Redis
by Redis · In-memory data platform for caching, vector search and agent context
BenchRank score
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Overview
Redis is a data platform used for caching, vector search, messaging, leaderboards and agent data storage, with over 450 supported commands. It runs as a managed service on AWS, Azure and GCP, as a self-managed on-prem or hybrid deployment, or as free open source Redis 8. Paid cloud plans add Flex tiered RAM and flash storage, Active-Active replication and Redis Data Integration.
- Best for
- Teams needing a low-latency store for caching, vector search and agent context, hosted or self-run
- Pricing
- Free 30 MB tier, Essentials from $0.007/hour (stated as $5/month total), and Pro from $0.014/hour with a $200/month minimum; on-prem and annual plans are quoted by sales.
- Runs on
- CLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Managed on AWS, Azure and GCP, or self-managed on-prem/hybrid
- Free open source Redis 8 download alongside the paid plans
- Free 30 MB tier and a $5/month entry plan
- Pro adds Active-Active multi-region replication
Trade-offs
- Free and Essentials are limited to a single database
- Essentials is capped at 99.99% uptime with basic support only
- Pro carries a $200/month minimum spend
- On-prem, hybrid and annual pricing requires talking to sales
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Redis’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Redis pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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