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Comparison

Amazon ElastiCache vs Upstash

On the evidence we track, Amazon ElastiCache leads this comparison with a composite score of 83/100. 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 ElastiCache83
Upstash73
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon ElastiCache83 / 100medium · 61%
Upstash73 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Model
Amazon ElastiCachefreemium
Upstashfreemium
Price level
Amazon ElastiCachelow
Upstashlow
Starting price
Amazon ElastiCache–
Upstash$5
Transparent
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon ElastiCache–
Upstash6
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Fedramp
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash–
Gdpr
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Hipaa
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Iso27001
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash–
Pci
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash–
Soc2
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Trust center
Amazon ElastiCachehttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
Upstash–
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon ElastiCache99.99
Upstash99.99
Status page
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon ElastiCache6 items
Upstash7 items

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

Leader

A fully managed caching service that removes infrastructure management overhead while delivering sub-millisecond data access. It supports Valkey, Memcached, and Redis OSS, enabling teams to use familiar APIs and migrate existing applications with minimal code changes.

Independently observed

Upstash

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

Leader
HybridFree tier

Starting at $6/month (Valkey Serverless). Free tier: 750 hours cache.t3.micro + $100 credits.

  • On-DemandPay-as-you-go hourly pricing per instance
    • Hourly instance pricing
    • No minimum fees
    • No upfront commitments
    • Auto scaling
  • ServerlessUsage-based billing with no minimum fees or upfront commitments
    • Zero infrastructure management
    • Zero downtime maintenance
    • Billed per GB-hour
    • Minimum 1 GB data storage
  • Database Savings PlansCommit to specific hourly spend for savings
    • 1-year usage commitment
    • Discounted hourly rates
as of verify ↗

Upstash

from $5/moHybridFree tier

Free tier (30 MB), Essentials from $5/month, Pro from $200/month

  • FreeFree
    • No replication
    • Single database
    • Limited throughput
  • Essentials$5/month (250 MB) to $216/month (12 GB)
    • Predefined database sizes (250 MB to 12 GB)
    • Bandwidth and throughput limits per tier
    • Optional high availability
    • Flex tier with reduced throughput
  • Pro$200/month minimum + $0.014/hour usage-based billing
    • Unlimited memory
    • Dedicated VPC infrastructure
    • Multiple databases per subscription
    • Active-Active multi-region writes
    • Auto-tiering
    • +1 more
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✓
Hybrid
Amazon ElastiCache✓
Upstash✗

Integrations

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

Amazon ElastiCache

Leader

Not documented yet.

Upstash

13 total
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • Auth0
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Debezium
  • JDBC
  • FluentBit
  • Drizzle
  • Vercel AI SDK
  • Redis protocol clients
  • Vercel
  • Aiven
Independently observed
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