Freedom251 › Amazon ElastiCache

Instead of Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon ElastiCache alternatives

Amazon ElastiCache provides managed caching compatible with Valkey, Memcached, and Redis OSS. Choose a serverless cache or a node-based cluster; Serverless scales compute, memory, and network resources as demand changes and replicates data across Availability Zones with a 99.99% availability SLA. It can front Amazon databases and support workloads such as application and semantic caching, session storage, and leaderboards. CloudWatch metrics, encryption, authentication controls, private networking, and compliance programs address operational and security needs.

1. 1 A

   Accessibility Test Framework for Android

   Free plan AndroidLinuxMac+1

   Automated accessibility checks in Android app tests — Unlike ElastiCache, this library checks accessibility properties on Android views rather than caching application data.

   Free plan Visit site
2. 2

   Aiven for Valkey

   Free plan APILinuxWeb

   Managed Valkey workloads with search and vector queries — Aiven for Valkey adds Valkey Bloom and Search, including vector, full-text, numeric, and tag queries.

   7.6 Free plan · paid from $15/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
3. 3 G

   Garnet

   Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1

   Self-hosted Redis-client-compatible cache clusters — Garnet offers a free, self-hosted cache with Redis client compatibility, larger-than-memory datasets, and cluster features.

   7.4 Free plan Visit site
4. 4 M

   Memcached

   Free plan APILinuxMac+1

   Free distributed cache for dynamic web applications — Memcached is a free developer-focused cache whose servers work independently without synchronization or replication.

   7.2 Free plan Visit site
5. 5 R

   Ristretto

   Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1

   Concurrent in-process caching in Go — Ristretto is a free Go cache library used in one process, not a distributed managed service.

   7.1 Open source Visit site
6. 6 S

   Squid

   Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1

   Caching and controlling web traffic — Squid caches and proxies web traffic, with access controls and logging rather than ElastiCache's in-memory key-value caching.

   7.1 Free plan Visit site
7. 7

   Apache Traffic Server

   Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+1

   HTTP caching proxy and layer 7 load balancing — Apache Traffic Server is an HTTP caching proxy with load balancing and plug-in APIs, not a managed in-memory datastore.

   9.2 Open source Visit site
8. 8 E

   Ehcache

   Free plan Open source APISelf-hosted
   8.8 Free plan Visit site
9. 9 C

   cache2k

   Free plan AndroidAPILinux+1
   7.5 Open source Visit site
10. 10

    Hazelcast Platform

    Free plan APILinuxMac+2
    7.3 Free plan Visit site
11. 11 C

    Caffeine

    Free plan Self-hosted
    7.1 Open source Visit site
12. 12 I

    Infinispan

    Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted
    7.1 Free plan Visit site
13. 13

    Varnish Cache

    Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted
    6.7 Free plan Visit site
14. 14 S

    simpleCache

    Free plan MacWindows
    6.5 Free plan Visit site
15. 15 A

    Alibaba Cloud Tair

    Free trial APIWeb
    6.3 30-day trial Visit site
16. 16 G

    Google Guava Cache

    Free plan AndroidLinuxWindows
    6.1 Free plan Visit site
17. 17 G

    Google Cloud Memorystore

    Free trial APIWeb
    6.0 Visit site
18. 18

    Azure Managed Redis

    Paid APIWeb
    5.7 Visit site
19. 19

    Varnish Enterprise

    Free trial LinuxSelf-hosted
    5.6 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Visit site
20. 20 M

    Momento Cache

    Paid APIWeb
    5.3 From $0.01 Visit site
21. 21 V

    Varnish Gateway

    Free plan
    5.2 Free plan Visit site
22. 22

    DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey

    Paid Web
    4.7 From $15/mo Visit site
23. 23 I

    IBM Cloud Databases for Redis

    Paid Web
    4.4 Visit site
24. 24

    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cache

    Paid Web
    4.4 From $0.02 Visit site
25. 25 H

    Huawei Cloud Distributed Cache Service (DCS)

    Paid Web
    4.2 Visit site

A different tool may suit you better if you want a free standalone cache, a Go library inside one process, or a proxy for web traffic rather than a managed key-value service. ElastiCache Serverless starts at $6 per month, while node costs depend on node type and count; provisioned Redis OSS Extended Support can add premiums of 80% in Years 1 and 2 and 160% in Year 3. Serverless does not support data tiering. Compare managed scaling and AWS integrations with your requirements for deployment, compatibility, persistence, replication, and workload scope before switching.

← Back to Amazon ElastiCache The whole caching software list