mcp-server-qdrant vs mcp-redis

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	mcp-server-qdrant by qdrant	mcp-redis by redis
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Language	Python	Python
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

mcp-server-qdrant · Summary

Official Qdrant MCP server for semantic memory storage and retrieval using vector embeddings.

mcp-redis · Summary

Official Redis MCP Server providing natural language interface for AI agents to manage Redis data efficiently.

mcp-server-qdrant · Use cases

Building AI applications with long-term memory capabilities
Code search and retrieval for development environments
Enhancing LLM applications with vector-based semantic search

mcp-redis · Use cases

AI assistants storing and retrieving session data in Redis
Vector search applications with Redis as the backend
Chat applications using Redis pub/sub for real-time messaging
Caching AI model responses and queries

mcp-server-qdrant · Install

Installation Options

Using uvx

QDRANT_URL="http://localhost:6333" \
COLLECTION_NAME="my-collection" \
EMBEDDING_MODEL="sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2" \
uvx mcp-server-qdrant

Using Docker

docker build -t mcp-server-qdrant .
docker run -p 8000:8000 \
  -e FASTMCP_SERVER_HOST="0.0.0.0" \
  -e QDRANT_URL="http://your-qdrant-server:6333" \
  -e QDRANT_API_KEY="your-api-key" \
  -e COLLECTION_NAME="your-collection" \
  mcp-server-qdrant

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "qdrant": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["mcp-server-qdrant"],
    "env": {
      "QDRANT_URL": "https://xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io:6333",
      "QDRANT_API_KEY": "your_api_key",
      "COLLECTION_NAME": "your-collection-name",
      "EMBEDDING_MODEL": "sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2"
    }
  }
}

mcp-redis · Install

Installation

From PyPI (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "RedisMCPServer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "redis-mcp-server@latest",
        "redis-mcp-server",
        "--url",
        "redis://localhost:6379/0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From GitHub

uvx --from git+https://github.com/redis/mcp-redis.git redis-mcp-server --url redis://localhost:6379/0

Docker

docker run -d --name redis-mcp-server -e REDIS_HOST=<redis_hostname> -e REDIS_PORT=<redis_port> -e REDIS_USERNAME=<redis_username> mcp/redis

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