Upstash Open Source Program
Cloud Provider Credits
Up to $1,000/month of Upstash costs covered
Serverless Redis/Kafka/QStash costs covered up to $1,000 a month for open-source projects — effectively a $12K/year infrastructure grant.
Who qualifies
Every condition below is taken from the vendor’s own published criteria. Read them before you spend an afternoon on the application.
Osss
The programme is aimed at osss. Vendors read this loosely, but expect to describe the company and what you are building on the application.
About Upstash Open Source Program
Quick answer
Serverless Redis/Kafka/QStash costs covered up to $1,000 a month for open-source projects — effectively a $12K/year infrastructure grant.
Upstash covering up to $1,000/month of serverless Redis/Kafka/QStash costs for OSS projects is effectively a $12,000-a-year infrastructure grant — plus Pro-grade priority support. If your open-source project already uses (or could use) Upstash, this is one of the easiest yeses in the catalog.
What you get
- All Upstash costs covered up to $1,000/month
- Pro-level priority support
- Co-marketing and backlinks from Upstash
How to apply
4 steps. The last one is the part most people skip.
- 1
Open Upstash Open Source Program through the link on this page
It carries our referral tag. The terms you get are identical either way, and it never changes what this page says about the programme.
- 2
Have the eligibility evidence ready
Applications are checked against one condition — osss. Incorporation date, cap table and a one-line description of what you are building cover most of it.
- 3
Ask for the expiry window in writing
Upstash Open Source Program does not publish how long the credit runs, and unused balance is almost always forfeited. Get the activation and expiry dates confirmed before you plan around the grant.
- 4
Know the rate you land on when it runs out
The point of a credit is a runway extension, not a permanent discount. Check standard list pricing for the usage you will have by then, so the first real invoice is a decision rather than a surprise.
Upstash Open Source Program FAQ
The questions we actually get asked about this programme.
Ask us something elseUp to $1,000 per month of Upstash costs (serverless Redis, Kafka, QStash) — about $12K/year — plus Pro-level support.
Open-source projects that build on Upstash. Apply with your public repository.
Co-marketing is part of the deal — Upstash may feature your project. That is the trade.
