Caffeine vs Memcached
| Caffeine | Memcached | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | — | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted |
| Deployment | self_hosted | self_hosted |
| Cache targets | in-memory application data | database-call results, API-call results, page-rendering results |
| Edge caching | No | — |
| Supported cache engines | Caffeine cache, JSR-107 JCache, Guava Cache | Text protocol, Meta Text protocol, Binary protocol, SASL authentication |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Data persistence | — | Yes |
| High availability | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Caching Software. On Inferse, Memcached scores higher on our published basis.