Comparison

Hazelcast vs Memcached

On the evidence we track, Hazelcast leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Hazelcast61
Memcached40
Score
vioscaleAI score
Hazelcast61 / 100medium · 56%
Memcached40 / 100low · 36%
Pricing
Free tier
Hazelcast–
Memcached✓
Model
Hazelcastcommercial
Memcachedopen_source
Price level
Hazelcastunknown
Memcachedfree
Transparent
Hazelcast✗
Memcached✓
Integrations
Count
Hazelcast6
Memcached–
Reliability
Status page
Hazelcast✓
Memcached–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Hazelcast10,433
Memcached347
Github stars
Hazelcast6,620
Memcached14,294
Package downloads weekly
Hazelcast3,112
Memcached–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Hazelcast80
Memcached0
Release
Cadence days
Hazelcast15
Memcached–
History
Hazelcast20 items
Memcached–
License
Spdx
HazelcastApache-2.0
MemcachedBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
HazelcastJava
MemcachedC
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Hazelcast5 items
Memcached5 items

Capabilities

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

Storage
Storage tier
HazelcastIn-memory
MemcachedIn-memory
Persistence
HazelcastFully durable
MemcachedNone (pure cache)
Data structures
HazelcastKV-only
MemcachedKV-only
Protocol
Wire protocol
HazelcastCustom
MemcachedMemcached
Distribution
Clustering
HazelcastReplicated
MemcachedSharded
Consistency
HazelcastStrong
MemcachedStrong
Ops
Eviction / TTL policies
Hazelcast✓
Memcached✓
Multi-threaded
Hazelcast-
Memcached✓
Pub/Sub / streams
Hazelcast✓
Memcached✗
Transactions / atomic ops
Hazelcast-
MemcachedNone
Deployment
Deployment
HazelcastSelf-hosted
MemcachedSelf-hosted
Licensing
Licence class
Hazelcast-
MemcachedPermissive OSS
Compatibility
Redis API compatibility
Hazelcast-
MemcachedNone

What each one is

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

Hazelcast

Leader

A distributed, in-memory computing platform that combines caching, stream processing, and data integration to enable real-time applications with low-latency data access and instant decision-making.

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.

Hazelcast

Leader
Quote-based
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
Hazelcast✗
Memcached✓
Linux
Hazelcast✓
Memcached✓
CLI
Hazelcast✓
Memcached✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Hazelcast✓
Memcached✗
Self-hosted
Hazelcast✓
Memcached✓
Hybrid
Hazelcast✓
Memcached✗

Integrations

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

Hazelcast

Leader
10 total
  • Spring Integration
  • MongoDB
  • Kafka
  • Hadoop
  • S3
  • RDBMS
  • JMS
  • Oracle Database
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • JDBC
Independently observed

Memcached

Not documented yet.

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