vioscale
Comparison

DragonflyDB vs Memcached

No clear leader: DragonflyDB (57.5) and Memcached (54.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

DragonflyDB full profile →Memcached full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
DragonflyDB58
Memcached54
Score
Vioscale score
DragonflyDB58 / 100medium · 67%
Memcached54 / 100low · 37%
Pricing
Free tier
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✓
Model
DragonflyDBcommercial
Memcachedcommercial
Price level
DragonflyDBlow
Memcachedfree
Transparent
DragonflyDB✗
Memcached✓
Integrations
Count
DragonflyDB6
Memcached–
Security
Disclosure policy
DragonflyDB–
Memcached✓
Gdpr
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached–
Pci
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached–
Scorecard
DragonflyDB5.3
Memcached4.5
Soc2
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
DragonflyDB0
Memcached0
Github stars
DragonflyDB31,043
Memcached14,259
Activity
Commits last 30d
DragonflyDB100
Memcached47
Release
Cadence days
DragonflyDB21
Memcached–
History
DragonflyDB20 items
Memcached–
License
Spdx
DragonflyDB–
MemcachedBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
DragonflyDBC++
MemcachedC
Market
Availability
DragonflyDBAvailable worldwide
Memcached–

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
DragonflyDBIn-memory
MemcachedIn-memory
Persistence
DragonflyDBSnapshot (RDB)
MemcachedNone (pure cache)
Data structures
DragonflyDBRich types
MemcachedKV-only
Protocol
Wire protocol
DragonflyDBRESP (Redis)
MemcachedMemcached
Distribution
Clustering
DragonflyDBSharded
MemcachedSharded
Consistency
DragonflyDBStrong
MemcachedStrong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✓
Multi-threaded
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✓
Pub/Sub / streams
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✗
Transactions / atomic ops
DragonflyDBMULTI-EXEC
MemcachedNone
Deployment
Deployment
DragonflyDBSelf-hosted
MemcachedSelf-hosted
Licensing
Licence class
DragonflyDBSource-available
MemcachedPermissive OSS
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
DragonflyDBFull
MemcachedNone

What each one is

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

DragonflyDB

An in-memory data store delivering significantly higher throughput and memory efficiency than Redis through multi-threaded architecture, enabling cost-effective scaling with fewer infrastructure resources.

Independently observed

Memcached

A free, in-memory key-value cache designed to reduce database load and improve application performance by storing temporary copies of frequently accessed data from databases, APIs, or rendered pages. It distributes cache across multiple servers in a cluster, with each piece of data stored in a single consistent location for reliable retrieval.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

DragonflyDB

from $8/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $8/GB/month (Flex), $2,000+/month (Business). Free trial with $100 credits.

  • Flex$8/GB/month, starting at $36/month
    • Fully-managed on AWS, GCP, or Azure
    • One-click provisioning
    • Horizontal + vertical scaling
    • Monitoring dashboard
    • Dragonfly team support
  • BusinessStarting at $2,000/month
    • Bring your own cloud
    • Auto-scaling
    • SSO & MFA
    • Custom SLA
    • Dedicated support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Run anywhere
    • Custom instance types
    • White-glove migrations and tuning
    • Advanced security & compliance
    • Enterprise SLA & premium support
as of verify ↗

Memcached

Open sourceFree tier

Open source and free

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✗
macOS
DragonflyDB✗
Memcached✓
Linux
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✓
CLI
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✗
Self-hosted
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✓

Integrations

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

DragonflyDB

6 total
  • GCP Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Feast
  • Airbyte
  • PostgreSQL
Independently observed

Memcached

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.