Amazon ElastiCache vs Memcached

Is Memcached a good alternative to Amazon ElastiCache? Here’s what you need to know.

Memcached

Free

Distributed memory caching system. Simple and battle-tested.

Memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system. Used by Wikipedia, Facebook, and Twitter to speed up dynamic web apps by alleviating database load. Simple key-value store that just works.

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Why switch from Amazon ElastiCache?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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