> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://upstash.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting Started

> Create an Upstash Redis database in seconds

export const Catalog = ({product, type, featured, search, cols = 3}) => {
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    featured: true
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    lang: "typescript",
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    product: "redis",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript"
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    product: "redis",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript"
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    type: "sdk",
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    type: "sdk",
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    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
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    type: "sdk",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "@upstash/qstash",
    description: "Publish messages and schedule jobs over HTTP.",
    href: "/qstash/sdks/ts/overview",
    product: "qstash",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "qstash-py",
    description: "QStash messaging and scheduling for Python.",
    href: "/qstash/sdks/py/overview",
    product: "qstash",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "@upstash/workflow",
    description: "Durable serverless functions and workflows.",
    href: "https://github.com/upstash/workflow-js",
    product: "workflow",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "workflow-py",
    description: "Durable workflows for Python.",
    href: "https://github.com/upstash/workflow-py",
    product: "workflow",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "Workflow Agents",
    description: "Reliable single and multi-agent workflows.",
    href: "/workflow/agents/overview",
    product: "workflow",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "@upstash/search",
    description: "Full-text and semantic search client.",
    href: "/search/sdks/ts/getting-started",
    product: "search",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "upstash-search (Python)",
    description: "Search client for Python.",
    href: "/search/sdks/py/gettingstarted",
    product: "search",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "@upstash/box",
    description: "TypeScript SDK for Upstash Box.",
    href: "https://github.com/upstash/box/tree/main/packages/sdk",
    product: "box",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
  }, {
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    description: "Python SDK for Upstash Box.",
    href: "https://github.com/upstash/box/tree/main/packages/python-sdk",
    product: "box",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "Box CLI",
    description: "Create and manage boxes from your terminal.",
    href: "https://github.com/upstash/box/tree/main/packages/cli",
    product: "box",
    type: "sdk",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "BullMQ",
    description: "Message queue built on Redis.",
    href: "/redis/integrations/bullmq",
    product: "redis",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "Drizzle",
    description: "Cache Drizzle ORM queries with Upstash Redis.",
    href: "/redis/integrations/drizzle",
    product: "redis",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "Celery",
    description: "Use Upstash Redis as a Celery broker.",
    href: "/redis/integrations/celery",
    product: "redis",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "Sidekiq",
    description: "Background jobs for Ruby on Upstash Redis.",
    href: "/redis/integrations/sidekiq",
    product: "redis",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "ruby"
  }, {
    title: "n8n (Redis)",
    description: "Automate workflows with Redis nodes in n8n.",
    href: "/redis/integrations/n8n",
    product: "redis",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "Prometheus (Redis)",
    description: "Scrape Upstash Redis metrics into Prometheus.",
    href: "/redis/integrations/prometheus",
    product: "redis",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "LangChain",
    description: "Vector store integration for LLM apps.",
    href: "/vector/integrations/langchain",
    product: "vector",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "python",
    featured: true
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    title: "Vercel AI SDK",
    description: "Back the AI SDK with Upstash Vector.",
    href: "/vector/integrations/ai-sdk",
    product: "vector",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "LlamaIndex",
    description: "Use Upstash Vector as a LlamaIndex store.",
    href: "/vector/integrations/llamaindex",
    product: "vector",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "Flowise",
    description: "Build LLM flows on Upstash Vector.",
    href: "/vector/integrations/flowise",
    product: "vector",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "Langflow",
    description: "Visual LLM apps backed by Upstash Vector.",
    href: "/vector/integrations/langflow",
    product: "vector",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "LlamaParse",
    description: "Parse and index documents into Upstash Vector.",
    href: "/vector/integrations/llamaparse",
    product: "vector",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "python"
  }, {
    title: "Resend",
    description: "Send emails from QStash workflows.",
    href: "/qstash/integrations/resend",
    product: "qstash",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "Anthropic",
    description: "Call Claude reliably through QStash.",
    href: "/qstash/integrations/anthropic",
    product: "qstash",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "LLM APIs",
    description: "Queue and retry LLM calls with QStash.",
    href: "/qstash/integrations/llm",
    product: "qstash",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "Datadog",
    description: "Monitor QStash with Datadog.",
    href: "/qstash/integrations/datadog",
    product: "qstash",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "Pipedream",
    description: "Trigger Pipedream workflows from QStash.",
    href: "/qstash/integrations/pipedream",
    product: "qstash",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "n8n (QStash)",
    description: "Publish QStash messages from n8n.",
    href: "/qstash/integrations/n8n",
    product: "qstash",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "Documentation Crawler",
    description: "Crawl docs and feed them into Upstash Search.",
    href: "/search/tools/documentationcrawler",
    product: "search",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "Database Migrator",
    description: "Migrate your data into Upstash Search.",
    href: "/search/tools/databasemigrator",
    product: "search",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "Docusaurus",
    description: "Add full-text search to a Docusaurus site.",
    href: "/search/integrations/docusaurus",
    product: "search",
    type: "integration",
    lang: "typescript"
  }, {
    title: "Hacker News Trends",
    description: "Trend search over Hacker News, built on Upstash.",
    href: "https://hackernewstrends.com",
    product: "redis",
    type: "demo",
    lang: "typescript",
    search: true,
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "Eve: Hacker News Agent",
    description: "A Hacker News agent built with the Vercel Eve framework.",
    href: "https://upstash-hackernews-eve-agent.vercel.app",
    product: "redis",
    type: "demo",
    lang: "typescript",
    search: true,
    featured: true
  }, {
    title: "OpenClaw",
    description: "Run OpenClaw inside an Upstash Box.",
    href: "/box/guides/openclaw-setup",
    product: "box",
    type: "guide"
  }, {
    title: "Hermes",
    description: "Run the Hermes agent inside a Box.",
    href: "/box/guides/hermes-setup",
    product: "box",
    type: "guide"
  }, {
    title: "Crabbox",
    description: "Run your test suite in a Box from your local CLI.",
    href: "/box/guides/crabbox-setup",
    product: "box",
    type: "guide"
  }, {
    title: "Web Scraping with Playwright",
    description: "Scrape dynamic websites with Playwright.",
    href: "/box/guides/web-scraping-playwright",
    product: "box",
    type: "guide"
  }, {
    title: "E-commerce Order Fulfillment",
    description: "Durable order processing with Workflow.",
    href: "/workflow/examples/eCommerceOrderFulfillment",
    product: "workflow",
    type: "demo",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
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    title: "Image Processing",
    description: "Fan-out image jobs with Workflow.",
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    product: "workflow",
    type: "demo",
    lang: "typescript",
    featured: true
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    title: "Customer Onboarding",
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    href: "/workflow/examples/customerOnboarding",
    product: "workflow",
    type: "demo",
    lang: "typescript"
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    description: "Retry failed payments with backoff.",
    href: "/workflow/examples/paymentRetry",
    product: "workflow",
    type: "demo",
    lang: "typescript"
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    product: "workflow",
    type: "demo",
    lang: "typescript"
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};

Upstash Redis is a **highly available, infinitely scalable** Redis-compatible database:

* 99.99% uptime guarantee with auto-scaling ([Prod Pack](/redis/overall/enterprise#prod-pack-features))
* Ultra-low latency worldwide
* Multi-region replication
* Multi-Zone High Availability ([Prod Pack](/redis/overall/enterprise#prod-pack-features))
* Durable, persistent storage without sacrificing performance
* Automatic backups
* Optional SOC-2 compliance, encryption at rest and much more

<Snippet file="redis/start-redis-snippet.mdx" />

***

## 1. Create an Upstash Redis Database

Log in to the [Upstash Console](https://console.upstash.com) (or [sign up](https://console.upstash.com) for a free account). From the **Redis** tab, click `+ Create Database` in the upper right corner. A dialog opens up:

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/upstash/eu0laKPu7u_-Kw04/img/getting_started/create-global.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=eu0laKPu7u_-Kw04&q=85&s=09013e74602d754565d828cc90c26aa6" width="1518" height="977" data-path="img/getting_started/create-global.png" />
</Frame>

**Database Name:** Enter a name for your database.

**Primary Region and Read Regions:** For optimal performance, select the Primary Region closest to where most of your writes will occur. Select the read region(s) where most of your reads will occur.

Once you click `Next` and select a plan, your database is running and ready to connect:

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/upstash/G0vr1o1ibHKTKJLj/img/getting_started/database.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=G0vr1o1ibHKTKJLj&q=85&s=57504ed7ba09b6d294e11c2ef75d3643" width="100%" data-path="img/getting_started/database.png" />
</Frame>

***

## 2. Connect to Your Database

You can connect to Upstash Redis with any Redis client. For simplicity, we'll use `redis-cli`. See the [Connect Your Client](../howto/connect-client) section for connecting via our TypeScript or Python SDKs and other clients.

<Tip>
  You can copy the `redis-cli` command to connect to your database from the **Details** tab of your database in the Upstash Console.
</Tip>

The Redis CLI is included in the official Redis distribution. If you don't
have Redis installed, you can get it [here](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/install/install-redis/).

Connect to your database and execute commands on it:

```bash theme={"system"}
> redis-cli --tls -a PASSWORD -h ENDPOINT -p PORT
ENDPOINT:PORT> set counter 0
OK
ENDPOINT:PORT> get counter
"0"
ENDPOINT:PORT> incr counter
(int) 1
ENDPOINT:PORT> incr counter
(int) 2
```

As you run commands, you'll see updates to your database metrics in (almost) real-time. These database metrics are refreshed every 10 seconds.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/upstash/G0vr1o1ibHKTKJLj/img/getting_started/charts.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=G0vr1o1ibHKTKJLj&q=85&s=a24bbf3aca1d1e2697539dd4eab9cb60" width="100%" data-path="img/getting_started/charts.png" />
</Frame>

Congratulations! You have created an ultra-fast Upstash Redis database! 🎉

<Check>
  **New: Manage Upstash Redis with your agent**

  Manage Upstash Redis databases from Claude and other AI tools by using our [MCP server](/agent-resources/mcp). To let an agent run commands directly against a single database, use the dedicated [Redis MCP](/redis/sdks/mcp).
</Check>

## Next steps

* [Connect your client](../howto/connect-client): TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, and other Redis clients.
* [Use cases](/redis/overall/usecases): caching, rate limiting, queues, pub/sub, AI workloads, and more.
* [Upstash Redis Search](/redis/search/introduction): full-text search built into Upstash Redis.
* [REST API](/redis/features/restapi): connect from edge and serverless runtimes where TCP is restricted.
* [Pricing & Billing](/redis/overall/billing): free tier, Pay-As-You-Go, and Fixed plan limits, plus how billing works.

## SDKs

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