{
"schema_version": 2,
"id": "operate/rc/subscriptions/view-essentials-subscription/essentials-plan-details",
"title": "Redis Cloud Essentials plans",
"url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/subscriptions/view-essentials-subscription/essentials-plan-details/",
"summary": "Provides detailed information on Redis Cloud Essentials plans.",
"tags": [
"docs",
"operate",
"rc"
],
"last_updated": "2026-09-25T15:00:18+01:00",
"page_type": "content",
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"sections": [
{
"id": "overview",
"title": "Overview",
"role": "overview",
"text": "Redis Cloud Essentials is cost-efficient and designed for low-throughput scenarios. It supports a range of availability, persistence, and backup options. \n\n[Essentials plan pricing](https://redis.io/pricing/#monthly) scales according to the memory size of the database defined in the subscription. Additional limits also apply, as shown in the tables below.\n\nThe 30 MB Essentials plan is free; it's designed for learning and building test projects. It gives you enough space to learn Redis concepts and develop application prototypes.\n\nOur paid plans start at 250 MB and offer extra features, like high availability and backups (both daily and instant). They are great for bigger projects or production environments that require increased storage, reliability, and other features to support your operational needs.\n\nEssentials plans have bandwidth and throughput limits described in the tables below. We will notify you before limiting your database usage if you exceed these limits.\n\nIf you need additional resources, you can [upgrade your subscription](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/subscriptions/view-essentials-subscription#upgrade-plan) at any time."
},
{
"id": "current-plans",
"title": "Current plans",
"role": "content",
"text": "These plans are currently offered for all new and upgraded Essentials subscriptions (updated December 2025)."
},
{
"id": "redis-cloud-essentials-plans",
"title": "Redis Cloud Essentials plans",
"role": "content",
"text": "| **DB size**[1](#table-note-1) | **30 MB (Free)** | **250 MB** | **1 GB** | **2.5 GB** | **5 GB** | **12 GB** |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| **Concurrent
connections
per database** | 30 | 256 | 1024 | 2500 | 5000 | 10000 |\n| **CIDR
allow rules** | 1 | 4 | 4-8 | 4-8 | 4-16 | 4-32 |\n| **Monthly
total network
bandwidth[2](#table-note-2)** | 5 GB | 100 GB | 200 GB | 400 GB | 800 GB | 2000 GB |\n| **Maximum
throughput[3](#table-note-3)** | 100 ops/sec | 1000 ops/sec | 2000 ops/sec | 4000 ops/sec | 8000 ops/sec | 16000 ops/sec |\n\n1. Database size includes replication where applicable. See [High availability cost impact](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/databases/configuration/high-availability#dataset-size) for more information.\n\n2. The monthly total network bandwidth limit applies to the entire plan. All databases in the plan share the allocated bandwidth limit.\n\n3. Assumes request size of 1 KiB. Maximums are capped by actual MB/s reached. To find the MB/s limit, divide the Maximum throughput by 1024."
},
{
"id": "redis-cloud-essentials-plans-with-redis-flex",
"title": "Redis Cloud Essentials plans with Redis Flex",
"role": "content",
"text": "| **DB size**[1](#table-note-1-flex) | **1 GB** | **2.5 GB** | **5 GB** | **12 GB** | **25 GB** | **50 GB** | **100 GB** |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| **Concurrent
connections
per database** | 1024 | 2500 | 5000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 |\n| **CIDR
allow rules** | 4-8 | 4-8 | 4-16 | 4-32 | 4-32 | 4-32 | 4-32 |\n| **Monthly
total network
bandwidth** | 50 GB | 100 GB | 200 GB | 500 GB | 1000 GB | 2000 GB | 4000 GB |\n| **Maximum
throughput[2](#table-note-2-flex)** | 200 ops/sec | 500 ops/sec | 1000 ops/sec | 2400 ops/sec | 5000 ops/sec | 10000 ops/sec | 20000 ops/sec |\n\n1. Database size includes replication where applicable. See [High availability cost impact](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/databases/configuration/high-availability#dataset-size) for more information.\n\n2. Assumes request size of 1 KiB. Maximums are capped by actual MB/s reached. To find the MB/s limit, divide the Maximum throughput by 1024."
},
{
"id": "legacy",
"title": "Previous plans",
"role": "content",
"text": "These plans were available before November 2023.\n\n#### Table part 1 of 2, rows 1-3\n\n| **Max DB size **[1](#table-note-1-legacy) | **30 MB** | **100 MB** | **250 MB** | **500 MB** | **1 GB** | **2.5 GB** |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- |\n| **Concurrent
connections
per database** | 30 | 256 | 256 | 512 | 1024 | 2500 |\n| **Monthly
total network
bandwidth**[2](#table-note-2-legacy) | 5 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB | 150 GB | 200 GB | 400 GB |\n| **Maximum
throughput[3](#table-note-3-legacy)** | 100 ops/sec | 500 ops/sec | 1000 ops/sec | 1500 ops/sec | 2000 ops/sec | 4000 ops/sec |\n\n#### Table part 2 of 2, rows 1-3\n\n| **Max DB size **[1](#table-note-1-legacy) | **5 GB** | **10 GB** |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |\n| **Concurrent
connections
per database** | 5000 | 10000 |\n| **Monthly
total network
bandwidth**[2](#table-note-2-legacy) | 800 GB | 2000 GB |\n| **Maximum
throughput[3](#table-note-3-legacy)** | 8000 ops/sec | 16000 ops/sec |\n\n\n\n1. Database size includes replication. See [High availability cost impact](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc/databases/configuration/high-availability#dataset-size) for more information.\n\n2. The monthly total network bandwidth limit applies to the entire plan. All databases in the plan share the allocated bandwidth limit.\n\n2. Assumes request size of 1 KiB. Maximums are capped by actual MB/s reached. To find the MB/s limit, divide the Maximum throughput by 1024."
}
],
"examples": []
}