# Upstash

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/upstash/  
**Website:** https://upstash.com  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Upstash provides serverless data platforms including managed Redis, Kafka, QStash messaging, and Vector databases optimized for serverless and edge applications with per-request pricing. The platform offers low-latency global replication, REST APIs for stateless access from edge runtimes, and SDKs for popular serverless frameworks. The Upstash Developer API enables programmatic management of databases, teams, and account resources using HTTP Basic authentication (email + API key).

## Kin Score — 30.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 50.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 17.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **Upstash Developer API** — Management API for creating and administering Upstash Redis, Kafka, and Vector databases, teams, and account resources. Uses HTTP Basic authentication with email and API key cre...
- **Upstash Redis REST API** — Per-database REST API for executing Redis commands over HTTPS from edge and serverless runtimes. Uses Bearer token authentication scoped to individual Redis databases.
- **Upstash Kafka API** — Kafka cluster and topic management
- **Upstash Redis API** — Redis database management
- **Upstash RedisCommand API** — Per-database Redis command execution
- **Upstash Teams API** — Team and member management
- **Upstash Vector API** — Vector index management

## Agentic access (1)

- **Upstash Agentic Access** — 10 operations · 5 acting

## Security (2)

- **Upstash Authentication** — http · 2 schemes
- **Upstash Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Serverless, Redis, Kafka, Messaging, Vector Database, Edge Computing

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/upstash/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.