Upstash
Serverless Redis and Kafka
Databases / Data · Freemium
Reviewed 2026-08-19
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.
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