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Comparison

Upstash vs Valkey

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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★Upstash74
Valkey56
Score
Vioscale score
Upstash74 / 100medium · 73%
Valkey56 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tier
Upstash✓
Valkey✓
Model
Upstashfreemium
Valkeycommercial
Price level
Upstashlow
Valkeyfree
Starting price
Upstash$10
Valkey–
Transparent
Upstash✓
Valkey✓
Integrations
Count
Upstash7
Valkey1
Security
Disclosure policy
Upstash✓
Valkey–
Gdpr
Upstash✓
Valkey–
Hipaa
Upstash✓
Valkey–
Scorecard
Upstash–
Valkey6.2
Soc2
Upstash✓
Valkey–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Upstash99.99
Valkey–
Status page
Upstash✓
Valkey–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Upstash–
Valkey0
Github stars
Upstash–
Valkey26,989
Activity
Commits last 30d
Upstash–
Valkey91
Release
History
Upstash–
Valkey20 items
License
Spdx
Upstash–
ValkeyBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
Upstash–
ValkeyC
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
UpstashPersistent
ValkeyPersistent
Persistence
UpstashFully durable
ValkeySnapshot (RDB)
Data structures
UpstashRich types
ValkeyRich types
Protocol
Wire protocol
UpstashRESP (Redis)
Valkey-
Distribution
Clustering
UpstashReplicated
ValkeySharded
Consistency
UpstashStrong
Valkey-
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
Upstash✓
Valkey✓
Multi-threaded
Upstash✗
Valkey✓
Pub/Sub / streams
Upstash✓
Valkey✓
Transactions / atomic ops
UpstashMULTI-EXEC
Valkey-
Deployment
Deployment
UpstashManaged
ValkeySelf-hosted
Licensing
Licence class
UpstashProprietary
ValkeyPermissive OSS
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
UpstashFull
ValkeyFull

What each one is

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

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

Valkey

A Linux Foundation-backed open-source database server for storing and managing key-value data. Supports multiple data types and deployment modes ranging from single-node setups to distributed clusters, serving caching, message queue, and primary database use cases.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

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 ↗

Valkey

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Upstash✓
Valkey✗
macOS
Upstash✗
Valkey✓
Linux
Upstash✗
Valkey✓
CLI
Upstash✓
Valkey✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Upstash✓
Valkey✗
Self-hosted
Upstash✗
Valkey✓

Integrations

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

Upstash

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

Valkey

1 total
  • Harbor
Independently observed

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