Comparison

Riak KV 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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Riak KV26
Upstash74
Score
Vioscale score
Riak KV26 / 100low · 45%
Upstash74 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Riak KV
Upstash
Model
Riak KVcommercial
Upstashfreemium
Price level
Riak KVlow
Upstashlow
Starting price
Riak KV
Upstash$10
Transparent
Riak KV
Upstash
Integrations
Count
Riak KV4
Upstash7
Security
Disclosure policy
Riak KV
Upstash
Gdpr
Riak KV
Upstash
Hipaa
Riak KV
Upstash
Soc2
Riak KV
Upstash
Reliability
Sla pct
Riak KV
Upstash99.99
Status page
Riak KV
Upstash
Adoption
Github stars
Riak KV17
Upstash
Activity
Commits last 30d
Riak KV0
Upstash
License
Spdx
Riak KVApache-2.0
Upstash
Language
Primary
Riak KVErlang
Upstash
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
Riak KVPersistent
UpstashPersistent
Persistence
Riak KV-
UpstashFully durable
Data structures
Riak KVKV-only
UpstashRich types
Protocol
Wire protocol
Riak KV-
UpstashRESP (Redis)
Distribution
Clustering
Riak KVSharded
UpstashReplicated
Consistency
Riak KVTunable
UpstashStrong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
Riak KV
Upstash
Multi-threaded
Riak KV-
Upstash
Pub/Sub / streams
Riak KV-
Upstash
Transactions / atomic ops
Riak KV-
UpstashMULTI-EXEC
Deployment
Deployment
Riak KVSelf-hosted
UpstashManaged
Licensing
Licence class
Riak KV-
UpstashProprietary
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
Riak KV-
UpstashFull

What each one is

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

Riak KV

A scalable, enterprise-focused database solution designed for distributed data storage and retrieval at scale.

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.

Riak KV

Free 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
Riak KV
Upstash
CLI
Riak KV
Upstash
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Riak KV
Upstash
Self-hosted
Riak KV
Upstash

Integrations

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

Riak KV

4 total
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Solr
  • Apache Mesos
  • Redis
Independently observed

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.