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Comparison

Amazon ElastiCache vs Upstash

On the evidence we track, Upstash leads this comparison with a composite score of 74/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon ElastiCache full profile →Upstash full profile →
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Amazon ElastiCache63
★Upstash74
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon ElastiCache63 / 100medium · 61%updating
Upstash74 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Model
Amazon ElastiCachefreemium
Upstashfreemium
Price level
Amazon ElastiCachelow
Upstashlow
Starting price
Amazon ElastiCache–
Upstash$10
Transparent
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon ElastiCache–
Upstash7
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Fedramp
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash–
Gdpr
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Hipaa
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Pci
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash–
Soc2
Amazon ElastiCache–
Upstash✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon ElastiCache99.99
Upstash99.99
Status page
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for key-value stores. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Storage
Storage tier
Amazon ElastiCacheIn-memory
UpstashPersistent
Persistence
Amazon ElastiCacheSnapshot (RDB)
UpstashFully durable
Data structures
Amazon ElastiCacheRich types
UpstashRich types
Protocol
Wire protocol
Amazon ElastiCacheRESP (Redis)
UpstashRESP (Redis)
Distribution
Clustering
Amazon ElastiCacheReplicated
UpstashReplicated
Consistency
Amazon ElastiCacheEventual
UpstashStrong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Multi-threaded
Amazon ElastiCache-
Upstash✗
Pub/Sub / streams
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Transactions / atomic ops
Amazon ElastiCache-
UpstashMULTI-EXEC
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon ElastiCacheManaged
UpstashManaged
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon ElastiCacheSource-available
UpstashProprietary
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
Amazon ElastiCacheFull
UpstashFull

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon ElastiCache

An AWS-hosted caching platform that provides ultra-low latency access to frequently used data with support for Valkey, Memcached, and Redis-compatible APIs. It automatically manages infrastructure, scales elastically to handle billions of requests per second, and eliminates downtime during maintenance.

Independently observed

Upstash

Leader

A cloud platform offering serverless Redis, vector databases, message queues, and workflow orchestration designed for developers building serverless applications, with usage-based and fixed-rate pricing options.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon ElastiCache

Usage-basedFree tier

From $6/month (Valkey). Usage-based pricing; free tier available.

  • ServerlessFree
    • Zero infrastructure management
    • Zero downtime maintenance
    • Automatic scaling
    • Multiple service tiers (Standard, Flex, Priority, Reserved)
as of verify ↗

Upstash

Leader
from $10/moHybridFree tier

Pay-as-you-go from $0 idle + $0.20 per 100K commands; fixed plans from $10–$1,500/month; enterprise available

  • Pay-as-you-goFree
    • 1 GB storage included
    • Automatic scaling
    • Per-request billing
    • No minimum charge when idle
  • Fixed Plans$10 to $1,500/month depending on tier
    • Entry plan: 250 MB storage, 50 GB bandwidth
    • High-end plan: 500 GB storage, 20 TB bandwidth, 16k commands/sec
    • No per-command billing
    • Predictable costs
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • 100K+ commands per second
    • Custom SLA
    • Dedicated support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
CLI
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon ElastiCache

Not documented yet.

Upstash

Leader
8 total
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  • Auth0
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  • PostgreSQL
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  • JDBC
  • FluentBit
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.