the Redis and Valkey APIs. The company offers a free Developer Edition for development/testing and a paid Enterprise Edition with no usage restrictions and 24/7 support for production deployments on Windows (plus a Valkey-compatible variant on Linux). Complementary consulting services and the Memurai Portal support licensing, downloads, and enterprise onboarding.

Product overview

Memurai offers a portfolio of enterprise-grade in-memory datastore products centered on Redis and Valkey protocol compatibility. The core offering is Memurai for Redis, a Windows-native in-memory cache and datastore with full Redis API compatibility, available in Developer Edition (free, limited) and Enterprise Edition (paid, unlimited). The portfolio also includes Memurai for Valkey, extending compatibility to the Valkey open-source fork on both Windows and Linux. A companion Memurai Portal provides license management, downloads, and support access. Planned future modules include RediSearch and RedisJSON for AI-ready features like vector search and JSON document storage. The company also offers professional consulting services for implementation support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Memurai for Redis Enterprise-grade, Windows-native in-memory datastore fully compatible with the Redis network protocol and client libraries. Delivered as Developer Edition (free, restricted to development/testing with a 10-day uptime cap, 10-IP limit, and 50% RAM cap) and Enterprise Edition (paid, unrestricted production use with 24/7 worldwide support and security fixes).
• Memurai for Valkey Valkey-compatible version of Memurai's in-memory datastore, offered for both Windows and Linux (Ubuntu 22), extending Memurai beyond the original Redis-API scope to the open-source Valkey fork.
• Memurai Consulting Services Professional services delivered by the Memurai team covering architectural design and technical implementation of Memurai deployments in enterprise environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced latency and optimized CPU efficiency with Memurai 4.2.0
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Redis Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2024Official Redis partner for Windows compatibility. Memurai is the only enterprise-ready, professionally supported, Windows-native port of Redis. Partnership announced October 2, 2024, expanding Memurai's offering and securing long-term support. Memurai is compatible with Redis API but is not a Redis Ltd. product.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft (Azure and Windows Server caching): Microsoft originated the Redis on Windows project (MSOpenTech) that Memurai took over in 2013 and now offers Azure Cache for Redis; this is the broad incumbent that historically and currently competes for Windows and cloud Redis workloads.
• Redis Enterprise (by Redis Ltd.): Redis Enterprise is the commercially supported, hardened distribution of Redis from Redis Ltd., targeting the same regulated, high-availability enterprise caching workloads that Memurai targets with its Enterprise Edition.
• AWS ElastiCache (Redis/Valkey): AWS ElastiCache provides managed Redis and Valkey in the cloud; it is the broad incumbent cloud competitor for new Redis workloads and the primary alternative to on-prem Memurai for cloud-bound customers.
• Hazelcast: Hazelcast is an in-memory data grid that competes directly with Redis-compatible stores for distributed caching and real-time data processing workloads in the enterprise.
• Aerospike: Aerospike is an enterprise in-memory NoSQL database used for real-time feature serving and caching at scale; it overlaps with Memurai's primary financial-services use case of low-latency feature stores and risk-scoring serving layers.

Direct peers

• DragonflyDB: DragonflyDB is a modern Redis-compatible in-memory store built for multi-threaded performance; it competes with Memurai for Redis drop-in workloads, particularly in low-latency serving and cache use cases.
• Redis Ltd. Redis Ltd. is the canonical vendor of Redis; Memurai is API-compatible with Redis, runs on Windows where core Redis does not, and became an official Redis partner in October 2024. They are direct counterparts in the in-memory cache/datastore category.
• KeyDB: KeyDB is a high-performance, Redis-compatible in-memory store forked from Redis; like Memurai it targets Redis workloads with additional capability and represents a direct Redis-compatible alternative for caching/serving-layer use cases.
• Valkey: Valkey is the Linux Foundation–backed open-source fork of Redis; Memurai already ships Memurai for Valkey on both Windows and Linux. They directly compete for Redis-compatible in-memory cache workloads.

Emerging players

• GridGain / Apache Ignite: GridGain (built on Apache Ignite) is a distributed in-memory computing platform that overlaps with Memurai's caching and real-time data serving capabilities, particularly in financial-services feature-store deployments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MemuraiHQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/MemuraiHQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/memurai

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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