Serverless Redis · Backend & Databases

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Upstash free tier

Serverless Redis you call over HTTP, priced per request.

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Checked against Upstash's official pages on 1 Nov 2026. Free tiers change, so confirm before you commit.

What Upstash's free plan gives you

One Redis database with 250 MB data, 500K commands and 10 GB bandwidth per month.

Upstash free plan limits
LimitFree plan
Data size250 MB
Commands500K / month
Bandwidth10 GB / month
Databases1
Max request10 MB

The catch

500K commands a month runs out fast if you poll or cache every request.

Pros and cons

Good

  • HTTP API works on edge runtimes
  • No card
  • Pay only for use after free

Watch out

  • Monthly command cap
  • Single free database
  • Not a full general database

How to start on Upstash

  1. 1

    Sign up at console.upstash.com

  2. 2

    Create a Redis database and pick a region

  3. 3

    Copy the REST URL and token

  4. 4

    Install @upstash/redis

  5. 5

    Call it from your API route

Upstash: questions

Is Upstash free?

One Redis database with 250 MB data, 500K commands and 10 GB bandwidth per month. Free plan ends: Never.

Does Upstash need a credit card?

No, you can sign up for Upstash's free plan without a card.

What is the catch with Upstash's free plan?

500K commands a month runs out fast if you poll or cache every request.

What are the best free alternatives to Upstash?

Cloudflare D1, Firebase (Spark plan), Turso. Compare their limits on this page or open each one for details.

Alternatives to Upstash

  • Cloudflare D1

    Serverless SQLite

    100

    SQLite databases that run alongside Cloudflare Workers on the free Workers plan.

    Databases
    10
    Storage
    5 GB total
    Row reads
    5M / day

    The catch: Only 100,000 row writes per day, which resets daily.

    No cardNo end date
    Paid from $5/mo (Workers Paid)

  • Firebase (Spark plan)

    BaaS + hosting

    100

    Google's app backend: static hosting, auth and Firestore on the free Spark plan.

    Hosting
    10 GB storage, 360 MB/day transfer
    Firestore
    1 GiB, 50K reads / 20K writes per day
    Realtime DB
    1 GB, 100 connections

    The catch: Cloud Functions, App Hosting and (for new projects) Cloud Storage need the pay-as-you-go Blaze plan.

    No cardNo end date
    Paid from Usage-based

  • Turso

    Edge SQLite

    92

    Hosted SQLite (libSQL) with many small databases and edge replicas.

    Databases
    100
    Storage
    5 GB
    Row reads
    500M / month

    The catch: Only one day of point-in-time restore on the free plan.

    No cardNo end date
    Paid from $4.99/mo (Developer)

  • MongoDB Atlas

    Managed MongoDB

    87

    Hosted MongoDB with a free shared cluster that has no end date.

    Storage
    512 MB
    Throughput
    Up to 100 ops/sec
    Connections
    500

    The catch: 512 MB fills quickly, and there is a 100 ops/sec cap.

    No cardNo end dateSleeps when idle
    Paid from Usage-based

  • Neon

    Serverless Postgres

    87

    Serverless Postgres with branching that scales to zero when unused.

    Compute
    100 CU-hours / project / month, up to 2 CU (8 GB RAM)
    Storage
    1 GB per project, 20 GB total
    Projects
    100

    The catch: Only 1 GB of storage per project.

    No cardNo end dateSleeps when idle
    Paid from Usage-based

  • Supabase

    Postgres BaaS

    87

    Open-source backend built on Postgres, with auth, storage and edge functions.

    Projects
    2 active
    Database
    500 MB per project
    File storage
    1 GB

    The catch: Free projects pause after a week without activity.

    No cardNo end dateSleeps when idle
    Paid from $25/mo (Pro)

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