Comparison

Amazon ElastiCache vs etcd

On the evidence we track, Amazon ElastiCache leads this comparison with a composite score of 83/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon ElastiCache full profile →etcd full profile →

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★Amazon ElastiCache83

etcd59

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon ElastiCacheLeader	etcd
vioscaleAI score	83 / 100medium · 61%	59 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	80
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA +1 more	-
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.9
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/	https://etcd.io/docs/v3.4/op-guide/security/
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.etcd.io%2Fetcd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.99	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	39,452
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	52,359
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	70
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Not in CN	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Amazon ElastiCache83 / 100medium · 61%

etcd59 / 100low · 43%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd✗

Model

Amazon ElastiCachefreemium

etcdopen_source

Price level

Amazon ElastiCachelow

etcdfree

Transparent

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd✓

Integrations

Count

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcd80

Security

Certifications

Amazon ElastiCacheSOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA +1 more

etcd–

Disclosure policy

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd–

Fedramp

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd–

Gdpr

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd–

Hipaa

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd–

Iso27001

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd–

Pci

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd–

Scorecard

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcd6.9

Soc2

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd–

Trust center

Amazon ElastiCachehttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/

etcdhttps://etcd.io/docs/v3.4/op-guide/security/

Vulnerabilities

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcdCount: 8 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.etcd.io%2Fetcd&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Sla pct

Amazon ElastiCache99.99

etcd–

Status page

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcd39,452

Github stars

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcd52,359

Activity

Commits last 30d

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcd70

Release

History

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcd20 items

License

Spdx

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcdApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Amazon ElastiCache–

etcdGo

Market

Availability

Amazon ElastiCacheAvailable worldwide · Not in CN

etcd–

Content

Faq

Amazon ElastiCache6 items

etcd6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for key-value stores. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Key-Value Stores
Capability	Amazon ElastiCache	etcd
Storage
Storage tier	In-memory	Persistent
Persistence	Snapshot (RDB)	Append-only log
Data structures	Rich types	Rich types
Protocol
Wire protocol	RESP (Redis)	gRPC
Distribution
Clustering	Replicated	Consensus (Raft)
Consistency	Eventual	Strong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies	✓	✓
Multi-threaded	-	-
Pub/Sub / streams	✓	✓
Transactions / atomic ops	-	-
Deployment
Deployment	Managed	Self-hosted
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available	Permissive OSS
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility	Full	None

Storage

Storage tier

Amazon ElastiCacheIn-memory

etcdPersistent

Persistence

Amazon ElastiCacheSnapshot (RDB)

etcdAppend-only log

Data structures

Amazon ElastiCacheRich types

etcdRich types

Protocol

Wire protocol

Amazon ElastiCacheRESP (Redis)

etcdgRPC

Distribution

Clustering

Amazon ElastiCacheReplicated

etcdConsensus (Raft)

Consistency

Amazon ElastiCacheEventual

etcdStrong

Ops

Eviction / TTL policies

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd✓

Multi-threaded

Amazon ElastiCache-

etcd-

Pub/Sub / streams

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd✓

Transactions / atomic ops

Amazon ElastiCache-

etcd-

Deployment

Amazon ElastiCacheManaged

etcdSelf-hosted

Licensing

Licence class

Amazon ElastiCacheSource-available

etcdPermissive OSS

Compatibility

Redis API compatibility

Amazon ElastiCacheFull

etcdNone

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon ElastiCache

Leader

A fully managed caching service that removes infrastructure management overhead while delivering sub-millisecond data access. It supports Valkey, Memcached, and Redis OSS, enabling teams to use familiar APIs and migrate existing applications with minimal code changes.

Independently observed

etcd

A distributed key-value store designed to reliably store and manage critical shared state across multiple machines. It provides strong consistency guarantees via consensus, automatic TLS encryption, and gRPC APIs.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon ElastiCache

Leader

HybridFree tier

Starting at $6/month (Valkey Serverless). Free tier: 750 hours cache.t3.micro + $100 credits.

On-DemandPay-as-you-go hourly pricing per instance
- Hourly instance pricing
- No minimum fees
- No upfront commitments
- Auto scaling
ServerlessUsage-based billing with no minimum fees or upfront commitments
- Zero infrastructure management
- Zero downtime maintenance
- Billed per GB-hour
- Minimum 1 GB data storage
Database Savings PlansCommit to specific hourly spend for savings
- 1-year usage commitment
- Discounted hourly rates

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

etcd

Open source

as of 2026-09-10verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon ElastiCache	etcd
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd✗

macOS

Amazon ElastiCache✗

etcd✓

Windows

Amazon ElastiCache✗

etcd✓

Linux

Amazon ElastiCache✗

etcd✓

CLI

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd✗

Self-hosted

Amazon ElastiCache✗

etcd✓

Hybrid

Amazon ElastiCache✓

etcd✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon ElastiCache

Leader

Not documented yet.

etcd

33 total

Kubernetes
Vitess
fleet
Docker
Puppet
confd
AWS ECS
SkyDNS
discodns
Hiera
Chef
BOSH
etcdctl
etcd-backup
etcd-dump
etcd-fs
etcd-browser
etcd-console
etcd-viewer
etcdtool
etcd-rest
etcdsh
etcdloadtest
etcd-workbench
+9 more

Independently observed

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