Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon ElastiCache is a managed caching service from Amazon Web Services. It runs in-memory data stores compatible with Valkey, Memcached and Redis OSS, so applications can read frequently used data with very low delay.

What Amazon ElastiCache offers

• Serverless option — no infrastructure to manage, with scaling and maintenance handled without downtime.
• Low latency at scale — microsecond response times at hundreds of millions of operations per second.
• Security — encryption at rest and in transit, AWS IAM access control and network isolation through Amazon VPC.
• Resilience — optional durability, multi-Region support and up to 99.99% availability.
• Global Datastore — local reads through cross-Region replication.
• AI caching — semantic and prompt caching to cut cost and latency for language model workloads.

Who it works with

Developers building caching, session stores, leaderboards, geospatial and real-time analytics uses, including teams moving existing open-source caches to a managed service.

Key facts

• Provider: Amazon Web Services
• Compatibility: Valkey, Memcached and Redis OSS