# Upstash — Serverless Data Platform

> **Source:** https://upstash.com/
> **Format:** text/markdown — machine-readable homepage for agents and LLMs

Upstash is a serverless data platform: fully managed Redis, Vector, Search, QStash (messaging), Workflow, Box (sandboxed compute) and Blob (object storage), all with per-request pricing, a free tier and no servers to provision. Every product is reachable over HTTP from serverless and edge runtimes (Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda, Deno, Bun) as well as from traditional servers.

Want to try it right now? `POST https://upstash.com/start-redis` creates a free Redis database with no signup and returns the credentials as markdown (see "For AI agents" below).

## Products

- **Redis** — Serverless Redis-compatible database for caching, sessions, rate limiting, leaderboards, pub/sub and queues. REST and TCP access. Product page: https://upstash.com/redis · Docs: https://upstash.com/docs/redis/overall/getstarted · Pricing: https://upstash.com/pricing/redis
- **Vector** — Vector database for embeddings, similarity search and RAG, with optional built-in embedding models. Product page: https://upstash.com/vector · Docs: https://upstash.com/docs/vector/overall/getstarted · Pricing: https://upstash.com/pricing/vector
- **Search** — Full-text and hybrid search over your documents.
- **QStash** — HTTP message queue and scheduler: deliver to webhooks with retries, delays, cron schedules and fan-out. Product page: https://upstash.com/qstash · Docs: https://upstash.com/docs/qstash/overall/getstarted · Pricing: https://upstash.com/pricing/qstash
- **Workflow** — Durable, multi-step serverless functions with retries, waits and parallel steps. Product page: https://upstash.com/workflow · Docs: https://upstash.com/docs/workflow/getstarted · Pricing: https://upstash.com/pricing/workflow
- **Box** — Persistent cloud computers for AI agents, with Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode built in, a headless browser, git and schedules. Product page: https://upstash.com/box · Docs: https://upstash.com/docs/box/overall/quickstart · Pricing: https://upstash.com/pricing/box
- **Blob** — S3-compatible object storage for files, with direct browser uploads, public or private buckets and CDN delivery. Product page: https://upstash.com/blob · Docs: https://upstash.com/docs/blob/overall/quickstart · Pricing: https://upstash.com/pricing/blob

## Pricing

Every product has a free tier. Beyond that, pay-as-you-go pricing is billed per request/command/message, and fixed monthly plans are available for predictable costs. Each pricing page is also available as markdown by appending `.md` (for example `/pricing/redis.md`).

## For AI agents

- This site has a search endpoint: https://context7.com/api/v2/ask?siteKey=ask_4cf2adc7846aa874f833b068&query=<URL-encoded question>. It returns documentation that answers the question, with a source link for each part. No API key is needed. If nothing matches, it says so.
- Create a free, temporary Redis database without signup: `POST https://upstash.com/start-redis` (send `Idempotency-Key: <uuidv4>` and a `User-Agent` naming your agent). `GET` the same URL for instructions.
- OpenAPI spec for the Upstash Developer API (authenticated; manage databases, teams and billing): https://upstash.com/docs/devops/developer-api/openapi.yaml
- LLM-friendly site index: https://upstash.com/llms.txt (full version: https://upstash.com/llms-full.txt)
- MCP server for managing Upstash resources (Redis, QStash, Workflow, Vector, Search, Box, Blob): `https://mcp.upstash.com/mcp`, a remote server you sign in to with OAuth or a Developer API key. Setup: https://upstash.com/docs/agent-resources/overview
- Account and database management API: https://upstash.com/docs/devops/developer-api

## Links

- Documentation: https://upstash.com/docs
- Blog: https://upstash.com/blog (markdown: https://upstash.com/blog.md)
- Enterprise: https://upstash.com/enterprise
- About: https://upstash.com/about
- Contact: https://upstash.com/contact · support@upstash.com
- Console: https://console.upstash.com
- Status: https://status.upstash.com