Azure Managed Redis vs cache2k
Azure Managed Redis
azure.microsoft.comcache2k
cache2k.orgSide by side
| Figure | Azure Managed Redis | cache2k |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Caching Software | 7.3 (#15) | 8.1 (#6) |
| Resilience | High availability distributes primary and replica shards across at least two nodes, and nodes are distributed across availability zones by default in supported regions. | Cache loaders support exception handling, including configurable exception suppression and retries. |
Plans
Azure Managed Redis
- One Year Reserved (High Availability)Price not published
- PAYG One Node (Non-High Availability)Price not published
- PAYG Two Node (High Availability)Price not published
- Three Year Reserved (High Availability)Price not published
In their own words
Azure Managed Redis
Azure Managed Redis has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
cache2k
cache2k is an Apache-licensed, open-source library that keeps Java application objects in memory. Its project describes a JAR smaller than 400 KB with no external dependencies, and the implementation is written in pure Java without sun.misc.Unsafe. Cache behavior includes automatic expiry, refresh, refresh ahead, read-through loading, and event listeners. Cache loaders can suppress exceptions or retry them according to configuration. Integrations listed include Spring Framework, Scala Cache, DataNucleus through JCache, and Hibernate through JCache. cache2k supports JCache / JSR 107, while its guide notes extra overhead for that API compared with the native interface. Monitoring options include low-overhead statistics, JMX, and documented Micrometer metrics. Version 2 requires Java 8 or later and is described as compatible with Android API level 26. The library is free, available from Maven Central, self-hosted, and does not persist data.