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Is Upstash QStash still free?
Yes Yes. Upstash QStash had a free tier on the vendor's public page on 2026-10-05.
The Free plan allows 1,000 messages per day with up to 10 active schedules and 10 queues.
Free tier limits and listed figures
| Item | Value on the vendor page |
|---|---|
| Messages | 1,000 per day |
| Max message size | 1 MB |
| Active schedules | 10 |
| Queues | 10 |
| Max parallelism | 10 |
| Max delay | 7 days |
| Max HTTP response duration | 15 minutes |
| Logs retention | 3 days |
| DLQ retention | 3 days |
| Monthly bandwidth | 50 GB |
Card and commercial use
- Credit card required
- not stated by the vendor
- Commercial use allowed
- not stated by the vendor
Gotchas
- Each delivery attempt counts as one message, including retries
- Short spikes are not blocked at once, but with sustained overuse the API may start returning 429 rate limit errors
- Described as "Perfect for prototypes and hobby projects"
Recent change
No recent change is noted on the vendor page that was read.
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Source
Vendor page read by software on 2026-10-05, written out as text so you can copy it into your browser:
https://upstash.com/pricing/qstash