Upstash vs PlanetScale

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Upstash compared with PlanetScale
Detail	Upstash	PlanetScale
What it does	Serverless Data Platform	The world's fastest and most scalable cloud databases
Stage	Not given	Established
Founded	Not given	2018
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	freemium	subscription
Pricing	Free tier with 256MB data and 500K monthly commands. Pay as you go at $0.20 per 100K commands, $0.25 per GB storage (first 1GB free), and free bandwidth up to 200GB/month. Fixed monthly plans starting at $10/month. Prod Pack available for $200/month per database.	PlanetScale Postgres starts at $5/month for single node development workloads. PlanetScale Metal starts at $50/month for high-performance NVMe-backed databases. Enterprise plans available with custom pricing. Pricing is based on compute instances, topology (shards/replicas), storage, and usage.
Key features	Serverless Redis with 99.99% uptime guarantee Serverless Vector database for high-performance search at scale QStash for serverless messaging and scheduling via HTTP Workflow for serverless function orchestration Box for secure cloud containers for AI agents	Horizontal sharding for massive scale across thousands of nodes Branching and schema/data isolation workflows for safe development Built-in connection pooling and resilient connection behavior High availability with automated failover across three availability zones Query Insights for detailed database observability and monitoring Multi-region support for globally distributed workloads Automated and custom backups Database Traffic Control to enforce query budgets and prevent runaway queries
What makes it different	One unified platform for all serverless data needs Global low latency with data replicated across 8+ regions worldwide Designed specifically for the edge with tested optimization for Vercel, Cloudflare Workers and Fastly MCP Server and Skills for AI agents to manage and debug resources	Highest SLA commitment at 99.999% for multi-region deployments NVMe-backed PlanetScale Metal delivers fastest database performance in cloud with unlimited IOPS
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	81 no change since last check	79 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	32	52
Citation Flow (Majestic)	53	52
Referring domains (Majestic)	5229	7764

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