Introducing DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey, The New Evolution of Managed Caching

Introducing DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey, The New Evolution of Managed Caching Learn more about our new database offering: DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey Benefits and features of Managed Caching for Valkey Where is Managed Caching going? Simple and predictable pricing Get started with DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey About the author Try DigitalOcean for free Related Articles Stop Building SaaS from Scratch: Meet the SeaNotes Starter Kit Announcing OpenAI gpt-oss Models on the DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform Introducing langchain-gradient: Seamless LangChain Integration with DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform By Nicole Ghalwash Published: April 24, 2025 4 min read Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of DigitalOcean’s Managed Caching for Valkey, our new Managed Database service that seamlessly replaces Managed Caching (previously Managed Redis®). Managed Caching for Valkey builds on the capabilities you’ve come to rely on while also offering enhanced tools to support your development needs. DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey is a fully managed, high-performance, in-memory key-value datastore designed for caching, message queues, and primary database use. Fully compatible with Valkey 8.0 and Redis 7.2. 4® as a database, it serves as a drop-in replacement for our Managed Caching database service while offering enhanced functionality for fast and efficient data storage. Built for developers and growing businesses, Managed Caching for Valkey helps reduce database load, improve response times, and optimize resource usage—delivering an easy-to-use, cost-effective alternative to self-managed caching solutions. As for our current customers with Managed Caching environments, Managed Caching will have an end-of-availability (EOA) date of April 30, meaning you cannot create new clusters after this date, and April 29th is when new Redis creates will be disabled. However, existing clusters will remain operational, but we encourage you to explore our product documentation to learn how to convert your Caching workloads to Valkey, step-by-step. DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey offers a wealth of benefits to the modern-day developer. Amongst them all, these are the ones we think will be of the most value to you: A Redis®-compatible database: Valkey is a one-in replacement for Managed Caching, our previous Redis® Managed Database service. You will be able to seamlessly transfer your caching clusters to Valkey with our extensive product documentation. A Redis®-compatible database: Valkey is a one-in replacement for Managed Caching, our previous Redis® Managed Database service.