FoundationDB vs Upstash Redis
FoundationDB
foundationdb.org
Upstash Redis
upstash.comSide by side
| Figure | FoundationDB | Upstash Redis |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $0.20/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 11 |
| Spec score · Key-Value Databases | 7.8 (#10) | 8.3 (#4) |
| Product | FoundationDB is a distributed database that stores structured data across clusters of commodity servers as an ordered key-value store. | Upstash Redis is a fully managed, serverless Redis database in the cloud with durable storage and pay-per-request pricing. |
| Security | FoundationDB supports TLS for communication security and authentication, but cluster connections are unencrypted by default. | TLS is enabled by default for all Upstash Redis databases and cannot be disabled. |
| Support | The project provides community forums for technical and user discussions. | Enterprise support includes response-time SLAs and priority access to Upstash's support team. |
| What it does | FoundationDB is a distributed database that organizes structured data as an ordered key-value store. | Upstash Redis is a fully managed, serverless Redis-compatible cloud database with pay-per-request and fixed-price options. |
Plans
Upstash Redis
- FreeFree
- Pay as You Go$0.20 a month
- Fixed 250MB$10 a month
- Fixed 1GB$20 a month
- Fixed 5GB$100 a month
- Fixed 10GB$200 a month
- Prod Pack add-on$200 a month
- Fixed 50GB$400 a month
- Fixed 100GB$800 a month
- Fixed 500GB$1,500 a month
In their own words
FoundationDB
FoundationDB has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Upstash Redis
Upstash Redis is a fully managed, serverless Redis database in the cloud, with durable storage and pay-per-request pricing. It accepts connections over HTTP REST and the standard Redis TCP protocol. Databases can be replicated across regions for low-latency reads near users; the product describes multi-zone replication, automatic failover and persistence through restarts and failures. Listed use cases include caching, rate limiting, queues and streams, session storage, search and AI agent memory. It supports the Redis client protocol through version 8.4 and adds Search and Vector command families. Any Redis client can connect, including clients for TypeScript, Python, Go and Java. A Vercel integration can create or connect databases and expose environment variables to Vercel projects. TLS is enabled by default and cannot be turned off. The Free plan provides 256 MB of data, 10 GB of monthly bandwidth and 500K monthly commands. Pay as You Go is billed at $0.20 per 100K commands; storage and bandwidth charges may also apply. Its headquarters are in California.