Upstash Redis vs Amazon MemoryDB

Upstash Redis9.0Visit Amazon MemoryDB8.9Visit

Higher score Upstash Redis #3 in Redis Hosting 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Upstash

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Amazon MemoryDB #4 in Redis Hosting 8.9/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 5 features Try Amazon MemoryDB

• Upstash Redis fits best

  Serverless and edge applications

• Amazon MemoryDB fits best

  AWS workloads needing durable Redis-compatible storage

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Side by side

Feature	Upstash Redis 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Amazon MemoryDB 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.9
Ranking	#3 in Redis Hosting	#4 in Redis Hosting
Best for	Serverless and edge applications	AWS workloads needing durable Redis-compatible storage
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$10/mo	$0.20/GB usage-based
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Tickets, Community, Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Upstash Redis 0/5 · Amazon MemoryDB 0/5
Persistent storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
High availability	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Private networking	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Automatic backups	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
TLS encryption	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Memory limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Redis compatibility	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	HTTP REST and native Redis protocol access Automatic scaling, scale-to-zero, and multi-region read replication Integrations with AWS Lambda, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, and Next.js	Multi-AZ transactional-log durability with automatic failover and recovery JSON documents, vector search, and active-active multi-Region replication TLS, AWS KMS encryption, ACLs, and IAM-based authorization
Cons	Free plan is limited to 256 MB and 500K monthly commands No Redis Cluster protocol support Pay as You Go charges by command volume	No free plan is available Pricing varies by node type, usage, and reservation term Multi-Region deployments do not support TTL
Our verdict	Upstash Redis is a fully managed, serverless Redis database for developers building cloud, serverless, and edge applications. It supports Redis-compatible key-value data structures and commands through both the native Redis protocol over… Read the review →	Amazon MemoryDB is a fully managed, durable in-memory key-value database for applications that need low-latency reads, fast writes, high throughput, and data durability. It supports Valkey and Redis OSS data structures, commands, APIs,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Upstash Redis — where it wins

  • HTTP REST and native Redis protocol access
  • Automatic scaling, scale-to-zero, and multi-region read replication
  • Integrations with AWS Lambda, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, and Next.js

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan is limited to 256 MB and 500K monthly commands
  • No Redis Cluster protocol support
  • Pay as You Go charges by command volume

• Amazon MemoryDB — where it wins

  • Multi-AZ transactional-log durability with automatic failover and recovery
  • JSON documents, vector search, and active-active multi-Region replication
  • TLS, AWS KMS encryption, ACLs, and IAM-based authorization

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Pricing varies by node type, usage, and reservation term
  • Multi-Region deployments do not support TTL

• Upstash Redis9.0/10 · Free plan

  A flexible Redis service with REST access, usage pricing, and strong edge-platform support.

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• Amazon MemoryDB8.9/10 · Paid

  A durable, AWS-native Redis-compatible database for demanding application workloads.

  Try Amazon MemoryDBFull verdict →