Upstash Has a Free Serverless Redis and Kafka —...

Traditional Redis costs $15/month minimum even when idle. Upstash Redis is serverless — you pay per command. 10K commands/day free. What is Upstash? Upstash provides serverless Redis, Kafka, QStash (message queue), and Vector — all with per-request pricing. Perfect for serverless apps where you can't maintain persistent connections. Why Upstash for Serverless 1. HTTP-Based Redis (No TCP Connections) import { Redis } from '@upstash/redis'; const redis = new Redis({ url: process.env.UPSTASH_REDIS_