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Upstash
Serverless Redis + Kafka + Vector + QStash — per-request pricing
Serverless data platform. Redis, Vector DB, QStash (message queue/cron), Workflow, Search. Per-request pricing with HTTP REST API. Edge-compatible.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Redis: 256 MB + 500k cmds/mo. Vector: 10k queries/mo. QStash: 500 msgs/day. |
| Pay-as-you-go | Free | Redis: $0.2 per 100k cmds. Vector: $0.4/M queries. QStash: $1 per 100k. |
| Fixed Plans | $10/mo | From $10/mo. 250MB-500GB Redis. $5/read region. 50GB bandwidth included. |
| Prod Pack | $200/mo | +$200/mo per DB. SLA + RBAC + encryption + SOC-2 + Prometheus + Datadog. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom. 100k+ cmd/sec, unlimited bandwidth, HIPAA. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | edge compat | HTTP REST means Cloudflare Workers / Vercel Edge / Deno / Bun work natively | Edge compatibility |
| — | products | Redis, Vector, QStash, Workflow, Search, Ratelimit | Product catalog |
| — | qstash cron | Schedule HTTP webhooks via cron expressions | QStash cron |
| — | qstash retry | Automatic retry + DLQ for failed webhooks | Reliability |
| — | redis global | Global replication to N read regions | Global Redis |
| — | vector free queries | 10000 queries/month | Free Vector queries |
| — | workflow | Durable long-running workflows with HTTP steps | Upstash Workflow |
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. · docs
- 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. · docs
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| rest-qstash | QStash REST API | rest | v2 |
| redis-protocol | RESP (TCP) | other | — |
| rest-redis | Upstash Redis REST API | rest | v1 |
| sdk-python | upstash-redis / vector (Python) | sdk | 1.x |
| sdk-node | @upstash/redis / vector / qstash | sdk | 1.x |
| rest-vector | Upstash Vector REST | rest | v1 |
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