Choose CockroachDB if you need
- Integration with Terraform, Kafka or Django. We haven't found them on Upstash's website.
At a glance
- Upstash has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for CockroachDB.
- CockroachDB offers a free trial (30 days). We haven't confirmed one for Upstash.
- Upstash's lowest paid plan is Pay as You Go at $0.2 per 100K commands, as of October 20, 2026.
- Both are available on CLI and API.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Both list SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and SSO.
- Only Upstash lists GDPR.
- Both have a public API.
- CockroachDB can be self-hosted. We haven't confirmed that for Upstash.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Upstash if you need
- Integration with Cloudflare Workers, Prometheus or Datadog. We haven't found them on CockroachDB's website.
- GDPR. We haven't found it on CockroachDB's website.
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Review UpstashThe facts
- What it does
- CockroachDBRun business-critical applications in the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid, with global scale and resilience
- UpstashServerless data platform, one platform for all your data needs
- Free plan
- CockroachDBNot confirmed
- UpstashYes
- Pricing
- CockroachDBNot confirmed
- UpstashUsage-based
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Platforms
Both
- CLI
- API
Only CockroachDBNothing else listed
Only UpstashNothing else listed
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only CockroachDB
- Terraform
- Kafka
- Django
- SQLAlchemy
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between CockroachDB and Upstash yet.
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