How much does Upstash cost?

Upstash publishes 2 plans: Free at $0/mo, Prod Pack + at $200/mo. Every figure is read from the vendor's own pricing page; the pricing section above shows the source sentence for each tier.

Does Upstash have a free plan?

Yes. Upstash offers a free tier with limits; paid plans unlock higher usage or team features.

What are the main drawbacks of Upstash?

The trade-offs we noted: Cost per request beats hourly only up to a point; Latency depends on region choice; Less control than self-managed Redis.

When should you not use Upstash?

Skip Upstash if: You need an uptime SLA, encryption at rest or multi-zone HA — the Prod Pack is $200/month per database; Your dataset exceeds 100 GB on pay-as-you-go; You run a chatty workload where per-command billing beats a fixed plan only at low volume.

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Upstash

Serverless Redis and Kafka.

What it is

Upstash offers Redis and Kafka billed per request rather than per hour, so idle projects cost close to nothing. Per-request billing means a side project or a spiky workload costs nothing while idle, which per-hour pricing cannot match. Sustained high throughput is where that model turns against you and a provisioned instance wins.

Upstash pricing

Upstash publishes 2 plans. Paid tiers start at $200/mo, and a free tier is listed alongside them.

Upstash plans and published prices, taken from the vendor’s pricing page.
Plan	Price	What the vendor’s page says
Free	$0/mo	Free: 256 MB, 10 GB bandwidth, 500K commands/month, 1 database
Prod Pack +	$200/mo	Prod Pack +$200/month per database; Enterprise custom with HIPAA

Prices read from the vendor's own pricing page on 2026-09-08. Vendors change plans without notice — check the source before you budget. Source

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Key features

Per-request pricing
Bills by operation rather than by running hour.
Serverless Redis
Exposes a Redis-compatible store over HTTP for edge runtimes.
Global replication
Replicates data across regions for lower read latency.

Strengths and trade-offs

What works well

Per-request pricing suits spiky workloads
Works well from serverless functions
No servers to run

Where it falls short

Cost per request beats hourly only up to a point
Latency depends on region choice
Less control than self-managed Redis

Who it is for

Serverless applications that need caching or queues without a permanent instance.

Pick it or skip it

Pick Upstash if

Serverless and edge apps that need Redis over HTTP with a free tier of 500K commands a month
Low-traffic workloads billed per command: $0.20 per 100K commands with 1 GB free storage
Teams that want predictable fixed plans from $10/month for 250 MB

Skip it if

You need an uptime SLA, encryption at rest or multi-zone HA — the Prod Pack is $200/month per database
Your dataset exceeds 100 GB on pay-as-you-go
You run a chatty workload where per-command billing beats a fixed plan only at low volume

Our verdict

Excellent for intermittent workloads. Constant high throughput is cheaper on a dedicated instance.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Upstash cost?: Upstash publishes 2 plans: Free at $0/mo, Prod Pack + at $200/mo. Every figure is read from the vendor's own pricing page; the pricing section above shows the source sentence for each tier.
Does Upstash have a free plan?: Yes. Upstash offers a free tier with limits; paid plans unlock higher usage or team features.
Who is Upstash best for?: Serverless applications that need caching or queues without a permanent instance.
What are the main drawbacks of Upstash?: The trade-offs we noted: Cost per request beats hourly only up to a point; Latency depends on region choice; Less control than self-managed Redis.
When should you not use Upstash?: Skip Upstash if: You need an uptime SLA, encryption at rest or multi-zone HA — the Prod Pack is $200/month per database; Your dataset exceeds 100 GB on pay-as-you-go; You run a chatty workload where per-command billing beats a fixed plan only at low volume.

What we checked

Public APIOffers a documented API you can build against.Yes
Mobile appHas a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.No
Open source / self-hostableSource is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.No
SSO (SAML)Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.Yes

“Not checked” means exactly that — we have not verified it, and we do not guess.

Evidence and freshness

Status: Vendor pricing page verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-08

Upstash — Redis pricing ↗
Checked 2026-09-08 · Supports: Free: 256 MB, 10 GB bandwidth, 500K commands/month, 1 database, Pay as you go: $0.20 per 100K commands, $0.25/GB storage after 1 GB free, 200 GB bandwidth free then $0.03/GB, max 100 GB, Fixed: 250 MB $10, 1 GB $20, 10 GB $200, 500 GB $1,500/month, Prod Pack +$200/month per database; Enterprise custom with HIPAA

Limit: Vendor pricing page was reviewed by an editor on this date; this record is not a ToolCompare benchmark. Prices and limits change.

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