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Amazon ElastiCache

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is Amazon ElastiCache?

Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed, in-memory caching service supporting flexible, real-time use cases. You can use ElastiCache for caching, which accelerates application and database performance, or as a primary data store for use cases that don't require durability like session stores, gaming leaderboards, streaming, and analytics. ElastiCache is compatible with Redis and Memcached.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon ElastiCache won the following awards in the Data Replication category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Conflict Resolution

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

Amazon ElastiCache Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon ElastiCache?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Source Updates

Continuous Data Protection

Verification and Audits

Encryption

Anomaly Detection

Integration with Cloud Storage

Management Console

Transformation

Merge Replication Support

Integration With Storage Arrays

Data Customization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Amazon ElastiCache Reviews

Nandakumar G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Nov 2023

A fast, cloud-native, in-memory cache.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon ElastiCache from other similar products?

Amazon ElastiCache sets itself apart with seamless AWS integration and fully managed, scalable, and versatile in-memory caching options.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

* compatible with redis and memcached engine * As it already supports Redis and Memcached engines, transitioning from self-managed Redis/Memcached to Amazon ElastiCache doesn't require extensive code refactoring. We can seamlessly maintain connectivity using popular open-source clients.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While ElastiCache may be slightly pricier than alternative managed caching services, opting for EC becomes justified when your entire infrastructure is within the AWS environment.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Consider Amazon ElastiCache for seamless AWS integration and efficient managed caching, especially if your infrastructure is predominantly hosted on AWS. Evaluate the pricing against your specific needs and benefit from its compatibility with popular caching engines like Redis and Memcached.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Inspires Innovation
Fair
Security Protects

Saravanan M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

"Easy usage Easy to implement Good Features"

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon ElastiCache from other similar products?

Caching and fast storage

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data caching

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost is somewhat high

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Good data caching element

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Somil A.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

It's a great product to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon ElastiCache from other similar products?

Integration with AWS Ecosystem: Amazon ElastiCache is tightly integrated with the AWS ecosystem. Fully Managed Service: ElastiCache is a fully managed service, which means AWS takes care of tasks such as hardware provisioning, software patching, monitoring, and backups

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy Deployment and Configuration: Setting up and configuring ElastiCache is straightforward, with AWS providing a user-friendly console and a set of APIs for automation and programmable management.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited Engine Support: While ElastiCache supports two popular caching engines, Redis and Memcached, it may not meet the requirements of applications that rely on other caching solutions or custom caching mechanisms. The costing can be a little pricey

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This product is Easy to configure and the integration with AWS is amazing so if you are alreay working with AWS this is a great product, but it can get a little pricy

Pros

Reliable
Caring
Saves Time
Respectful

Cons

Leverages Incumbent Status
Inhibits Innovation
Less Performance Enhancing

Amazon ElastiCache

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Amazon ElastiCache Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon ElastiCache?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Source Updates Supports 2-way replication between sources and targets.

Continuous Data Protection Changed data is replicated continuously and maintained in a journal, allowing an application to be consistently restored and audited.

Verification and Audits Compare test, verify and reconcile replication results for accuracy and in support of auditing.

Encryption Protects data in-transit from the sources and also to the target environment.

Anomaly Detection The ability to identify and classify anomalous patterns in data as it is moved to the database.

Integration with Cloud Storage Supports cloud storage vendors like Amazon, Azure, Google, Snowflake, Oracle as targets for replication.

Management Console Visual tools that provides information and management of/on the replication performance, status and errors.

Transformation Built in functions allow easy data transformation from source to destination.

Merge Replication Support Synchronize bi-directionally between multiple targets and multiple sources.

Integration With Storage Arrays Supports on-premises storage vendors like SQL Server, DB2, HP, Vertica, Teradata, EMC as targets for replication.

Data Customization Provides full control over what types of data and sources are being backed up.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Amazon ElastiCache Reviews

Nandakumar G.

A fast, cloud-native, in-memory cache.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Saravanan M.

"Easy usage Easy to implement Good Features"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Somil A.

It's a great product to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Source Updates

Continuous Data Protection

Verification and Audits

Encryption

Anomaly Detection

Integration with Cloud Storage

Management Console

Transformation

Merge Replication Support

Integration With Storage Arrays

Data Customization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features