Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Memcached
The 20 closest in-memory caching software alternatives to Memcached, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 2 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Memcached? The closest matches are Redis, nginx and sqlite.org. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 7 ms
01 · Entity
About Memcached
Memcached memcached.org
memcached - a distributed memory object caching system
memcached
Wikidata: software that caches strings in computer memory, often used for web sites
Summary by Claude
Project site for Memcached, a free open-source distributed in-memory key-value caching system used to speed up dynamic web applications by reducing database load. Offers downloads, documentation, and community support links.
- Who it’s for
- Software developers and system administrators
- Business model
- Open source; sponsorship and commercial support via Cache Forge
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Memcached’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Memcached
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Memcached, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Redis - Real-time data for agents & apps
Developers love Redis. Unlock the full potential of the Redis database with Redis Enterprise and start building blazing fast apps.
Very close cos 0.899 - 02
nginx
open source web server and a reverse proxy server
Close cos 0.892 - 03 Close cos 0.884
- 04
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Close cos 0.886 - 05
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Close cos 0.884 - 06
MySQL
Open-source relational database management system
Close cos 0.882 - 07
lichess.org • Free Online Chess
Free online chess server. Play chess in a clean interface. No registration, no ads, no plugin required. Play chess with the computer, friends or random opponents.
Close cos 0.882 - 08 Close cos 0.879
- 09
Moodle challenge
e-learning platform
Close cos 0.881 - 10
OSF
tools that make open science practice easier
Close cos 0.881 - 11
Git
distributed version control system
Close cos 0.877 - 12
The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
Close cos 0.876 - 13
Codeberg.org
Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.
Close cos 0.877 - 14
Compare B2B Software, Download, & Develop Open Source & Business Software - SourceForge
SourceForge is the complete software discovery platform. SourceForge is the largest B2B software review and comparison site in the world, and features the largest business software directory, as well as free & fast open source software downloads and development.
Close cos 0.876 - 15
Geocaching
There are millions of geocaches hidden around the world—there are probably some near you right now. Get the free Official Geocaching app and start finding them.
- Apple Business
- Google Search Console
- Google Tag Manager
- Google Workspace
- Mailchimp
- Mailchimp Transactional
Close cos 0.874 - 16
OpenLDAP, Main Page
The Open Source for LDAP software and information. Home of OpenLDAP.
Close cos 0.871 - 17
Joomla Content Management System (CMS) - try it! It's free!
Joomla! is the mobile-ready and user-friendly way to build your website. Choose from thousands of features and designs. Joomla! is free and open source.
Close cos 0.874 - 18
corporation that owns a network of gaming-related websites
Close cos 0.872 - 19
RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions
RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Close cos 0.873 - 20
openSUSE - Free Linux operating systems for desktops, servers and containers
openSUSE makes open source Linux operating systems, available for free in several flavors.
Close cos 0.872
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to memcached.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Memcached uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Memcached is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx/1.10.3
- Email hosting
- Fastmail MX in1-smtp.messagingengine.com
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Memcached adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on memcached.org 14/20
- Cloudflare · not on memcached.org 8/20
- Google Workspace · not on memcached.org 8/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on memcached.org 6/20
- Mailchimp · not on memcached.org 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on memcached.org 3/20
- nginx 3/20
- Amazon SES · not on memcached.org 3/20
- Mailchimp Transactional · not on memcached.org 3/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on memcached.org 2/20
- Fastly · not on memcached.org 2/20
- GlobalSign · not on memcached.org 2/20
- Mailgun · not on memcached.org 2/20
- Font Awesome · not on memcached.org 2/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on memcached.org 2/20
- Google Analytics · not on memcached.org 2/20