Best Caching Software in 2026
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Caching choices depend on where data needs to be served and how your systems should handle it. Compared on cache targets, supported cache engines and deployment, these entries offer technical fields to check against your environment. Data persistence and high availability help distinguish storage and continuity considerations; edge caching adds another dimension. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing are also listed. Aiven for Valkey, Amazon ElastiCache and Ehcache are among the options, alongside Memcached and Infinispan. Use the listed characteristics to consider which deployment approach, cache engines and data-handling requirements align with your workload.
Caching Software, one module each.A lit port is something its maker publishes; 13 of 13 with a known API signal have a public API.
- 01 Aiven for Valkey API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.4$15/mo
- 02 Amazon ElastiCache API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3$6/mo
- 03 cache2k API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 04 Ehcache API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 05 Memcached API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 06 Alibaba Cloud Tair API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.2
- 07 Apache Traffic Server API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.2Free
- 08 Infinispan API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.2Free
- 09 Yandex SpeechKit API yesDOCS 7.0
- 10 Hazelcast Platform API yesDOCS 6.8
- 11 Azure Managed Redis API yesDOCS 6.7
- 12 Google Cloud Memorystore API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7$0.05/mo
- 13 Momento Cache API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7$0.02/mo
- 14 Caffeine FREE yesDOCS 6.0Free
- 15 Accessibility Test Framework for Android FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 16 Garnet FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 17 Ristretto FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 18 Squid FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 19 Varnish Cache FREE yesDOCS 5.8Free
- 20 DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey FREE noDOCS 5.3$15/mo
- 21 simpleCache DOCS 5.3
- 22 Varnish Enterprise DOCS 5.3
- 23 Google Guava Cache DOCS 5.1
- 24 Yandex Managed Service for Valkey DOCS 5.1
- 25 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cache FREE noDOCS 5.0$0.01/mo
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment | Cache targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aiven for Valkey | 7.4 | Free plan | $15/mo | Yes | 15 /mo | ||
| 2 | Amazon ElastiCache | 7.3 | Free plan | $6/mo | No | 6 /mo | ||
| 3 | cache2k | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | self_hosted | Java application objects | ||
| 4 | Ehcache | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Yes | self_hosted | application data, database results, web pages | |
| 5 | Memcached | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Yes | self_hosted | database-call results, API-call results, page-rendering results | |
| 6 | Alibaba Cloud Tair | 7.2 | No | |||||
| 7 | Apache Traffic Server | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 8 | Infinispan | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 9 | Yandex SpeechKit | 7.0 | managed | application data, key-value data, message queues | ||||
| 10 | Hazelcast Platform | 6.8 | Yes | |||||
| 11 | Azure Managed Redis | 6.7 | No | |||||
| 12 | Google Cloud Memorystore | 6.7 | No | $0.05/mo | No | |||
| 13 | Momento Cache | 6.7 | No | $0.02/mo | No | managed | application data, database query results, API responses, static assets, session and personalization data | |
| 14 | Caffeine | 6.0 | Free plan | Free | self_hosted | in-memory application data | ||
| 15 | Accessibility Test Framework for Android | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | self_hosted | application objects, computed values, and database-backed values | |
| 16 | Garnet | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | self_hosted | application data, key-value data, strings, lists, sets, sorted sets, hashes | |
| 17 | Ristretto | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | self_hosted | key-value data | |
| 18 | Squid | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | self_hosted | HTTP/HTTPS web pages and objects, FTP data, gopher data | |
| 19 | Varnish Cache | 5.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 20 | DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey | 5.3 | No | $15/mo | No | 15 /mo | managed | frequently accessed data, user sessions, real-time features, queues, primary key-value workloads |
| 21 | simpleCache | 5.3 | Yes | self_hosted | ||||
| 22 | Varnish Enterprise | 5.3 | No | both | HTTP web content, APIs, streaming video, HLS/DASH byte ranges, software artifacts, S3/object-storage content | |||
| 23 | Google Guava Cache | 5.1 | Yes | self_hosted | application objects, computed values, and database-backed values | |||
| 24 | Yandex Managed Service for Valkey | 5.1 | managed | application data, key-value data, message queues | ||||
| 25 | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cache | 5.0 | No | $0.01/mo | No |
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