Upstash vs Appwrite Cloud
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Upstash and Appwrite Cloud.
Quick Verdict
4.2/5
Upstash
0 reviews
3.9/5
Appwrite Cloud
0 reviews
Upstash is rated higher (4.2 vs 3.9). Free tier includes 500,000 commands per month with 250 MB data (10,000 commands/sec is the throughput ceiling). Appwrite is an open source BaaS with database, authentication, storage, functions, and messaging. Self-hostable on Docker. Appwrite Cloud provides managed hosting.
Upstash Serverless Redis, Kafka, QStash — per-request pricing | Appwrite Cloud Open-source backend platform with built-in database, auth, and APIs | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.9 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Starting price | Free tier available | Free tier available |
| Best for | Serverless and edge developers needing caching, rate limiting, queues and agent state without running Redis | Developers and small teams who want a complete managed backend with a genuine self-hosting exit and refuse Firebase-style lock-in. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | — |
| RAM | — | — |
| Storage | 0 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | 0 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | — | — |
| Data-center count | — | — |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tierapi access | free tieropen sourceself hostableapi access |
| Visit Upstash → | Visit Appwrite Cloud → | |
Upstash
Pros
- + Genuine free tier: 500K commands/month, 250 MB, no credit card — one of four providers offering that in 2026
- + Per-request pricing fits serverless perfectly: idle costs nothing, HTTP access avoids connection pooling
- + Transparent pricing with published crossover math; per-database budgets rate-limit instead of overbilling
- + Global replication across 14 AWS regions (EU, US, APAC, SA, ZA) with reads from the nearest replica
- + Broad platform beyond Redis: Vector, Search, QStash, Workflow, Box and S3-compatible Blob, each with a free tier
Cons
- - Redis-compatible, not full Redis — validate command semantics before migrating
- - 10,000 commands/sec per database ceiling; sharding across DBs is on you beyond that
- - No public SLA with credits found; availability is a status page, not a contract
- - Backups appear tied to the Prod Pack add-on (+$200/mo per database); base plans leave recovery to you
- - Per-replica command counting doubles write costs on global databases; incident retry storms inflate bills
Appwrite Cloud
Pros
- + BSD 3-Clause open source with full self-hosting on any Docker host
- + Generous Pro resources: 2 TB bandwidth, 150 GB storage, 200K MAU at $25/month
- + Complete backend stack: auth, databases, storage, functions, realtime, messaging
- + Clear published overage rates and budget caps
- + Six regions across NA, EU, and APAC
Cons
- - No published uptime SLA on cloud plans
- - Free tier pauses projects after a week of inactivity; two-project limit
- - Per-project pricing multiplies cost for multi-project architectures
- - Smaller integration ecosystem than Firebase or Supabase
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