Memcached
Free & open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching system
- Also known as
- memcached
What is Memcached?
An in-memory key-value store for caching small chunks of arbitrary data from database calls, API calls, or page rendering, designed to speed up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.
Memcached pricing
We don't have Memcached's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Memcached does
The capabilities that matter for key-value stores, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Storage tier
- In-memory
- Persistence
- None (pure cache)
- Data structures
- KV-only
- Wire protocol
- Memcached
- Clustering
- Sharded
- Consistency
- -
- Eviction / TTL policies
- -
- Multi-threaded
- -
- Pub/Sub / streams
- -
- Transactions / atomic ops
- -
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Licence class
- Source-available
- Redis API compatibility
- None
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Self-hosted
Memcached alternatives
Other key-value stores we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- RedisServe your agents fresh data at Redis speedlow · 39%
- RocksDBA persistent key-value store for fast storage environmentslow · 17%
- DragonflyDBAn In-Memory Data Store without Limitslow · 36%
- UpstashServerless Data Platform for Redis, Vector, QStash, Workflow, Boxmedium · 63%
- RedisServe your agents fresh data at Redis speedmedium · 55%
- Amazon ElastiCacheValkey-, Memcached-, and Redis OSS-Compatible Cachelow · 8%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Memcached, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Activity | 53 | 20.00 | 1058.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 80 | 8.00 | 640.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 6.00 | 600.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 78 | 7.00 | 548.5 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 17.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 6.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 20.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 47 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 14,242 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"clustering":"sharded","deployment":"self_hosted","persistence":"none","storage_tier":"in_memory","licence_class":"source_available","wire_protocol":"memcached","data_structures":"kv_only","redis_api_compat":"none"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | C | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | BSD-3-Clause | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95% |