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NoSQL databases · October 2026 Edition

Redis vs Google Cloud Firestore

Zero of fourteen models named Redis first on the direct prompt; zero named Google Cloud Firestore. Redis was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Google Cloud Firestore by nine and Redis carries 55 labels and Google Cloud Firestore 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Redis

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Google Cloud Firestore

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5511A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Redis reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.MongoDB was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. MongoDB vs Redis · MongoDB vs Google Cloud Firestore · Amazon DynamoDB vs Redis

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the nosql databases page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
RedisFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGoogle Cloud Firestore
Direct00
Paraphrase102 against Redis
Comparative30
Budget-constrained011 against Redis
Scale-constrained00
Negative005 against Redis
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Redis and Google Cloud Firestore were named in the same answer thirty-two times, of the 166 answers naming Redis and the 51 naming Google Cloud Firestore. In those answers Google Cloud Firestore took the first choice three times and Redis three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Redis and Google Cloud Firestore stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Redis Google Cloud Firestore first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Redis on the left and Google Cloud Firestore on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Redis and Google Cloud Firestore stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5MongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, Google Cloud Firestore, PostgreSQL with JSON
Mistral SmallAmazon DynamoDB, MongoDB alternatives: Azure Cosmos DB, Redis

Neither was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, Apache Cassandra
Gemini 3.5 FlashMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, Couchbase
Perplexity SonarMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, Azure Cosmos DB
Grok 4.1 FastMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, Apache Cassandra
DeepSeek V4 FlashMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, PostgreSQL
Llama 4 MaverickMongoDB
Qwen 3.7 FlashMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, Neo4j, PostgreSQL
Kimi K2MongoDB alternatives: Couchbase
GLM 4.7 FlashXMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, Apache Cassandra, Couchbase
MiniMax M2.5MongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, Couchbase
GPT-6 LunaMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB, PostgreSQL
Muse Glimmer 30BMongoDB alternatives: Amazon DynamoDB

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Google Cloud Firestore leads by six points.
Google Cloud Firestore6%#3 of 10
Redis0%#8 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Redis2%#4 of 13
Google Cloud Firestore2%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Redis leads at enterprise.
Redis2%#8 of 9
Google Cloud Firestore0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Redis

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Redis is extremely fast but should be used with caution for data that needs to persist on disk or for applications requiring complex queries” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cautious when: Using it as a primary database rather than a cache — it's an in-memory store, and data durability can be a concern.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“early versions lacked auth. Redis 7+ is solid; use ACLs and avoid as a primary durable store unless clustered with persistence.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Redis is the most popular and versatile key-value store... ideal for mid-sized B2B applications” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Redis receiving the highest rating of 8.9 among the leaders” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Key-Value Stores Top Examples: Redis, Amazon DynamoDB” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Google Cloud Firestore

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“If you do not have IT staff and just want to launch an MVP quickly, start with Firebase (Firestore)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For a managed cloud option, Azure Cosmos DB, Amazon DynamoDB, or Google Cloud Firestore are all common consumption-based choices.” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Cloud Firestore has a free quota, including 1 GiB of stored data, 50,000 reads/day” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.