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Upstash

Serverless data for serverless functions

FreemiumFree TierAdded May 1, 2021

About

Upstash provides serverless Redis, Kafka, and vector databases designed for serverless and edge environments. Pay per request, not per hour. Databases auto-scale and work natively with edge runtimes like Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, and Deno Deploy. The go-to data layer for serverless architectures where traditional databases don't fit.

Tags

redisserverlessedgedatabasekafkavectorpay-per-request

Origin Story

By Enes Akar

The Problem

Serverless functions needed caching and message queues, but traditional Redis required always-on servers. Needed Redis that scales to zero.

Building It

Launched in 2021. Grew rapidly in the Vercel/Cloudflare Workers ecosystem as the serverless data layer.

What It Means

Data infrastructure should match the serverless model — pay per request, scale to zero, work at the edge.

The Dream

To provide the complete data layer for serverless and edge computing.

Pricing

ModelFreemium
Free tierAvailable

Free tier with 10,000 commands/day. Pay-as-you-go at $0.2 per 100K commands. Pro at $280/month with dedicated resources.

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Category

Developer Tools

Problems Solved

  • Serverless Redis
  • Edge Compatible Database
  • Pay Per Request Data

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