Pick Turso if
app teams who will stay on Free at $0 / month (100 databases, 5 GB, 500M row reads) while they open a first Query, then buy Developer at $5.99 / month ($4.99 yearly) or Scaler at $29 / month ($24.92 yearly).
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Our take
Pick Turso if app teams who will stay on Free at $0 / month (100 databases, 5 GB, 500M row reads) while they open a first Query, then buy Developer at $5.99 / month ($4.99 yearly) or Scaler at $29 / month ($24.92 yearly). 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
Best for
Turso LibSQL rows you inspect at $0
Upstash A cache, a message, a durable step, a vector index, or a box you start without a card
Free plan
Turso $0 · / month. No credit card. 100 databases. 5 GB storage. 500 million row reads / month. 10 million writes. 3 GB syncs. 1-day PITR
Upstash $0 · /month. 250 MB. 500k commands/mo. 10 GB bandwidth. 1 database
Lowest paid
Turso Developer $5.99
Upstash Pay as You Go $0.10
Next step up
Turso Scaler $29
Upstash Pay as You Go $0.20
Runs where
Turso Hosted
Upstash Hosted
Watch out
Turso Free caps at 100 databases and 5 GB
Upstash Free Redis is 250 MB and 500k commands
Last checked
Turso 2026-10-23 · turso.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.
Read the Upstash page