Redis Cloud vs Turbopuffer
A comparison of Redis Cloud and Turbopuffer built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- Pick Redis Cloud if
- Teams that want Redis from the company that maintains it, with an on-demand hourly Essentials tier cheap enough to run a small production workload without committing to a fixed plan.
- Pick Turbopuffer if
- Teams that want vector search billed like storage rather than compute — object-storage-backed pricing tends to undercut memory-resident vector databases at rest, especially for large, cold datasets.
3 sourced criteria separate them:
- Entry paid plan
- Redis Cloud: Essentials: from $0.007/hour, $5/month total. 250 MB-100 GB RAM and SSD, single DB.
- Turbopuffer: Launch plan: $16/month minimum usage, including all database features. Scale plan: $256/month minimum. Enterprise: $4,096+/month.
- Pricing model
- Redis Cloud: On-demand hourly billing. Data transfer is included in the price, with limits.
- Turbopuffer: Subscription with a monthly minimum per tier, plus usage-based overage charges beyond that minimum.
- Similarity metrics supported
- Redis Cloud: Cosine similarity is documented as a supported distance metric in Redis's vector field schema (DISTANCE_METRIC: COSINE in example code); other metrics were not confirmed in what is sourced here.
- Turbopuffer: Cosine distance is documented as a supported metric (used in the SDK's example code); the full list of supported metrics wasn't confirmed beyond this.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
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At a glance.
| Criterion | Redis Cloud | Turbopuffer |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Entry paid plan | Essentials: from $0.007/hour, $5/month total. 250 MB-100 GB RAM and SSD, single DB. | Launch plan: $16/month minimum usage, including all database features. Scale plan: $256/month minimum. Enterprise: $4,096+/month. |
| Pricing model | On-demand hourly billing. Data transfer is included in the price, with limits. | Subscription with a monthly minimum per tier, plus usage-based overage charges beyond that minimum. |
| Vector | ||
| Similarity metrics supported | Cosine similarity is documented as a supported distance metric in Redis's vector field schema (DISTANCE_METRIC: COSINE in example code); other metrics were not confirmed in what is sourced here. | Cosine distance is documented as a supported metric (used in the SDK's example code); the full list of supported metrics wasn't confirmed beyond this. |
Where they differ.
Entry paid plan
- Redis Cloud
- Essentials: from $0.007/hour, $5/month total. 250 MB-100 GB RAM and SSD, single DB.
- Turbopuffer
- Launch plan: $16/month minimum usage, including all database features. Scale plan: $256/month minimum. Enterprise: $4,096+/month.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Redis Cloud Pricing ↗
“From $0.007/hour. Total $5/month. 250 MB-100 GB RAM & SSD, single DB.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Turbopuffer Pricing ↗
“$16/month minimum usage. Includes all database features. [Scale] $256. [Enterprise] $4,096+.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Pricing model
- Redis Cloud
- On-demand hourly billing. Data transfer is included in the price, with limits.
- Turbopuffer
- Subscription with a monthly minimum per tier, plus usage-based overage charges beyond that minimum.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Redis Cloud Pricing ↗
“On demand. Data Transfer: Included in price, limited.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
- Turbopuffer Pricing ↗
“Minimum monthly commitments ($16 Launch, $256 Scale, $4,096+ Enterprise), plus usage-based overage charges.”
Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing
Similarity metrics supported
- Redis Cloud
- Cosine similarity is documented as a supported distance metric in Redis's vector field schema (DISTANCE_METRIC: COSINE in example code); other metrics were not confirmed in what is sourced here.
- Turbopuffer
- Cosine distance is documented as a supported metric (used in the SDK's example code); the full list of supported metrics wasn't confirmed beyond this.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Redis vector search documentation ↗
“ALGORITHM: SCHEMA_VECTOR_FIELD_ALGORITHM.FLAT, DIM: 384, DISTANCE_METRIC: 'COSINE'”
Read 2026-09-11 · official docs
- Turbopuffer documentation ↗
“distance_metric="cosine_distance"”
Read 2026-09-11 · official docs
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Which should you choose?
Choose Redis Cloud if…
Teams that want Redis from the company that maintains it, with an on-demand hourly Essentials tier cheap enough to run a small production workload without committing to a fixed plan.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Turbopuffer if…
Teams that want vector search billed like storage rather than compute — object-storage-backed pricing tends to undercut memory-resident vector databases at rest, especially for large, cold datasets.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Redis Cloud: Multi-region active-active replication is needed on a small budget — that's a Pro-tier feature here, where a serverless competitor may price per-region replication into a lower-cost plan.
- Turbopuffer: The full list of supported similarity metrics matters before committing — that wasn't fully documented in what's sourced here, unlike competitors that publish the complete list.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Entry paid plan: Redis Cloud or Turbopuffer?
Redis Cloud: Essentials: from $0.007/hour, $5/month total. 250 MB-100 GB RAM and SSD, single DB.
Turbopuffer: Launch plan: $16/month minimum usage, including all database features. Scale plan: $256/month minimum. Enterprise: $4,096+/month.
Should I choose Redis Cloud or Turbopuffer?
Pick Redis Cloud if Teams that want Redis from the company that maintains it, with an on-demand hourly Essentials tier cheap enough to run a small production workload without committing to a fixed plan.
Pick Turbopuffer if Teams that want vector search billed like storage rather than compute — object-storage-backed pricing tends to undercut memory-resident vector databases at rest, especially for large, cold datasets.