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Momento vs Upstash

Momento: Managed Valkey and serverless cache/pub-sub from ex-DynamoDB engineers, plus self-hosted Valkey tooling. Upstash: Serverless, per-request-priced Redis with an HTTP API built for edge and serverless functions.

key differences

  • Momento is built for larger datasets (≤ 1 PB) than Upstash (≤ 100 GB).
  • Transactions: Momento offers none ACID; Upstash offers limited.
  • Only Upstash has transactions, geospatial, json, stored procedures, durable persistence.

choose momento for

  • +Caching for spiky media and live-event traffic
  • +Real-time pub/sub to browsers and mobile apps
  • +Outsourcing large Valkey fleet operations

best at · Cache, Pub/Sub, Sessions

choose upstash for

  • +Rate limiting and caching in edge and serverless functions
  • +Session storage for Next.js and Vercel apps
  • +Side projects and low-traffic production apps

best at · Cache, Sessions, Queue

MomentoManaged Valkey and serverless cache/pub-sub from ex-DynamoDB engineers, plus self-hosted Valkey tooling.
UpstashServerless, per-request-priced Redis with an HTTP API built for edge and serverless functions.
overview
Primary model
Key-Value
Key-Value
Also supports
–
–
Type
Managed service
Managed service
Status
Active
Active
Developer
Momento Inc.
Upstash, Inc.
First release
2022
2021
Latest version
–
–
License
ProprietaryProprietary service (SDKs Apache-2.0)
ProprietaryProprietary service
Free tier
✓
✓
popularity
WhichDB Score
9.0
20.4
Rank
#319
#158
GitHub stars
60
982
Stack Overflow questions
–
2
scale & guarantees
Comfortable data size
Large (≤ 1 PB)
Small (≤ 100 GB)
Horizontal scaling
Native
Native
Multi-region
None
Read replicas
ACID
None
Limited
Consistency
Eventual
Eventual
Schema
Schemaless
Schemaless
Architecture
Serverless, Distributed, In memory
Serverless, Distributed, Primary replica
deployment
Self-hosted
✓
—
Vendor-managed cloud
✓
✓
Serverless
✓
✓
Embedded
—
—
Edge
—
✓
Clouds
AWS, Google Cloud
AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
capabilities
Transactions
—
✓
Joins
—
—
Secondary indexes
—
—
Full-text search
—
—
Vector search
—
—
Geospatial
—
✓
JSON
—
✓
Change data capture
—
—
Triggers
—
—
Stored procedures
—
✓
Materialized views
—
—
TTL / expiry
✓
✓
Pub/Sub
✓
✓
Columnar storage
—
—
In-memory
✓
✓
Durable persistence
—
✓
Compression
—
—
Encryption at rest
—
✓
Role-based access
✓
✓
Time travel
—
—
Branching
—
—
Online schema changes
—
—
Streaming ingest
—
—
Offline sync
—
—
Runs in WebAssembly
—
—
interfaces
Query languages
Momento SDK API, Redis commands (RESP)
Redis commands (RESP), Lua
Client languages
JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, C#, Rust, PHP, Ruby
JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, Rust, PHP
Best for
Cache, Pub/Sub, Sessions
Cache, Sessions, Queue, Pub/Sub
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Momento vs Upstash: FAQ

What is the difference between Momento and Upstash?

Momento: Managed Valkey and serverless cache/pub-sub from ex-DynamoDB engineers, plus self-hosted Valkey tooling. Upstash: Serverless, per-request-priced Redis with an HTTP API built for edge and serverless functions. Momento is built for larger datasets (≤ 1 PB) than Upstash (≤ 100 GB). Transactions: Momento offers none ACID; Upstash offers limited. Only Upstash has transactions, geospatial, json, stored procedures, durable persistence.

When should I choose Momento over Upstash?

Choose Momento for caching for spiky media and live-event traffic; real-time pub/sub to browsers and mobile apps; and outsourcing large Valkey fleet operations. Choose Upstash for rate limiting and caching in edge and serverless functions; session storage for Next.js and Vercel apps; and side projects and low-traffic production apps.

Is Momento or Upstash more popular?

Upstash ranks #158 on the WhichDB Score (20.4/100) and Momento ranks #319 (9.0/100). Popularity is not fit: check the requirements that matter for your project.

Are Momento and Upstash open source?

No. Momento is proprietary, closed-source software. No. Upstash is proprietary, closed-source software.