Redis Trademark Policy

February 26th, 2025

Redis Trademark Policy

This Policy is designed to help you correctly use the Redis name (“Mark”) and logos (“Logos” and with Mark, “Trademarks”), which are both registered Trademarks in various countries. Redis Ltd. and its affiliates (collectively, “Redis”) own the Trademarks. Our Trademarks, along with our graphics, designs, and other identifiers, are among our most valuable assets, signifying Redis as the source of our products and services. The Trademarks must be used in a way consistent with applicable trademark law and this Policy. 

We may update this Policy at any time. We reserve the right to modify or revoke any permission we grant to use the Trademarks, except as otherwise agreed in a written agreement. Authorized use of the Trademarks by third parties varies based on the Redis product or service offering, as further described below. By complying with this Policy, you help us protect our Trademarks and strengthen our brand identity. We appreciate the support and advocacy from the Redis community with respect to our Trademarks.

Redis Software 

“Redis Software” includes: 

• Unmodified Redis open source code (release 7.2 and prior versions, “Redis OSS”).

• Unmodified Redis Community Edition source available code (release 7.4 and subsequent versions, “Redis CE”).

• Redis Commercial Software under an agreement signed with Redis (a “Commercial Agreement”).

Redis Software combined with, or integrated into, any other software program, including but not limited to, automation software for offering Redis OSS or Redis CE as a cloud service, or orchestration software for offering Redis Software in containers, is an example of “modified” Redis Software and does not entitle you to use the Trademarks, except in a case of nominative use, as described below.

1. Using the Redis Trademarks

You may use the Trademarks to identify Redis or its unmodified products and services as long as you are truthful, fair, and you comply with this Policy. If you offer a product based on Redis OSS or integrate Redis CE, your own marks and branding should be larger and more prominent than the Trademarks. You should always add the registration symbol (®) to “Redis” in usage: Redis®. An unmodified Redis CE service is one offered by a Redis Community Partner under a commercial license.

Always use a Trademark as an adjective (e.g., the Redis database), not as a noun or verb, and never in the possessive form—unless referring to Redis.

Unless authorized separately in an agreement with Redis, you may not state that your product or service is certified by Redis. If you claim compatibility with Redis Software, you must state the release version and update such claims proactively for new releases.

If you are a paying customer or partner of Redis or have other permissions to use the Trademarks under a Commercial Agreement, then you may use the Trademarks without violation of this Policy. Check your Commercial Agreement for Trademark use permissions and restrictions. 

Dos & Don’ts

✅ Feel free to do this

You may use the Trademarks in the following ways:

• Talking about Redis
• Do: You may refer to Redis or our products in an informational context in articles, websites, etc., in accordance with this Policy. You should include this attribution statement on each page where the Trademark appears: “Redis is a registered trademark of Redis Ltd. Any rights therein are reserved to Redis Ltd.”

• Do: You may indicate that your product integrates with Redis OSS, Redis CE, or you have a Commercial Agreement with Redis, but you must be precise in your language to avoid misleading statements. Here are specific examples:

• Your open source or source available project is based on, integrates or is compatible with any version of Redis Software: Redis allows community members who own or maintain open source Redis modules, clients or any non-commercial project built with Redis Software to be able to use the Mark without the need for a separate license, provided that you:
  • Make it clear that your project is not endorsed, supported, or certified by Redis;
  • Identify the Redis Software version you claim compatibility with, and otherwise comply with this Policy; and
  • Add the attribution language described above.
• Your product uses or integrates with Redis Software or Redis Cloud: If your offering uses any version of Redis Software or Redis Commercial Software (i.e., not a fork of Redis OSS), you may state in your product description: (a) XYZ software “integrates version XX of Redis® OSS”, (b) XYZ software “integrates version XX of Redis® CE”, or (c) XYZ software “integrates version XX of Redis® Commercial Software” if you have a Commercial Agreement with Redis. 
• Your product uses the Redis API. You may reference the Trademarks as follows when using the Redis API:
  • Unexposed API: If the applicable Redis API is not exposed to end customers as part of your integrated Redis offering, then you may use our Trademark to state that your product or service  incorporates Redis and specify the release version. The right to use the Mark does not vary with the form factor in which you offer your product or service to end customers (virtual cloud, on-premises, or embedded (i.e., added to an industrial machine, device, or other software stack, etc.)).
  • Exposed API: If your product or service exposes the Redis OSS API as part of its functionality as a hosted service to end customers, or makes any kind of modification to the source code, then you may use our Trademarks only if you have a Commercial Agreement with Redis that specifically grants you rights to use the Trademarks. In this case, you may call your product “Redis compatible” and specify the release version. For avoidance of doubt, exposing the API is never permitted for Redis CE, pursuant to the applicable source available license requirements.

• Using our content

You may use the Trademarks to link to Redis pages and documentation (including referencing  https://redis.io/docs/latest/). However, you may not copy or include parts of the Redis pages, documentation, or content within your sites or resources for any purpose unless it is non-commercial. 

• Academic purposes

You may use unaltered screenshots or video captures of our products, services and Trademarks for academic purposes in teaching materials and school projects. 

🚫 Please don’t do this

You are not allowed to use the Trademarks in the following ways:

• Don’t use our Trademarks in the description of your fork of Redis OSS except as permitted below. A fork is a modification, by definition, and therefore no longer Redis OSS. In that case, you may not call your product or service Redis compatible; but you may factually state the following: “XYZ software includes code that is based on a fork of Redis® OSS version XX” or “Portions of XYZ software are Redis® OSS version XX.”

• Don’t put our Mark (or part of our name, e.g., “Red”) in your company name, commercial product name, domain name, or social media handle;
• Don’t use our Trademarks in a way that inaccurately implies affiliation, sponsorship, compatibility, or endorsement by Redis;
• Don’t imitate our visual identity—meaning, the distinctive look and feel of our Trademarks, websites and/or documentation; or
• Don’t use our branding or Trademarks on merchandise.

Questions

If you have questions about this Policy or seek permission to use the Trademarks in ways not explicitly approved, please contact legal@redis.com.