Comparison

DragonflyDB 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.

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DragonflyDB58

★Upstash74

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DragonflyDB	UpstashLeader
Vioscale score	58 / 100medium · 67%	74 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$10
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.3	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=softonic%2Fdragonfly&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	31,043	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	21	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

DragonflyDB58 / 100medium · 67%

Upstash74 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✓

Model

DragonflyDBcommercial

Upstashfreemium

Price level

DragonflyDBlow

Upstashlow

Starting price

DragonflyDB–

Upstash$10

Transparent

DragonflyDB✗

Upstash✓

Integrations

Count

DragonflyDB6

Upstash7

Security

Disclosure policy

DragonflyDB–

Upstash✓

Gdpr

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✓

Hipaa

DragonflyDB–

Upstash✓

Pci

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash–

Scorecard

DragonflyDB5.3

Upstash–

Soc2

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✓

Vulnerabilities

DragonflyDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=softonic%2Fdragonfly&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Upstash–

Reliability

Sla pct

DragonflyDB–

Upstash99.99

Status page

DragonflyDB–

Upstash✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

DragonflyDB0

Upstash–

Github stars

DragonflyDB31,043

Upstash–

Activity

Commits last 30d

DragonflyDB100

Upstash–

Release

Cadence days

DragonflyDB21

Upstash–

History

DragonflyDB20 items

Upstash–

Language

Primary

DragonflyDBC++

Upstash–

Market

Availability

DragonflyDBAvailable worldwide

UpstashAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Key-Value Stores
Capability	DragonflyDB	Upstash
Storage
Storage tier	In-memory	Persistent
Persistence	Snapshot (RDB)	Fully durable
Data structures	Rich types	Rich types
Protocol
Wire protocol	RESP (Redis)	RESP (Redis)
Distribution
Clustering	Sharded	Replicated
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies	✓	✓
Multi-threaded	✓	✗
Pub/Sub / streams	✓	✓
Transactions / atomic ops	MULTI-EXEC	MULTI-EXEC
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Managed
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available	Proprietary
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility	Full	Full

Storage

Storage tier

DragonflyDBIn-memory

UpstashPersistent

Persistence

DragonflyDBSnapshot (RDB)

UpstashFully durable

Data structures

DragonflyDBRich types

UpstashRich types

Protocol

Wire protocol

DragonflyDBRESP (Redis)

UpstashRESP (Redis)

Distribution

Clustering

DragonflyDBSharded

UpstashReplicated

Consistency

DragonflyDBStrong

UpstashStrong

Ops

Eviction / TTL policies

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✓

Multi-threaded

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✗

Pub/Sub / streams

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✓

Transactions / atomic ops

DragonflyDBMULTI-EXEC

UpstashMULTI-EXEC

Deployment

DragonflyDBSelf-hosted

UpstashManaged

Licensing

Licence class

DragonflyDBSource-available

UpstashProprietary

Compatibility

Redis API compatibility

DragonflyDBFull

UpstashFull

What each one is

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

DragonflyDB

An in-memory data store delivering significantly higher throughput and memory efficiency than Redis through multi-threaded architecture, enabling cost-effective scaling with fewer infrastructure resources.

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.

DragonflyDB

from $8/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $8/GB/month (Flex), $2,000+/month (Business). Free trial with $100 credits.

Flex$8/GB/month, starting at $36/month
- Fully-managed on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- One-click provisioning
- Horizontal + vertical scaling
- Monitoring dashboard
- Dragonfly team support
BusinessStarting at $2,000/month
- Bring your own cloud
- Auto-scaling
- SSO & MFA
- Custom SLA
- Dedicated support
EnterpriseContact sales
- Run anywhere
- Custom instance types
- White-glove migrations and tuning
- Advanced security & compliance
- Enterprise SLA & premium support

as of 2026-08-01verify ↗

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 2026-08-24verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	DragonflyDB	Upstash
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✓

Linux

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✗

CLI

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✓

Self-hosted

DragonflyDB✓

Upstash✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

PostgreSQL

DragonflyDB

6 total - 5 not shared

GCP Marketplace
AWS
Google Cloud Platform
Feast
Airbyte

Independently observed

Upstash

Leader

8 total - 7 not shared

Cloudflare Workers
Auth0
MongoDB
MySQL
Debezium
JDBC
FluentBit

Independently observed

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