Pick Qdrant if
rAG teams who will run OSS or Cloud Free for $0 (1 GB / 4 GB, ~1M × 768-d vectors) and only open Standard when they need dedicated RAM and a 99.5% SLA.
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Our take
Pick Qdrant if rAG teams who will run OSS or Cloud Free for $0 (1 GB / 4 GB, ~1M × 768-d vectors) and only open Standard when they need dedicated RAM and a 99.5% SLA. Pick Upstash if app teams who will stay on Redis Free $0 (250 MB, 500k commands, no card) while they cache a first route, then put a card on file when they need Pay as You Go at $0.20/100k commands — or add QStash / Workflow / Vector / Box on the same
Best for
Qdrant Store and search embeddings you already made
Upstash A cache, a message, a durable step, a vector index, or a box you start without a card
Free plan
Qdrant $0 · you host Docker / Kubernetes / Edge
Upstash $0 · /month. 250 MB. 500k commands/mo. 10 GB bandwidth. 1 database
Lowest paid
Qdrant Cloud Standard $85/mo
Upstash Pay as You Go $0.10
Next step up
Qdrant
Upstash Pay as You Go $0.20
Runs where
Qdrant
Upstash Hosted
Watch out
Qdrant Free Cloud suspends after 1 idle week
Upstash Free Redis is 250 MB and 500k commands
Last checked
Qdrant 2026-10-22 · qdrant.tech/pricing
Upstash 2026-10-22 · upstash.com/pricing/redis
Which one, then?
Pick Upstash if
app teams who will stay on Redis Free $0 (250 MB, 500k commands, no card) while they cache a first route, then put a card on file when they need Pay as You Go at $0.20/100k commands — or add QStash / Workflow / Vector / Box on the same $0 free envelope.
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