Isolated, not pooled
Every database runs in its own memory-capped instance — Standard, Dedicated VM, or Bare-metal isolation tiers — so a noisy neighbour can't touch your keys, latency, or memory.
Managed Valkey · predictable pricing
Managed Valkey for small SaaS teams. A clear price and a smaller ops workload.
Steada is managed Valkey (Redis-compatible), priced on capacity instead of per command — so a steady, high-volume cache, rate limiter, or session store has a predictable monthly plan price, within its memory, connection and compute limits.
- From $9/month. Flat size tiers with no per-command charge, a 7-day free trial on your first subscription, and a 30-day money-back guarantee on the first paid invoice. Compare your workload against Upstash PAYG and Fixed plans before deciding.
- Secure by default. Every database is its own isolated, TLS-only instance — never a shared pool, and never a paid add-on. See what that means →
- One-click resize. Move between 64 MiB → 2 GiB size tiers, up or down, at a predictable price.
- Honest by default. Source-checked pricing, no SLA theater, no "contact sales" maze.
Pricing calculator
See your Upstash-vs-Steada crossover.
Compare live Steada tiers with Upstash PAYG using your workload. Upstash also offers Fixed plans; review those before choosing a provider.
Estimated savings versus PAYG0%
Live Steada tier versus Upstash PAYG, excluding tax, transfer and add-ons.
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Secure by default
Isolation and TLS come standard — not behind a paywall.
On Upstash, production durability, encryption at rest, and monitoring live behind the+$200/mo Prod Pack add-on. Steada's security posture is structural, not an upsell — here is exactly what every database gets, without pretending a completed SOC2 audit or formal SLA exists before the evidence does.
TLS on every connection
The default path is native Valkey RESP over TLS with password auth, verified against the public CA. No plaintext port, no opt-in toggle — encryption in transit is just how you connect.
No security tax
Isolation and TLS aren't bundled into a paid production tier. You don't pay extra to not be in a shared pool — the safe configuration is the only configuration.
Evidence before claims
Steada ships proof assets before broad platform promises.
Cost calculator
Visible formulas, source dates, and margin assumptions before you choose a plan.
Benchmark runner
JSON and Markdown outputs with provider, region, node, Valkey version, command mix, and concurrency.
Dashboard-first onboarding
Create a workspace first, then size, isolate, and provision databases inside the product.
From the founder
“I'm building Steada in the open because infrastructure trust is earned, not claimed. Every number on this site is source-checked and dated, and every limit is stated plainly — no SLA theater, no hidden meter. If your Upstash bill is dominated by per-request pricing on a steady workload, bring it and I'll show you the math before you commit anything.”
— Yoni Ryabinski, founder of Steada
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Part of a cost-first stack
Cache is one line on the bill — watch the rest of it.
Steada keeps the cache layer flat and predictable. If you're cost-tuning the wider stack, two sister tools cover the other layers: Tovin.io, a multi-cloud cost monitor for AWS, GCP, and DigitalOcean, and Cluster Optimizer, an open-source tool that right-sizes over-requested Kubernetes workloads. And once the cache is serving real traffic, Nightlamp watches it in production and diagnoses what breaks.
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