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Upstash vs Convex

Serverless Redis + Kafka + Vector + QStash — per-request pricing
vs. The reactive database where queries are TypeScript code

Upstash website ↗Convex website ↗

Pricing tiers

Upstash

Free
Redis: 256 MB + 500k cmds/mo. Vector: 10k queries/mo. QStash: 500 msgs/day.
Free
Pay-as-you-go
Redis: $0.2 per 100k cmds. Vector: $0.4/M queries. QStash: $1 per 100k.
$0 base (usage-based)
Fixed Plans
From $10/mo. 250MB-500GB Redis. $5/read region. 50GB bandwidth included.
$10/mo
Prod Pack
+$200/mo per DB. SLA + RBAC + encryption + SOC-2 + Prometheus + Datadog.
$200/mo
Enterprise
Custom. 100k+ cmd/sec, unlimited bandwidth, HIPAA.
Custom
Upstash website ↗

Convex

Starter (Free)
Free with overage via usage-based billing. Great for prototypes.
Free
Professional
$25/developer/month. Overage: $2/M function calls. Daily backups, email support, custom domains.
$25/mo
Business / Enterprise
From $2,500/month. SAML/SSO, SLA, dedicated deployments, Slack Connect support.
$2500/mo
Convex website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Upstash vs starter on Convex.

MetricUpstashConvex
db storage gb—0.5 GB
deployments—40 deployments
egress gb month—1 GB/month
file storage gb—1 GB
function calls month—1000000 calls/month
team members—6 users

Features

Upstash · 12 features

  • Cron (via QStash) — Scheduled HTTP callbacks on any interval.
  • Edge-Ready — Native for CF Workers, Vercel Edge, Deno, Bun.
  • Global Database — Multi-region Redis reads.
  • HTTP REST APIs — Every product has REST — works from edge runtimes.
  • QStash — HTTP-based message queue + cron scheduler for webhooks.
  • QStash Webhooks — Outgoing webhook delivery with retries + DLQ.
  • Read Regions — Add read replicas in any region ($5/mo each).
  • @upstash/ratelimit — Redis-backed rate limiter lib.
  • Upstash Redis — Serverless Redis with HTTP REST + RESP TCP.
  • Upstash Search — Full-text + semantic search engine.
  • Upstash Vector — Serverless vector DB with REST API. HNSW indexing.
  • Upstash Workflow — Durable workflow runtime built on QStash.

Convex · 18 features

  • Actions — Non-deterministic functions for external I/O (fetch, AI APIs, email). Cannot rea…
  • Authentication — Convex Auth (built-in) or BYO provider (Clerk, Auth0, Kinde, WorkOS). ID tokens …
  • Convex Agents — AI agent framework with durable memory, threads, tool use. Works with OpenAI / A…
  • Convex Auth — First-party auth library: passwords, magic links, OAuth, phone — stored in your …
  • Convex Components — Reusable backend modules (rate limiter, workflow, aggregate, action-retrier, etc…
  • Cron Jobs — Recurring schedules defined in convex/crons.ts. UTC, cron-style patterns.
  • Durable Workflows — Long-running multi-step workflows with retries and at-least-once guarantees.
  • Exception Reporting — Auto-capture errors to Sentry, Axiom, Datadog.
  • File Storage — Upload/download via storage API. Returns storage IDs referenced in documents.
  • Full-Text Search — BM25 search index on table fields. withSearchIndex query helper.
  • HTTP Actions — Expose public HTTP endpoints for webhooks, OAuth callbacks, third-party integrat…
  • Log Streams — Stream function logs to Axiom, Datadog, Sentry. Pro+.
  • Mutations — Transactional write functions. All reads + writes in one mutation are ACID; conf…
  • Preview Deployments — Every Git branch gets its own isolated deployment. Integrates with Vercel/Netlif…
  • Queries — Deterministic read-only TS functions. Automatically cached and re-run when under…
  • Real-Time Subscriptions — useQuery auto-subscribes; server invalidates when data a query read changes. No …
  • Scheduler — schedule.after / schedule.at — enqueue functions to run later. Durable, survives…
  • Vector Search — Native vector index on tables. withIndex + filter fields. Up to 4096 dims.

Developer interfaces

KindUpstashConvex
CLI—Convex CLI
SDKupstash-redis / vector (Python), @upstash/redis / vector / qstashAndroid / Kotlin Client, iOS / Swift Client, JavaScript/TypeScript Client, Next.js Integration, Python Client, React Client (useQuery), Rust Client, Svelte Client, Vue Client
RESTQStash REST API, Upstash Redis REST API, Upstash Vector RESTDeploy / Dashboard API, HTTP Actions
OTHERRESP (TCP)WebSocket Subscriptions
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