Amazon ElastiCache vs Google Cloud Memorystore
Amazon ElastiCache
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| Figure | Amazon ElastiCache | Google Cloud Memorystore |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.09/mo | $0.05/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 4 |
| Spec score · NoSQL Databases | 9.4 (#1) | 7.8 (#19) |
| Spec score · Caching Software | 9.4 (#1) | 8.0 (#8) |
| Compliance | AWS lists ElastiCache as supporting SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO, MTCS, C5, PCI, HIPAA, and FedRAMP programs. | Google Cloud says it undergoes independent verification of security, privacy, and compliance controls and publishes compliance resources and reports. |
| Monitoring | Amazon CloudWatch metrics provide more than 40 operational metrics for ElastiCache resources at no additional charge. | Instances can be monitored and given custom alerts with Cloud Monitoring; the page also lists OpenCensus integration for client-side metrics. |
| Scaling | ElastiCache Serverless monitors compute, memory, and network use and scales vertically and horizontally as demand changes. | Memorystore for Valkey and Redis Cluster support zero-downtime scaling for up to 250 nodes and terabytes of keyspace. |
| Security | ElastiCache supports encryption in transit and at rest, IAM authentication, Valkey or Redis OSS AUTH, and role-based access control. | The service lists VPC and private IP network isolation, IAM integration, encryption in transit, and Redis or Valkey AUTH; Valkey and Redis Cluster also list IAM authentication, ACLs, and customer-managed SSL certificates. |
Plans
Amazon ElastiCache
- AWS Free TierFree
- Backup storage$0.09 a month
- ElastiCache Serverless$6 a month
- ElastiCache Serverless$6 a month
- Database Savings PlansPrice not published
- On-demand nodesPrice not published
Google Cloud Memorystore
- Memorystore for Redis$0.05 a month
- Memorystore for Redis Cluster$0.19 a month
- Memorystore for Valkey$0.19 a month
- Memorystore for MemcachedPrice not published
In their own words
Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon ElastiCache is a managed caching service compatible with Valkey, Memcached, and Redis OSS, with performance described as microsecond latency. Customers can deploy a serverless cache or a node-based cluster. ElastiCache Serverless monitors compute, memory, and network use and scales vertically and horizontally as demand changes. It replicates data across multiple Availability Zones and offers a 99.99% availability SLA for each cache. Listed uses include application and semantic caching, data and session stores, and leaderboards. It can act as a front-end cache for Amazon RDS, Aurora, DocumentDB, and DynamoDB, and improve performance with EC2 and EMR. Security options include encryption in transit and at rest, IAM authentication, Valkey or Redis OSS AUTH, and role-based access control. CloudWatch provides more than 40 operational metrics at no additional charge. Valkey serverless pricing starts at $6 a month, billed according to stored data in GB-hours and requests measured in ECPUs. Data tiering is unavailable with ElastiCache Serverless.
Google Cloud Memorystore
Google Cloud Memorystore has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.