Upstash
Upstash can terminate your account at any time with 10 days notice and will delete your data within 6 months of cancellation. They claim broad rights to process your data for technical administration and can suspend services for excessive usage. Payment failures result in account suspension after 3 days and termination after 2 weeks with no refunds.
The Bottom Line
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Upstash can terminate your account at any time with 10 days notice and will delete your data within 6 months of cancellation. They claim broad rights to process your data for technical administration and can suspend services for excessive usage. Payment failures result in account suspension after 3 days and termination after 2 weeks with no refunds.
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Notable Clauses
“For monthly or yearly payment plans, the Service is billed in advance on a monthly or yearly basis respectively and is non-refundable.”
“You hereby give us full permissions to make any such design choices and use of Your Customer Data and User-Generated Content.”
“If the issue is not solved in 3 days, we have the right to suspend Your databases.”
“We reserve the right to shut down or limit any activities that are creating an unreasonable burden on our Services, infrastructure and/or business operations.”
“If we learn of any User under 18, we will terminate that User's account.”
“Upstash has the right to terminate Your account at any time, with or without cause, upon 10 days advance notice or if Your account has been suspended for more than 3 weeks.”
“After the cancellation request your data will be completely deleted in 6 months (cancellation period).”
Protect Yourself
ACTIONABLESettings and actions you can take to limit your exposure
Export Your Data Before Cancellation
Download all your database content and configurations before canceling to avoid losing access during the 6-month deletion period
- Log into Upstash Console
- Navigate to each database you want to backup
- Use the export/backup features to download your data
- Store the exported files in a secure location
Set Up Payment Monitoring
Since your account gets suspended after just 3 days of payment failure, monitor your payment method closely
- Add multiple payment methods in Console → Billing
- Set up bank alerts for the card you use with Upstash
- Check your email regularly for payment failure notifications
Monitor Resource Usage
Track your bandwidth and resource usage to avoid suspension for 'unreasonable burden' on their systems
- Check Console → Usage dashboard regularly
- Set up usage alerts if available
- Keep usage patterns consistent to avoid triggering fair use limits
Keep Databases Active
Free databases get deleted after 1 week of inactivity, paid ones after 3 months
- Set up automated health checks or pings to your databases
- Schedule regular queries or operations to show activity
- Document which databases you're actively using
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