Pricing - Upstash Documentation

Upstash Realtime is designed to be extremely cost-efficient. With minimal Redis commands per operation and smart connection management, you can build real-time features at scale without worrying about costs. Upstash Realtime is built on Redis Streams and Pub/Sub. Every operation translates to one or more Redis commands, detailed below.

Command Overview

Client-Side Operations

When using useRealtime in your React components:

Operation	Commands	Count
Initial connection	SUBSCRIBE, XRANGE	2
Reconnection every 300 seconds	UNSUBSCRIBE, XRANGE, SUBSCRIBE	3
Ping to keep connection alive every 60 seconds	PUBLISH	1

Server-Side Operations

When using the server-side API:

Operation	Commands	Count
Emit event	PUBLISH, XADD	2
Emit with `expireAfterSecs`	PUBLISH, XADD, EXPIRE	3
Read history	XRANGE	1

Next Steps

Client-Side Usage

Learn how to use the useRealtime hook in React

History

Learn how to read event history

Deployment

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​Command Overview

​Client-Side Operations

​Server-Side Operations

​Next Steps