Chroma vs Redis

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Chroma is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 18.6 versus 7.7 for Redis, and ranks ahead in 83% of the answers that name both.

Choose Chroma if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (18.6 vs 7.7)
AI answers describe it more positively (50% vs 33% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type II coverage
Fast path from local notebook prototyping to serverless cloud production

Choose Redis if…

You want a lower entry price ($0.007 vs $250)
You need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or ISO 42001 or ISO 22301 or ISO 9001 or PCI DSS or HIPAA or GDPR or CCPA or CSA STAR or VPAT or FIPS 140-3 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)
low-latency vector search alongside caching

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Chroma	Redis
Visibility score	18.6%	7.7%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Vector Databases	#6	#10
Share of voice	6.8%	3%
Mentions this run	32	14
Positive in AI answers	50%	33%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Chroma 0pp · Redis 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Chroma leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

22.2%

6.1%

AI Mode

20.9%

3.5%

Perplexity

12.6%

13.5%

ChromaRedis

Head to head in AI answers

6 engine answers name both brands

5Chroma ranked higher

1Redis ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Chroma	Redis
What are the best Vector Databases tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#4	#9
What are the best Vector Databases tools in 2026?	AI Mode	#5	#9
Alternatives to the most popular vector database	Perplexity	#5	#6
Which Vector Databases tools offer annual discounts?	ChatGPT	#9	#5
Official website of the top vector database vendors	ChatGPT	#4	#7
Official website of the top vector database vendors	Perplexity	#4	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Chroma	Redis
Pricing model	Usage-based	Usage-based
Entry price	Free; paid from $250 / mo	Free; paid from $0.007 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Open-source self-hosted, serverless managed Chroma Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud in the customer's VPC.	Managed cloud service (Redis Cloud) on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, plus on-premises and hybrid deployment with Redis Software.
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, ISO 22301, ISO 9001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, CSA STAR, VPAT, FIPS 140-3
Support	Community support through Discord and the open-source community on the Starter plan, Slack support on the Team plan, Dedicated support and customized SLAs on the Enterprise plan	Community support on the free plan, Basic support on Essentials plans, Redis support team on paid plans, Knowledge base
Founded	2022	2011
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, United States	San Francisco, CA
Employees	11–50	1,001–5,000
Funding	Seed · $18M raised	Series D
Best for	Developers building retrieval-augmented generation prototypes, who get a fast start locally, and teams that later need a managed or self-hosted search system.	Developers and digital businesses building fast apps and real-time AI agents that need low-latency data access.