Upstash pricing in 2026
Serverless Redis-compatible database, message queue (QStash) and vector database billed per request. How Upstash charges, its plans and the alternatives.
Billing
Pay as you use
Plans
Upstash plans and prices
4 plans with a public price, in US dollars.
Free
$0No fixed fee · pay per use
- 250 MB data
- 500K commands / month
- 10 GB bandwidth
- 1 database
Fixed 250MB
Entry paid plan$10/ month
- 250 MB data
- 50 GB bandwidth
- No per-command billing
- +$5 per read region
Fixed 1GB
$20/ month
- 1 GB data
- 100 GB bandwidth
- No per-command billing
- +$10 per read region
Fixed 5GB
$100/ month
- 5 GB data
- 500 GB bandwidth
- No per-command billing
- +$50 per read region
Redis pay-as-you-go: $0.20 per 100K commands; first 1 GB storage free then $0.25/GB; bandwidth free to 200 GB/mo then $0.03/GB. Larger fixed plans: 10GB $200, 50GB $400, 100GB $800, 500GB $1,500/mo. Prod Pack +$200/mo per database (SLA, multi-zone HA, SOC 2). QStash/Vector priced separately. Enterprise: custom, contact sales.
Prices from Upstash's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026. Usage-based: the bill depends on volume, so these are starting points, not a quote. Taxes, seat minimums and promotions vary.
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FAQ
Upstash pricing questions
How does Upstash charge?
Upstash is usage-based: you pay for what you use (transactions, messages, compute and so on) rather than a fixed subscription, so the bill depends on volume. Plans according to Upstash's pricing page (checked 26 Oct 2026): Fixed 250MB $10, Fixed 1GB $20 and Fixed 5GB $100 a month. Redis pay-as-you-go: $0.20 per 100K commands; first 1 GB storage free then $0.25/GB; bandwidth free to 200 GB/mo then $0.03/GB. Larger fixed plans: 10GB $200, 50GB $400, 100GB $800, 500GB $1,500/mo. Prod Pack +$200/mo per database (SLA, multi-zone HA, SOC 2). QStash/Vector priced separately. Enterprise: custom, contact sales. There is no fixed monthly fee on Free.
How much is Upstash in naira?
At an indicative rate of ₦1,334 per $1 (26 Oct 2026), Fixed 250MB at $10 is about ₦13,343 a month. Your bank's exchange rate and card fees decide the final charge.
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