Amazon ElastiCache vs Azure Managed Redis

Amazon ElastiCache9.2Visit Azure Managed Redis8.8Visit

Higher score Amazon ElastiCache #2 in Redis Hosting 9.2/10 Paid ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit AWS

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Azure Managed Redis #5 in Redis Hosting 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 5 features Visit Azure

• Amazon ElastiCache fits best

  AWS users needing broad managed cache infrastructure

• Azure Managed Redis fits best

  Azure-native Redis Enterprise deployments

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon ElastiCache 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Azure Managed Redis 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.8
Ranking	#2 in Redis Hosting	#5 in Redis Hosting
Best for	AWS users needing broad managed cache infrastructure	Azure-native Redis Enterprise deployments
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$6/mo	Not checked yet
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Support	Docs	Docs, Community
Integrations	12 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon ElastiCache 5/5 · Azure Managed Redis 4/5
Persistent storage	✓	✓
High availability	✓	✓
Private networking	✓	✓
Automatic backups	✓ (best)	—
TLS encryption	✓	✓
Specs
Memory limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Redis compatibility	Both	Redis
Our review
Pros	Serverless Valkey starts at $6 per month with automatic scaling Supports Valkey, Memcached, and Redis OSS Includes failover, snapshots, encryption, and cross-Region replication	Managed scaling, patching, updates, and provisioning Active geo-replication with node replication and failover Private Link, TLS, Entra authentication, and Redis modules
Cons	Pricing varies by engine, Region, storage, compute, and requests The broad configuration options may require AWS expertise Teams outside AWS may not need its extensive service integrations	No free plan Automatic backups are not included Best suited to applications already using Azure services
Our verdict	Amazon ElastiCache is a managed, cloud-based in-memory data store and caching service for applications that need low-latency data access. It supports serverless caches and node-based clusters using Valkey, Memcached, or Redis OSS. Typical… Read the review →	Azure Managed Redis is a Microsoft-operated, Redis Enterprise-based in-memory data service for Azure applications. It supports caching, session data, messaging, search, leaderboards, and other low-latency workloads. Development teams can… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon ElastiCache — where it wins

  • Serverless Valkey starts at $6 per month with automatic scaling
  • Supports Valkey, Memcached, and Redis OSS
  • Includes failover, snapshots, encryption, and cross-Region replication

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing varies by engine, Region, storage, compute, and requests
  • The broad configuration options may require AWS expertise
  • Teams outside AWS may not need its extensive service integrations

• Azure Managed Redis — where it wins

  • Managed scaling, patching, updates, and provisioning
  • Active geo-replication with node replication and failover
  • Private Link, TLS, Entra authentication, and Redis modules

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Automatic backups are not included
  • Best suited to applications already using Azure services

• Amazon ElastiCache9.2/10 · Paid

  A broad managed cache service for applications already built around AWS.

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• Azure Managed Redis8.8/10 · Paid

  A strong Azure-native choice for managed Redis, geo-replication, and private connectivity.

  Visit AzureFull verdict →