Qdrant vs Redis

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

The short answer

Qdrant is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 60.5 versus 7.7 for Redis, and ranks ahead in 73% of the answers that name both.

Choose Qdrant if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (60.5 vs 7.7)
AI answers describe it more positively (68% vs 33% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 coverage
High performance and memory efficiency, written in Rust

Choose Redis if…

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 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
ideal for consolidated enterprise stacks

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Qdrant	Redis
Visibility score	60.5%	7.7%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Vector Databases	#2	#10
Share of voice	13.4%	3%
Mentions this run	63	14
Positive in AI answers	68%	33%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Qdrant leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

71.8%

6.1%

AI Mode

59.4%

3.5%

Perplexity

50.2%

13.5%

QdrantRedis

Head to head in AI answers

11 engine answers name both brands

8Qdrant ranked higher

3Redis ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Qdrant	Redis
How do I choose a vector database for a mid-market team?	AI Mode	#2	#6
How do companies store and search embeddings without a dedicated tool?	AI Mode	#2	#6
What are the best Vector Databases tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#2	#9
What are the best Vector Databases tools in 2026?	AI Mode	#3	#9
Alternatives to the most popular vector database	Perplexity	#2	#6
Which Vector Databases vendors do analysts recommend?	ChatGPT	#2	#7
Which vector database offers a free trial?	Perplexity	#6	#5
Which Vector Databases tools offer annual discounts?	ChatGPT	#7	#5
Which Vector Databases tools offer annual discounts?	Perplexity	#3	#2
Official website of the top vector database vendors	ChatGPT	#3	#7
Official website of the top vector database vendors	Perplexity	#2	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Qdrant	Redis
Pricing model	Usage-based	Usage-based
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $0.007 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Managed cloud, hybrid cloud, private cloud (air-gapped), self-hosted on-premises, and edge	Managed cloud service (Redis Cloud) on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, plus on-premises and hybrid deployment with Redis Software.
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA	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 via Discord on the free tier, Standard tier: email and ticket portal, 10x5 business hours, Premium tier: 24/7 support with private Slack, Discord or Teams channels, Enterprise tier: custom response SLA and advisory services	Community support on the free plan, Basic support on Essentials plans, Redis support team on paid plans, Knowledge base
Founded	2021	2011
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany	San Francisco, CA
Employees	51–200	1,001–5,000
Funding	Series B · $88M raised	Series D
Best for	Developers and teams building RAG, semantic search and recommendation systems that need hybrid search and metadata filtering, either self-hosted or managed	Developers and digital businesses building fast apps and real-time AI agents that need low-latency data access.