Amazon ElastiCache comparisons
Amazon ElastiCache is compared head-to-head with Aiven for Valkey, Upstash Redis and Amazon MemoryDB and more: 7 head-to-heads in Redis Hosting, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Amazon ElastiCache head-to-head
- Amazon ElastiCache vs Aiven for Valkey
- Amazon ElastiCache vs Upstash Redis
- Amazon ElastiCache vs Amazon MemoryDB
- Amazon ElastiCache vs Azure Managed Redis
- Amazon ElastiCache vs Alibaba Cloud Tair
- Amazon ElastiCache vs IBM Cloud Databases for Redis
- Amazon ElastiCache vs NetApp Instaclustr for Valkey
Amazon ElastiCache vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Persistent storage | High availability | Redis compatibility | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Amazon ElastiCache | No | $6/mo | Yes | Yes | Both | 9.2 |
| 1 | Aiven for Valkey | Yes | $15/mo | Yes | Yes | Both | 9.4 |
| 3 | Upstash Redis | Yes | $10/mo | 9.0 | |||
| 4 | Amazon MemoryDB | No | $0.20/GB usage-based | 8.9 | |||
| 5 | Azure Managed Redis | No | Yes | Yes | Redis | 8.8 | |
| 6 | Alibaba Cloud Tair | No | Yes | Yes | Redis | 8.7 | |
| 7 | IBM Cloud Databases for Redis | No | Yes | Yes | Redis | 8.6 | |
| 8 | NetApp Instaclustr for Valkey | No | Yes | Yes | Valkey | 8.5 |
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