Upstash
Upstash is a serverless data platform made by Upstash, Inc. in California. Its products include Redis, Vector, QStash for messaging and scheduling, Workflow, Box and Blob. Redis has a free tier of 256 MB and 500,000 commands a month, then costs $0.20 per 100,000 commands on pay as you go.
Facts checked on against the sources listed at the end of this page.
- Pricing
- Pay as you goPaid from Redis pay as you go at $0.20 per 100,000 commands; fixed plans from $10 a month
- Open source
- NoProprietary
- npm downloads a week
- 6.3Mup 11% on the week before
A good fit for
- Serverless and edge apps that need Redis over HTTP without managing servers
- Low-traffic projects that fit inside the Redis free tier
- Teams that want queues, scheduling and workflows from the same vendor
- Workloads with spiky traffic where per-request billing beats a fixed server
Not a good fit for
- Heavy sustained Redis traffic on pay as you go, where per-command cost adds up and a fixed plan fits better
- Teams that need to run the service on their own infrastructure: the service is proprietary and hosted
- Pay-as-you-go databases above 100 GB
Upstash pricing
Redis has a free tier, pay as you go, fixed plans from $10 to $1,500 a month and custom Enterprise pricing. Prices for the other products were not checked.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Redis free | $0 | 256 MB data, 500,000 commands a month, 10 GB bandwidth, 1 database. |
| Redis pay as you go | $0.20 per 100,000 commands | Storage at $0.25 per GB with the first 1 GB free, up to 100 GB per database. Bandwidth free up to 200 GB a month, then $0.03 per GB. Extra databases $0.50 each. |
| Redis fixed | $10 to $1,500 a month | 250 MB to 500 GB with unlimited commands. Read regions add $5 to $750 each. |
| Prod Pack | $200 a month | Uptime SLA, multi-zone high availability and SOC-2 compliance. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | For high-volume needs. |
Prices in USD, checked on 6 October 2026. Current prices on upstash.com.
Main features
- Serverless Redis
- Per-command billing with persistence, or fixed plans with unlimited commands.
- Vector
- Vector database for AI search.
- QStash
- Messaging and task scheduling.
- Workflow
- Serverless function orchestration.
- Box
- Cloud containers for AI agents.
- Blob
- File storage with a global CDN. A 29 September 2026 post says it includes 1 TB of free egress every month.
- Prod Pack
- $200 a month add-on for uptime SLA, multi-zone high availability and SOC-2 compliance.
About Upstash
Upstash sells serverless data services that are billed by use rather than by server. The home page lists Redis, Vector for AI search, QStash for messaging and task scheduling, Workflow for serverless function orchestration, Box for cloud containers for AI agents, and Blob for file storage with a global CDN.
Redis is the core product. It offers a free tier, pay as you go, fixed plans and custom Enterprise pricing. The home page describes the model as paying only for what you use, with per-request pricing and a price cap guarantee.
On 12 January 2026 Upstash introduced the Prod Pack, an add-on at $200 a month. On the pricing page it provides an uptime SLA, multi-zone high availability and SOC-2 compliance. A search for an August 2026 packaging change found nothing on the official pages checked, so none is described here.
- Made by
- Upstash, Inc.
- Based in
- California
- Free plan
- Yes. Redis free tier: 256 MB data, 500,000 commands a month, 10 GB bandwidth.
Usage and activity
Weekly npm downloads of @upstash/redis, last 12 months.
Upstash alternatives
Questions about Upstash
Does Upstash have a free plan?
Yes. The Redis free tier includes 256 MB of data, 500,000 commands a month and 10 GB of bandwidth.
How much does Upstash Redis cost?
Pay as you go is $0.20 per 100,000 commands plus $0.25 per GB of storage. Fixed plans run from $10 to $1,500 a month.
What products does Upstash offer?
The home page lists Redis, Vector, QStash, Workflow, Box and Blob.
Is Upstash open source?
No. Upstash is a hosted service. The site links to its open source projects on GitHub, but the platform itself is proprietary.
Did Upstash change its pricing in August 2026?
The official pages checked show no announced change. The pricing page lists the Prod Pack at $200 a month, introduced on 12 January 2026.
Sources and links
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