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Upstash | Search

DB 3.9/10 Jun 17, 2026

Standalone managed search product combining full-text and semantic search over documents you index through the API.

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Upstash | Search scores 3.9/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Free tier: 20K monthly queries, 200K records, 1 database, 10 indexes, and 1 GB total data.

Note: no FPS in parallel report — used audit recommendation
Category DB Kind Managed search index Caveats It does not automatically search Redis, Notion, or your app database. You must upsert documents into the Search index. Upstash marks Search as Preview/Early Access with no uptime SLA. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

3.9 / 10
Show the math
Overall 3.9/10
value = 3.9/100
weighted_components_v1
Capacity 2/10
value = 0.3 $/mo
fixed_log_v1
Operations 5.6/10
value = 5.6/100
policy_score_v1
Production fit 6.3/10
value = 6.3/100
policy_score_v1

Key metrics

1 GB Storage
20K reads/mo Reads
1 writes/mo Writes policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly write allowance is published in this item.
∞ Egress bundled in query price
0 hr/mo Compute no compute cap
1 DB Databases

What you get

Standalone document search index

Combines keyword and semantic search

Optional AI reranking

Filters over content and metadata

Gotchas

  • 20K queries/month

    The free tier allows up to 20,000 search and upsert requests per calendar month, resetting each month.

  • 200K max records

    The free database can hold at most 200,000 indexed documents total; this is a hard ceiling, not a per-month quota.

  • 1 database only

    Only one Search database is permitted on the free tier; additional databases require a paid plan.

  • 10 indexes max

    Free tier caps the number of indexes inside the single database at 10; Pay-as-you-go allows 10,000.

  • 1 GB total data

    Total stored data across all indexes in the free database is limited to 1 GB.

  • 4096-char document content limit

    Each indexed document's content field is capped at 4096 characters regardless of plan.

  • Scale to Zero (idle sleep)

    Free tier databases scale to zero when idle and incur a cold-start latency on first query after inactivity.

  • No uptime SLA (Preview/Early Access)

    Upstash marks Search as Preview/Early Access with no guaranteed uptime SLA; use at your own risk in production.

  • Card upgrades plan automatically

    Adding a credit card automatically migrates the database to the Pay-as-you-go plan and removes free-tier limits; there is no way to stay on free with a card on file.

Sources

search semantic-search full-text index rag preview
Open service Source ← All DB

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