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Comparison

Upstash vs Vercel

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

Comparison space

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Comparison facts

Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Supported
Services
CDN
Not supported
CDN
Supported
Compute
Not supported
Compute
Supported
Databases
Not supported
Databases
Supported
Functions
Not supported
Functions
Supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Object Storage
Not supported
Object Storage
Supported
Queues
Supported
Queues
Not supported
Workflows
Supported
Workflows
Supported
Workloads
AI Inference
Not supported
AI Inference
Supported
APIs
Not supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Not supported
Edge Request Processing
Not supported
Edge Request Processing
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Static Sites
Not supported
Static Sites
Supported
Web Applications
Not supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Not recorded
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Deployment Rollbacks
Not recorded
Deployment Rollbacks
Supported
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Not recorded
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Supported
Preview Environments
Not recorded
Preview Environments
Supported
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Not recorded
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported

Development & Execution

Runtimes
Bun
Unknown
Bun
Supported
Node.js
Unknown
Node.js
Supported
V8 Isolates
Unknown
V8 Isolates
Supported
WebAssembly
Unknown
WebAssembly
Supported
Languages
C#
Supported
C#
Not supported
Go
Supported
Go
Supported
Java
Supported
Java
Not supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
PHP
Supported
PHP
Not supported
Python
Supported
Python
Supported
Ruby
Supported
Ruby
Supported
Rust
Supported
Rust
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Triggers
Edge Events
Not supported
Edge Events
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Queue Messages
Not supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Integrations
Cloudflare
Supported
Cloudflare
Not supported
Datadog
Not supported
Datadog
Supported
GitHub
Supported
GitHub
Supported
GitLab
Not supported
GitLab
Supported
Redis
Supported
Redis
Supported
Stripe
Not supported
Stripe
Supported
Vercel
Supported
Vercel
Not supported

Pricing

Billing basis
Plan based Upstash Redis Plans
Plan based Vercel Plans
Headline rate
$0.20 per 100,000 commands Pay as You Go
  • Edge Requests — From $2 · per additional million requests
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances No card required
Free plan Available in public plans

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Amazon Web Services
Execution & placement
  • Placement: Customer-Selected
  • Placement: Primary and Replicas
  • Scope: Global
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Execution: Multi Region
  • Placement: Customer-Selected
Availability footprint
  • Primary regions: 18 Regions
  • Read regions: 13 Regions
  • Vercel Functions: 20 Regions
  • Vercel CDN: 126+ PoPs (Lower Bound)

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Redis ACL Paid plans
Team and project roles Advanced and security roles vary by Pro/Enterprise
Single Sign-On
SAML Enterprise
SAML Pro and Enterprise
Encryption & secrets
Encryption at Rest
Prod Pack
Unknown
Encryption in Transit
TLS always enabled Upstash Redis
Unknown
Secrets Management
Unknown
Encrypted environment variables Vercel projects, builds and Functions
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Private links or VPC peering Pro or Enterprise; supported clouds and regions
Unknown
IP Allow List
Paid plans; unavailable on Free
Unknown
Network Isolation
Unknown
Secure Compute private isolated environment Enterprise
Assurances & programs
HIPAA
Eligible Redis databases Enterprise BAA, HIPAA designation, Prod Pack, credential protection, network restrictions, and customer safeguards required
Eligible use Signed BAA required; eligible Pro or Enterprise account; customer safeguards apply
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II Upstash platform; evidence/support subject to package
SOC 2 Type II Vercel platform; connected third-party services require separate review