# Upstash QStash vs Webhook Relay (slim)

> Upstash QStash scores 72.3 (BB) to Webhook Relay's 57.8 (C) for message queues. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Upstash QStash scores 72.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Webhook Relay's 57.8 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Webhook Relay leads on payments & pricing. Both do message queues.

- Upstash QStash: BB 72.3, rank #109 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/upstash-qstash.min.md
- Webhook Relay: C 57.8, rank #601 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/webhook-relay.min.md
- Upstash QStash, good for Agents and serverless apps that need a delayed, retried or scheduled HTTP call without running a queue. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 47; Schema & documentation, 78 against 71; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 59; Maintenance & community, 77 against 55; Transparency & trust, 81 against 63. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Webhook Relay, good for Teams that need third-party webhooks to reach localhost, on-premises CI or private Kubernetes services, with an agent that can configure buckets and inspect failed deliveries over MCP. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 50 against 40.

| Category | Upstash QStash | Webhook Relay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 83 | 47 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 83 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 55 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Upstash QStash | Webhook Relay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Upstash | AppScension Ltd |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://qstash.upstash.io/v2` | `https://my.webhookrelay.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Upstash's terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs and the MCP server are MIT | Proprietary hosted service under Webhook Relay's terms of service. The Go SDK is BSD-3-Clause and the TypeScript SDK is MIT. The `relay` CLI and the server are closed source |
| Tools exposed | 10 | 40 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.upstash/mcp-server` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-05-23 |
| Terms last updated |  | 2019-11-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | 2018-06-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 269 stars, 816k npm/wk, 91k PyPI/wk | 9 stars, 24 npm/wk |