It's the same with Aws elasticache. There is redis underneath, still, if you want to have all the features that they provide - scale in/out, replicas, etc, you'

It's the same with Aws elasticache. There is redis underneath, still, if you want to have all the features that they provide - scale in/out, replicas, etc, you'll need to have some tools around. I would say yes, it's still different than using the original one, but that's the way it is when you use any managed service.