# Upstash Kafka: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/upstash-kafka

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Streaming platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/streaming-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 24 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Excellent if your data streaming volume is very low, sporadic, or tied to serverless compute" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Streaming)
- "Serverless / very low ops | Upstash Kafka | Tiny-to-mid teams, pay-per-request" (Grok 4.20, Streaming)
- "Upstash Kafka | HTTP REST API and pay-per-request pricing model." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Streaming)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Upstash Kafka, from 3 of the 10 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- confluent.io: 3
- github.com: 2
- aiven.io: 1
- axual.com: 1
- bigiron.cc: 1
- botmonster.com: 1
- ciopages.com: 1
- corporateoptics.com: 1
- cotocus.com: 1
- digitalocean.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://confluent.io/confluent-cloud: 2
- https://aiven.io/developer-tier: 1
- https://aiven.io/kafka: 1
- https://aiven.io/pricing/kafka: 1
- https://aiven.io/pricing/pg: 1
- https://axual.com/blog/exploring-different-event-streaming-systems: 1
- https://bigiron.cc/guides/nats-jetstream-the-light-weight-message-bus-pattern: 1
- https://botmonster.com/coding/event-driven-architecture-python-nats-messaging: 1

## In its own words

What Upstash Kafka's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, EU-US DPF
- Customers named: Dub, Okara, The Met, GitBook, OpenArt, Dropee, Supabase, Zapier

## What it publishes

Every page upstash.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2556 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 418 pages, 31 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 17 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-05-22
- report or ebook: 14 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 18 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- template or tool: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-10-17
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Personal assistant in messaging apps hermes upstash box https://upstash.com/blog/personal-assistant-in-messaging-apps-hermes-upstash-box
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Scheduled browser tests upstash box https://upstash.com/blog/scheduled-browser-tests-upstash-box
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: File uploads in a react app what to use and pricing breakdown 2026 https://upstash.com/blog/file-uploads-in-a-react-app-what-to-use-and-pricing-breakdown-2026
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Whats the best object storage for a saas september 2026 comparison https://upstash.com/blog/whats-the-best-object-storage-for-a-saas-september-2026-comparison
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Context7 search https://upstash.com/blog/context7-search
- Recent: 2026-09-21 comparison: Redis array vs list https://upstash.com/blog/redis-array-vs-list

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.