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Dragonfly DB vs Upstash
Upstash offers serverless Redis with pay-per-use, but does not provide the same thread-per-core performance.
Dragonfly DBRedis- and Memcached-compatible in-memory data store
UpstashServerless Redis, vector and queuesWhich to pick
Pick Dragonfly DB if you want…
- High-throughput in-memory caching
- Open-source code (dragonflydb/dragonfly on GitHub)
Pick Upstash if you want…
- Serverless Redis & vector databases
Side by side
- What it is
- Dragonfly DB:Dragonfly DB is a multi-threaded, Redis/Valkey/Memcached-compatible in-memory data store for high-throughput workloads.
- Upstash:Serverless Redis, vector, queue and file storage platform with low-latency, durable storage and pay-as-you-go pricing.
- Best for
- Dragonfly DB:High-throughput in-memory caching
- Upstash:Serverless Redis & vector databases
- Who it’s for
- Dragonfly DB:Developers and ops teams needing low-latency caching, queues, or feature stores at scale.
- Upstash:Developers building modern, AI-enabled, serverless applications.
- Pricing
- Dragonfly DB:Contact sales
- Upstash:Freemium
- Plans
- Dragonfly DB:—
- Upstash:Free $0 · Pay as You Go $0.2 per 100K commands · Fixed 250 MB $10/month per month
- Open source
- Dragonfly DB:Yes, 31,733 GitHub stars
- Upstash:—
- Works with
- Dragonfly DB:—
- Upstash:TypeScript, Python, AWS, GCP, Vercel, React, S3, AWS SDK
Dragonfly DB features
- Thread-per-core architecture. Utilizes every CPU core to eliminate scaling bottlenecks and boost throughput.
- Improved memory efficiency. Delivers up to 30% better memory usage compared to Redis.
- Single-node cluster replacement. One Dragonfly instance can replace an entire Redis cluster, reducing node count.
- Lower infrastructure cost. Optimized for modern cloud hardware, cutting total cost by up to 80% per quoted cases.
- High QPS performance. Benchmarks show up to 25× higher queries-per-second than Redis.
Upstash features
- Serverless Redis. In-memory speed with persistent storage, automatic scaling and 99.99% uptime.
- Vector Search. Scalable vector database with SQL metadata filtering and disk-based efficiency.
- QStash Messaging. HTTP-based messaging and CRON scheduling with automatic retries.
- Workflow Orchestration. Durable serverless function orchestration without timeout limits and built-in error recovery.
- Box AI Containers. Secure, persistent cloud containers for AI agents with full shell and git access.
- Blob Storage. Global CDN-backed file storage, S3-compatible SDK and direct browser uploads.
Dragonfly DB vs Upstash FAQ
Is Dragonfly DB or Upstash free?+
Upstash has a free plan; paid plans start at $10/month (Fixed 250 MB).
Is Dragonfly DB or Upstash open source?+
Dragonfly DB is open source (dragonflydb/dragonfly on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Upstash.
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