Amazon ElastiCache

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About

Amazon ElastiCache is ranked #7 of 22 in in-memory databases on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $6/mo.

Compared on in-memory databases

Free plan: Noaws.amazon.com
Paid from: $6/moaws.amazon.com
High availability: Yesaws.amazon.com

Facts

Purpose: Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed caching service compatible with Valkey, Memcached, and Redis OSS that delivers microsecond latency performance.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Deployment: Customers can run ElastiCache as a serverless cache or as a node-based cluster.docs.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Scaling: ElastiCache Serverless monitors compute, memory, and network use and scales vertically and horizontally as demand changes.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
High availability: ElastiCache Serverless replicates data across multiple Availability Zones and offers a 99.99% availability SLA for each cache.docs.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Use cases: AWS describes use cases including application data caching, semantic caching, data stores, session stores, and leaderboards.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Database integrations: ElastiCache can serve as a front-end caching layer for Amazon RDS, Aurora, DocumentDB, and DynamoDB, and can improve performance with EC2 and EMR.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Management integrations: Users can create a serverless cache through the AWS Management Console, AWS SDK, or AWS CLI.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Monitoring: Amazon CloudWatch metrics provide more than 40 operational metrics for ElastiCache resources at no additional charge.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Security: ElastiCache supports encryption in transit and at rest, IAM authentication, Valkey or Redis OSS AUTH, and role-based access control.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Network protection: ElastiCache resources can run in Amazon VPC, and AWS PrivateLink provides private access to ElastiCache API operations.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Compliance: AWS lists SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO, MTCS, C5, PCI, HIPAA, and FedRAMP among ElastiCache compliance programs.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Notable limit: Data tiering is not available with ElastiCache Serverless.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Extended support: For provisioned Redis OSS instances, Extended Support costs an 80% premium in Years 1 and 2 and a 160% premium in Year 3, with pricing depending on Region and calendar date.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026
Maker founding: AWS says Amazon Web Services launched in spring 2006.aws.amazon.com · 30 Sept 2026