Upstash
Serverless Redis and Kafka designed for edge and serverless environments. Upstash offers per-request pricing with HTTP-based Redis and Kafka that works in any runtime including Vercel Edge.
Proprietary
TypeScript / Python
Why Upstash?
Serverless/edge caching and rate limiting
You need Redis that works in Vercel Edge Functions
Pay-per-request with zero idle cost
Signal Breakdown
What drives the Trust Score
Download Trend
Last 12 months
Tradeoffs & Caveats
Know before you commitHigh-throughput workloads (traditional Redis is cheaper)
You need Redis Cluster or complex data structures
Self-hosting is preferred (use standard Redis)
Pricing
Free tier & paid plans
Free tier (10k requests/day)
Pay-per-request $0.20/100k after free tier
Zero cost when idle — perfect for serverless
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Learning Resources
Docs, videos, tutorials, and courses
Get Started
Repository and installation options
View on GitHub
github.com/upstash/upstash-redis
npm install @upstash/redispip install upstash-redisQuick Start
Copy and adapt to get going fast
import { Redis } from '@upstash/redis';
const redis = new Redis({
url: process.env.UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL,
token: process.env.UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN,
});
await redis.set('key', 'value', { ex: 3600 });
const value = await redis.get('key');
console.log(value);Code Examples
Common usage patterns
Rate limiting
Implement rate limiting with Upstash Ratelimit
import { Ratelimit } from '@upstash/ratelimit';
import { Redis } from '@upstash/redis';
const ratelimit = new Ratelimit({
redis: Redis.fromEnv(),
limiter: Ratelimit.slidingWindow(10, '10 s'),
});
const { success } = await ratelimit.limit(userId);
if (!success) return Response.json({ error: 'Too many requests' }, { status: 429 });QStash background jobs
Schedule background jobs with QStash
import { Client } from '@upstash/qstash';
const qstash = new Client({ token: process.env.QSTASH_TOKEN });
await qstash.publishJSON({
url: 'https://myapp.com/api/process-email',
body: { userId: '123', templateId: 'welcome' },
delay: '5m',
});Community Notes
Real experiences from developers who've used this tool