Comparison

etcd 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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etcd64

★Upstash74

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	etcd	UpstashLeader
Vioscale score	64 / 100low · 44%	74 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$10
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	80	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.7	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.etcd.io%2Fetcd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	39,452	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	52,178	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	96	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

etcd64 / 100low · 44%

Upstash74 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

etcd✗

Upstash✓

Model

etcdopen_source

Upstashfreemium

Price level

etcdfree

Upstashlow

Starting price

etcd–

Upstash$10

Transparent

etcd✓

Upstash✓

Integrations

Count

etcd80

Upstash7

Security

Disclosure policy

etcd–

Upstash✓

Gdpr

etcd–

Upstash✓

Hipaa

etcd–

Upstash✓

Scorecard

etcd6.7

Upstash–

Soc2

etcd–

Upstash✓

Vulnerabilities

etcdCount: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.etcd.io%2Fetcd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: HIGH

Upstash–

Reliability

Sla pct

etcd–

Upstash99.99

Status page

etcd–

Upstash✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

etcd39,452

Upstash–

Github stars

etcd52,178

Upstash–

Activity

Commits last 30d

etcd96

Upstash–

Release

History

etcd20 items

Upstash–

License

Spdx

etcdApache-2.0

Upstash–

Language

Primary

etcdGo

Upstash–

Market

Availability

etcd–

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	etcd	Upstash
Storage
Storage tier	Persistent	Persistent
Persistence	Append-only log	Fully durable
Data structures	Rich types	Rich types
Protocol
Wire protocol	gRPC	RESP (Redis)
Distribution
Clustering	Consensus (Raft)	Replicated
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies	✓	✓
Multi-threaded	-	✗
Pub/Sub / streams	✓	✓
Transactions / atomic ops	-	MULTI-EXEC
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Managed
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Proprietary
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility	None	Full

Storage

Storage tier

etcdPersistent

UpstashPersistent

Persistence

etcdAppend-only log

UpstashFully durable

Data structures

etcdRich types

UpstashRich types

Protocol

Wire protocol

etcdgRPC

UpstashRESP (Redis)

Distribution

Clustering

etcdConsensus (Raft)

UpstashReplicated

Consistency

etcdStrong

UpstashStrong

Ops

Eviction / TTL policies

etcd✓

Upstash✓

Multi-threaded

etcd-

Upstash✗

Pub/Sub / streams

etcd✓

Upstash✓

Transactions / atomic ops

etcd-

UpstashMULTI-EXEC

Deployment

etcdSelf-hosted

UpstashManaged

Licensing

Licence class

etcdPermissive OSS

UpstashProprietary

Compatibility

Redis API compatibility

etcdNone

UpstashFull

What each one is

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

etcd

etcd is a strongly consistent, distributed key-value store that provides a reliable way to store data that needs to be accessed by a distributed system or cluster of machines. It gracefully handles leader elections during network partitions and can tolerate machine failure.

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.

etcd

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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	etcd	Upstash
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

etcd✗

Upstash✓

CLI

etcd✓

Upstash✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

etcd✗

Upstash✓

Self-hosted

etcd✓

Upstash✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

MySQL

etcd

29 total - 28 not shared

Kubernetes
Vitess
fleet
Docker
Puppet
confd
AWS ECS
SkyDNS
discodns
Hiera
Chef
BOSH
etcdctl
etcd-backup
etcd-dump
etcd-fs
etcd-browser
etcd-console
etcd-viewer
etcdtool
etcd-rest
etcdsh
etcdloadtest
etcd-workbench
+4 more

Independently observed

Upstash

Leader

8 total - 7 not shared

Cloudflare Workers
Auth0
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Debezium
JDBC
FluentBit

Independently observed

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