Your bill does not move when traffic does. A rate limiter running two commands on every request, around the clock, costs the same as an idle database of the same size.
Pricing
Flat monthly pricing, by database size.
Managed Valkey from $49/month for 256 MiB up to$249/month for 2 GiB.No per-command charge — the plan price is the whole database bill. TLS, per-tenant isolation, and one-click resize are included, not a production add-on.
| Plan | Memory | Connections | Monthly | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NanoNot yet purchasable | 64 MiB | 20 | $19/mo | Size ships today, checkout opens soon |
| MicroNot yet purchasable | 128 MiB | 30 | $29/mo | Size ships today, checkout opens soon |
| Starter | 256 MiB | 50 | $49/mo | Start |
| Growth | 512 MiB | 100 | $89/mo | Start |
| Scale | 1 GiB | 200 | $149/mo | Start |
| Scale+ | 2 GiB | 400 | $249/mo | Start |
Durable storage is an optional +$20/month per database. Ephemeral databases keep their data in memory only and are the right default for caches, rate limiters, and session stores. Prices are in USD and exclude tax. Nano and Micro can be provisioned and resized to today; their checkout is not open yet, so they are listed without a purchase path rather than sold at another tier's price.
What every plan includes.
There is no "production tier" that unlocks the parts you would expect a database to have. The difference between plans is size, and nothing else.
Every database runs in its own memory-capped instance with its own credentials and key prefix, reachable only over TLS. Included on the smallest plan.
Move up the ladder whenever you need to. Move back down once a usage sample shows the data fits with room to grow, so a resize can never evict live data.
Per-database memory and connection telemetry, projected month-end cost, and CSV or Prometheus export — so the invoice is never the first place you learn something changed.
Comparing against a per-command bill?
Flat pricing wins or loses on your command volume, not on a headline rate. Thecost calculator models your own numbers with every input source-checked and the formula visible, and theUpstash crossover breakdown shows where the two curves meet.
Start at $49/month.
Sign in with your work email — the link creates your workspace. Pick a size when you create your first database; you can change it later.
Pricing questions
- How much does Steada managed Valkey cost?
- Steada is priced flat per month by database size, from $49 for 256 MiB up to $249 for 2 GiB. There is no per-command or per-request charge. Durable storage is an optional $20 per month per database.
- Does Steada charge per command or per request?
- No. The monthly plan price is the whole database bill. A steady workload costs the same whether it serves a thousand commands a day or a hundred million, which is the difference that decides most comparisons against per-command pricing.
- Can I change database size after I start?
- Yes, in both directions, from the dashboard. Upsizing is always available. Downsizing is allowed once a recent usage sample shows the data fits the smaller size with room to grow, so a resize cannot evict live data.
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