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
Flat, predictable managed Valkey for teams bleeding on Upstash's per-request meter.
Steada is managed Valkey (Redis-compatible), priced on capacity instead of per command — so a steady, high-volume cache, rate limiter, or session store costs the same whether it serves a thousand requests or a billion.
- Predictable, not metered. Flat base plus a far lower per-command rate — the same bill whether you serve a thousand requests or a billion. Find your own Upstash crossover in the calculator below.
- 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 256 MB → 2 GB 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 command-heavy and dataset-heavy workloads with visible assumptions. Source-checked provider inputs are labeled separately from Steada target pricing.
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Steada target compared with Upstash PAYG for this workload.
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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, andCluster Optimizer, an open-source tool that right-sizes over-requested Kubernetes workloads. And once the cache is serving real traffic, Nightlampwatches it in production and diagnoses what breaks.
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