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Comparison

KeyDB 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.

KeyDB full profile →Upstash full profile →
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KeyDB35
★Upstash74
Score
Vioscale score
KeyDB35 / 100low · 46%
Upstash74 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
KeyDB✓
Upstash✓
Model
Price level
KeyDBfree
Upstashlow
Starting price
KeyDB–
Upstash$10
Transparent
KeyDB✓
Upstash✓
Integrations
Count
KeyDB–
Upstash7
Security
Disclosure policy
KeyDB–
Upstash✓
Gdpr
KeyDB–
Upstash✓
Hipaa
KeyDB–
Upstash✓
Soc2
KeyDB–
Upstash✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
KeyDB–
Upstash99.99
Status page
KeyDB–
Upstash✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
KeyDB0
Upstash–
Github stars
KeyDB12,509
Upstash–
Activity
Commits last 30d
KeyDB0
Upstash–
Release
Cadence days
KeyDB53
Upstash–
History
KeyDB20 items
Upstash–
License
Spdx
KeyDBBSD-3-Clause
Upstash–
Language
Primary
KeyDBC++
Upstash–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
KeyDBIn-memory
UpstashPersistent
Persistence
KeyDBFully durable
UpstashFully durable
Data structures
KeyDBRich types
UpstashRich types
Protocol
Wire protocol
KeyDBRESP (Redis)
UpstashRESP (Redis)
Distribution
Clustering
KeyDBSharded
UpstashReplicated
Consistency
KeyDBStrong
UpstashStrong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
KeyDB✓
Upstash✓
Multi-threaded
KeyDB✓
Upstash✗
Pub/Sub / streams
KeyDB✓
Upstash✓
Transactions / atomic ops
KeyDBMULTI-EXEC
UpstashMULTI-EXEC
Deployment
Deployment
KeyDBSelf-hosted
UpstashManaged
Licensing
Licence class
KeyDBPermissive OSS
UpstashProprietary
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
KeyDBFull
UpstashFull

What each one is

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

KeyDB

KeyDB is an open-source database that offers significantly higher performance than Redis through multithreading while maintaining full Redis protocol compatibility. It includes advanced features like active replication, FLASH storage, and MVCC architecture for non-blocking queries.

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.

KeyDB

Open sourceFree tier
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
KeyDB✗
Upstash✓
Linux
KeyDB✓
Upstash✗
CLI
KeyDB✓
Upstash✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
KeyDB✗
Upstash✓
Self-hosted
KeyDB✓
Upstash✗

Integrations

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

KeyDB

Not documented yet.

Upstash

Leader
8 total
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • Auth0
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Debezium
  • JDBC
  • FluentBit
Independently observed

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