Cloudflare Workers vs Upstash
Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.
Comparison space
Updated
Comparison facts
Platform
Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Supported
Services
Edge Functions
Supported
Edge Functions
Not supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Managed Databases
Supported
Managed Databases
Not supported
Object Storage
Supported
Object Storage
Not supported
Queues
Supported
Queues
Supported
Workflows
Supported
Workflows
Supported
Workloads
AI Inference
Supported
AI Inference
Not supported
APIs
Supported
APIs
Not supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Edge Request Processing
Supported
Edge Request Processing
Not supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Static Sites
Supported
Static Sites
Not supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
Not supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Compute Autoscaling
Not recorded
Deployment Rollbacks
Supported
Deployment Rollbacks
Not recorded
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Supported
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Not recorded
Preview Environments
Supported
Preview Environments
Not recorded
Development & Execution
Runtimes
Python Runtime
Supported
Python Runtime
Unknown
V8 Isolates
Supported
V8 Isolates
Unknown
Languages
C
Supported
C
Not supported
C#
Not supported
C#
Supported
C++
Supported
C++
Not supported
Go
Not supported
Go
Supported
Java
Not supported
Java
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
PHP
Not supported
PHP
Supported
Python
Supported
Python
Supported
Ruby
Not supported
Ruby
Supported
Rust
Supported
Rust
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Triggers
Database Events
Supported
Database Events
Not supported
Direct Invocation
Supported
Direct Invocation
Not supported
Edge Events
Supported
Edge Events
Not supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Storage Events
Supported
Storage Events
Not supported
Integrations
Cloudflare
Not supported
Cloudflare
Supported
GitHub
Supported
GitHub
Supported
GitLab
Supported
GitLab
Not supported
Redis
Not supported
Redis
Supported
Terraform
Supported
Terraform
Not supported
Vercel
Not supported
Vercel
Supported
Pricing
Billing basis
Plan based
Plan based
Headline rate
$5 / month minimum
$0.20 per 100,000 commands
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances
Recurring free allowances
Infrastructure & Availability
Infrastructure provider
- Own Network
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud Platform
Execution & placement
- Execution: Edge
- Scope: Global
- Placement: Customer-Selected
- Placement: Primary and Replicas
- Scope: Global
Availability footprint
- 348 Locations
- Primary regions: 18 Regions
- Read regions: 13 Regions
Security & Compliance
Access & identity
Access Control
Workers Platform Admin and read-only roles
Redis ACL
Single Sign-On
Unknown
SAML
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Encrypted Worker secrets and Secrets Store bindings
Unknown
Encryption at Rest
Unknown
Encryption in Transit
Unknown
TLS always enabled
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
V8 isolates with process sandbox and trust cordons
Unknown
Private Networking
Unknown
Private links or VPC peering
IP Allow List
Unknown
Assurances & programs
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II
SOC 2 Type II
PCI DSS
PCI DSS v4.0 Level 1
Unknown
HIPAA
Unknown
Eligible Redis databases