# Upstash

> Serverless Redis and Kafka

**Category:** Databases  
**Pricing:** freemium  
**URL:** https://upstash.com  
**Added:** 2026-08-19

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## The Hook

Upstash is Redis that scales to zero and bills per request.

## What's Good

HTTP-based access works from serverless functions without connection management. Pay-per-request pricing makes small projects cheap. Global replication reduces latency. QStash adds serverless-friendly job queues.

## The Catch

HTTP adds latency compared to native Redis protocol. High-throughput workloads get expensive. Some Redis features are not available.

## Verdict

Redis that fits the serverless model perfectly.