Choose Convex if you need
- Integration with Stripe, Resend or Twilio. We haven't found them on Upstash's website.
At a glance
- Both have a free plan.
- Convex's lowest paid plan is Professional at $25 per developer per month, as of October 20, 2026.
- 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, GDPR, HIPAA and SSO.
- Only Upstash lists ISO 27001.
- Both have a public API.
- Convex 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 Convex's website.
- ISO 27001. We haven't found it on Convex's website.
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Review UpstashThe facts
- What it does
- ConvexThe reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents
- UpstashServerless data platform, one platform for all your data needs
- Free plan
- ConvexYes
- UpstashYes
- Pricing
- ConvexPer developer, monthly, plus usage
- UpstashUsage-based
- Paid plans from
- Convex
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Platforms
Both
- CLI
- API
Only ConvexNothing else listed
Only UpstashNothing else listed
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only Convex
- Stripe
- Resend
- Twilio
- WorkOS
- PostHog
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between Convex and Upstash yet.
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