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Comparison

DragonflyDB vs Memcached

On the evidence we track, DragonflyDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

DragonflyDB full profile →Memcached full profile →
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★DragonflyDB57
Memcached40
Score
vioscaleAI score
DragonflyDB57 / 100medium · 67%
Memcached40 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tier
DragonflyDB✓
Memcached✓
Model
DragonflyDBfreemium
Memcachedopen_source
Price level
DragonflyDBlow
Memcachedfree
Transparent
DragonflyDB✗
Memcached✓
Integrations
Count
DragonflyDB5
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
Memcached347
Github stars
DragonflyDB31,781
Memcached14,294
Activity
Commits last 30d
DragonflyDB100
Memcached0
Release
Cadence days
DragonflyDB21
Memcached–
History
DragonflyDB20 items
Memcached–
License
Spdx
DragonflyDB–
MemcachedBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
DragonflyDBC++
MemcachedC
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
DragonflyDB6 items
Memcached5 items

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

Leader

A Redis-compatible in-memory database that uses multi-threaded processing to achieve significantly higher performance and lower operating costs compared to traditional alternatives, supporting pub/sub, streams, and advanced data structures.

Independently observed

Memcached

Infrastructure software that enables companies to build high-performance applications by storing frequently accessed data in memory to reduce database load and latency.

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

Leader
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
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

Leader
10 total
  • GCP Marketplace
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Feast
  • Airbyte
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS Marketplace
  • S3
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
Independently observed

Memcached

Not documented yet.

Still deciding?

DragonflyDB or Memcached: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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