API Infrastructure

Upstash vs Redis Cloud for Serverless Apps: Real Latency and Cost Test

Choosing between Upstash and Redis Cloud for your serverless app isn't obvious — pricing models differ wildly, and latency behaves differently at cold start. Here's what actually happens when you run both under real load.

Jun 29, 2026 12m read 👁 3

PlanetScale vs Upstash for Rate Limiting at Scale: Latency, Cost, and Limits Tested

Rate limiting sounds simple until your application starts handling thousands of requests per second across multiple regions. This article compares PlanetScale and Upstash as backing stores for rate limiting systems, examining latency, cost, scalability, operational complexity, and real-world limit

Jun 23, 2026 5m read 👁 4