Redis vs Zilliz Cloud

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

The short answer

Zilliz Cloud is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 23 versus 7.7 for Redis, and ranks ahead in 60% of the answers that name both.

Choose Redis if…

You want a lower entry price ($0.007 vs $197)
AI answers describe it more positively (33% vs 32% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
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

Choose Zilliz Cloud if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (23 vs 7.7)
You need SOC 2 Type II or ISO/IEC 27001 or GDPR ready or HIPAA ready coverage
built for billion-scale vector workloads
free tier with 5 GB storage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Redis	Zilliz Cloud
Visibility score	7.7%	23%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Vector Databases	#10	#5
Share of voice	3%	6.3%
Mentions this run	14	30
Positive in AI answers	33%	32%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Redis 0pp · Zilliz Cloud 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Zilliz Cloud leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

6.1%

28.7%

AI Mode

3.5%

22%

Perplexity

13.5%

18.3%

RedisZilliz Cloud

Head to head in AI answers

5 engine answers name both brands

2Redis ranked higher

3Zilliz Cloud ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Redis	Zilliz Cloud
What are the best Vector Databases tools in 2026?	AI Mode	#9	#2
Which vector database offers a free trial?	Perplexity	#5	#3
Which Vector Databases tools offer annual discounts?	ChatGPT	#5	#2
Which Vector Databases tools offer annual discounts?	Perplexity	#2	#4
Official website of the top vector database vendors	ChatGPT	#7	#14

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Redis	Zilliz Cloud
Pricing model	Usage-based	Usage-based
Entry price	Free; paid from $0.007 / mo	Free; paid from $197 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Managed cloud service (Redis Cloud) on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, plus on-premises and hybrid deployment with Redis Software.	Fully managed SaaS, bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) with data in the customer's VPC, and self-run open-source Milvus
Compliance	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	SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR ready, HIPAA ready
Support	Community support on the free plan, Basic support on Essentials plans, Redis support team on paid plans, Knowledge base	Community support bot, Email/ticket portal, Slack private channel, Zoom, Google Meet or Teams calls
Founded	2011	2017
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	Redwood City, California
Employees	1,001–5,000	51–200
Funding	Series D	Series B extension · $113M raised
Best for	Developers and digital businesses building fast apps and real-time AI agents that need low-latency data access.	Teams running production AI applications that need low-latency vector search at scale, and regulated sectors such as healthcare and finance