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Upstash Redis

Serverless Redis service with per-request pricing, global replication, and a REST API suitable for edge and serverless runtimes. Commonly used in agent pipelines for rate limiting, session caching, and short-term memory storage. Free tier available; no connection pool management required.

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✓ Our Verdict

Solid choice for most workflows

Use Case

You need fast, reliable caching and state storage for serverless agents without managing connections or infrastructure

SolutionUpstash Redis provides serverless Redis with REST API access, global replication, and per-request pricing perfect for edge/serverless runtimes

SetupCreate account → generate Redis cluster → use REST URL/token with any Redis client (no connection pooling needed)

Sub-10ms latencies globally, scales automatically, free tier generous for dev. REST API adds ~1-2ms overhead vs native TCP

serverless_compatibility

Use Case

Your agent pipelines need rate limiting, session storage, and short-term memory without cold starts or connection management

SolutionBuilt-in Rate Limit SDK plus standard Redis ops (queues, counters, sessions) via REST API work seamlessly in Lambda/Cloudflare/Vercel

Setupnpm i @upstash/ratelimit @upstash/redis → env vars for URL/token → import and use

Rate limiting precise to the millisecond. Sessions/queues reliable globally. Per-request billing cheap (~$0.20/million ops)

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Use Case

You want Redis leaderboards, analytics, or job queues in distributed agent systems without ops overhead

SolutionFull Redis API compatibility for sorted sets, streams, lists via serverless deployment with multi-region replication

SetupSame 2-minute cluster setup → Redis client supports 99% Redis commands out of box

Leaderboards update instantly worldwide. Streams reliable for job queues. REST API limits some advanced modules (JSON/Bloom)

global_distribution

Caution

REST API command limits

Max 100MB request/response size, some Redis modules unsupported (JSON, TimeSeries). Use native Redis for heavy JSON ops

Upstash Redis vs Redis Cloud

Upstash wins for serverless/edge, Redis Cloud better for persistent high-throughput workloads

Choose Upstash Redis

Serverless functions, edge compute, unpredictable traffic, per-request billing

Choose Redis Cloud

Always-on VMs, high sustained throughput, full Redis module support needed

Trust Breakdown

83

Trust scoreStrong

AGENT

Autonomous workflow delegation

TRUST

Transparency & verification

INTEROP

Protocol compatibility breadth

SECURITY

Security controls & audit trail

DOCS

Documentation completeness

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What It Actually Does

In Plain English

Upstash Redis provides serverless caching that agents can query via REST API to store and retrieve temporary data like session state and rate limits without managing infrastructure.

Fit Assessment

Best for

✓memory-storage
✓database-query

83

Upstash Redis

Strong · 83/100

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Score Breakdown

AGENT

Autonomous workflow delegation

TRUST

Transparency & verification

INTEROP

Protocol compatibility breadth

SECURITY

Security controls & audit trail

DOCS

Documentation completeness

Protocol Support

MCP✓

A2A—

A2H—

REST API✓

Agent-callable✓

Capabilities

Transaction capable✓

ACP support—

Audit trace—

Governance

permission-scoping
resource-limits
rate-limiting

Pricing

Freemium

Free tier; pay-as-you-go from $0.20/100k requests up to $360/mo cap; fixed plans from $10/mo

Workflow Fit

memory-storagedatabase-query

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