ADoor vs Upstash
Upstash runs serverless Redis, vector search, queues and workflows for developers. ADoor, your data account, keeps structured records a team or a company shares with apps and assistants like ChatGPT, each with its own access.
Where ADoor stands out
Fields and entries
Upstash Redis stores keys and values. ADoor keeps lists with fields, and access can be set per field, or to the entries that match a value you choose.
Access per assistant
Upstash's MCP server signs in with OAuth, or a developer API key for headless use. In ADoor, each assistant gets its own access, capped at the person who connected it.
SQL
ADoor runs on Postgres, so lists can be queried in standard SQL.
The products
Upstash
Upstash offers serverless Redis, Vector, QStash and Workflow.
- Assistants
- A hosted MCP server at mcp.upstash.com/mcp
- Plans
- Free with 250 MB and 500K commands a month. Pay as you go at $0.20 per 100K commands.
ADoor
ADoor is your data account. You keep lists and tables in a workspace you own, personal or team: a reading list, an incident log, a list of customers. Describe what you want to keep track of and it's set up for you, with real Postgres underneath. Every person, app, assistant, device and job gets its own access.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor connect through MCP with a sign-in.
- Apps and scripts
- An HTTP API with keys, running the same actions assistants use
- Access
- Per space, list or field, or just the entries where a field equals a value you choose. Reading, adding, editing and deleting entries, and changing a list's fields, are separate permissions. An assistant never gets more than the person who connected it.
- Approvals
- Agents ask for more access and you approve or deny. A new device signs in only after you approve it and choose its access.
- CI jobs
- GitHub Actions signs in with short-lived access, 15 minutes by default and up to 30 days, with no stored secret.
- Revoking
- Takes effect on the next request. What was already saved stays.
- History
- A history of changes, with who made each one and the before and after
- Underneath
- Standard Postgres
- Plans
- Free for 3 tables and 100 rows. Pro is $10 a month per workspace, with 1 GB of storage.
Pricing
| Topic | ADoor | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 3 tables and 100 rows, with a few MB of storage | 250 MB, 500K commands a month |
| Paid plans | Pro: $10 a month per workspace, 1 GB of storage, no per-GB charges | Pay as you go $0.20 per 100K commands; fixed plans from $10 a month |
Latency
| Topic | ADoor | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| Published figure | Not published | Same-region reads under 1 ms and writes under 5 ms; same-continent reads and writes under 50 ms (p99) |
Upstash publishes these p99 figures for its Global Database. ADoor doesn't publish a latency figure.
Connectors and API
| Topic | ADoor | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| MCP server | Hosted, with OAuth sign-in. ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor. | Hosted at mcp.upstash.com/mcp |
| HTTP API | HTTP API with keys: read, add, edit, delete, and change lists and fields | Not published |
| SQL access | Standard Postgres SQL through MCP and the API, within your access | No |
| Access per agent | Its own access per assistant, app, device and job, down to specific fields, or just the entries that match a value you choose | Not published |
| OAuth or tokens | OAuth for assistants, keys for apps, short-lived sign-in for GitHub Actions | OAuth, or a developer API key as Bearer |
| SDKs | Coming soon | Not published |
| Webhooks | No | Not published |
| Import and export | Export to CSV or JSON. Import by attaching CSV or JSON in an assistant. | Not published |
ADoor has no sync connectors and no file storage.
Which one should you use?
Use Upstash when
you need a fast cache, rate limiter or queue for an application.
- Speed. Sub-millisecond reads in the same region.
- Queues and workflows. QStash and Workflow for background jobs.
- Serverless pricing. Pay per command.
Use ADoor when
the data is records people and assistants work with, not a cache.
Technical
- Your service caches in Upstash and writes each fraud flag to an add-only ADoor list that analysts query in SQL.
- An agent that handles refunds edits only the Status field in Refunds.
- A Cursor agent reads a Rate limits list your team keeps, and asks before it edits a value.
Personal
- Airline, hotel and loyalty numbers for the family. You ask ChatGPT at check-in for your partner's number.
- Your weekly workouts: lifts, weights and reps. You ask Claude whether you've progressed this month.
Team
- Platform, support and security share a Blocked accounts list with separate add and delete.
- A history of changes shows who unblocked each account and when.
- Support and engineering share a Customer limits list, and only engineering edits Limit.
Business
- Each region edits only the entries with its name in a company-wide Rate cards list; only finance sees Cost.
- A fraud vendor adds signals to one list, and you revoke it when the trial ends.
- A franchise keeps each location's opening hours in one list, and each manager edits only their location.
Questions people ask
Is ADoor a cache?
No. ADoor keeps records; use Upstash for caching.
Can I query ADoor in SQL?
Yes, within your access.
Which assistants work with ADoor?
ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Cursor connect through MCP with a sign-in. You approve each one and choose what it can reach.
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Checked October 20, 2026. Sources: Upstash Redis pricing, Upstash MCP server, Upstash Global Database.