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  3. Fauna vs Upstash

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ScoresSignalsPricingFeatures

Score Comparison

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Overall
72
0
Pricing
70
0
Usability
85
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Performance
65
0
Support
60
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Reliability
70
0
Onboarding
90
0
Security
70
0
Integrations
85
FaunaUpstash

Signals Comparison

Reliability

Fauna

  • SERVICE SHUT DOWN - May 30, 2025(10/10)
  • Open source release promised but no timeline(7/10)

Upstash

  • Occasional data inconsistencies reported(6/10)
Pricing

Fauna

  • Costs did not scale to $0 like truly serverless(7/10)
  • Dashboard usage consumed operations(4/10)

Upstash

  • Gets expensive at large scale(7/10)
  • Budget caps can disrupt service(5/10)
  • Prod Pack required for SLA and enterprise features(4/10)
Usability

Fauna

  • FQL query language had steep learning curve(6/10)
  • Type system difficult to debug(4/10)

Upstash

  • Advanced feature requests often anticipated(4/10)
Support

Fauna

  • Documentation gaps for new product(5/10)

Upstash

  • Documentation and support need improvement(4/10)
Customization

Fauna

  • No transactions spanning multiple requests(6/10)
  • Company pivoted focus from developers to enterprise(6/10)

Upstash

  • Some environments restrict port access(4/10)
Integrations

Fauna

  • Lacked full-text search capability(5/10)

Upstash

No signals

Performance

Fauna

No signals

Upstash

  • REST API adds latency vs TCP connections(6/10)
  • Slow query performance reported by some users(5/10)
  • Scaling during peak loads presents challenges(6/10)

Pricing Comparison

Fauna

SERVICE DISCONTINUED
Free

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Cannot sign up or use - service terminated

Service no longer available - migrate to alternatives
Free Tier (Historical)
Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 5GB (was)

Limits: Historical reference only - service shut down

Service terminated - no longer applicable
Pay-Go (Historical)
$25/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Pay per GB

Limits: Historical reference only - service shut down

Flat monthly fee + overages regardless of usage

Upstash

Free
Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 256MB

Limits: Commands limited, no RBAC, no advanced monitoring, rate limited when exceeded

No SLA, no Prod Pack features, limited to single region
Pay-as-you-go
Popular
$0.2/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Up to 100GB

Limits: Budget cap causes rate limiting, no included SLA (requires Prod Pack)

Costs scale linearly - high traffic can get expensive quickly
Fixed (Pro)
$280/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: 10GB

Limits: Throughput limits may not suit high-traffic apps, Prod Pack separate

Limited requests/second (16K for 100GB). Bandwidth overage at $0.03/GB
Prod Pack (Add-on)
$100/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: N/A

Limits: Not available on Free tier, required for production-grade features

Per-database pricing, adds to base plan cost

Feature Comparison

FeatureFaunaUpstash
Database
Document + Relational

Was unique

Serverless Redis

Pay-per-request

ACID Transactions

Historical

SQL Queries

FQL only

Infrastructure
Global Distribution

Historical

Serverless

Historical

API
REST API

Edge compatible

GraphQL Support

Historical

Performance
Global Edge Caching

~5ms latency

Sub-ms Latency

REST adds overhead

Streaming
Kafka

Serverless

AI
Vector Database

For embeddings

Status
Active Service

SHUT DOWN

Messaging
QStash

Serverless queues

Licensing
Open Source

Promised, no timeline

Pricing
Free Tier

256MB, 500K/mo

Search
Full-Text Search

Never had

Connectivity
TCP Connections

Also available

Reliability
SLA Included

Requires Prod Pack

Deployment
Self-Hosted Option

Was cloud-only