In-memory caching service

Why Amazon ElastiCache?

Amazon ElastiCache is a serverless, fully managed cache delivering real-time, cost-optimized performance for data-driven applications with full Valkey-, Memcached-, and Redis OSS-compatibility. ElastiCache Serverless means zero infrastructure management, zero downtime maintenance, and instant scaling to match any application demand. It speeds up databases, data lakes, analytics, generative AI, and application performance, scaling to millions of operations per second with microsecond latency. ElastiCache provides additional cost savings with cost optimization features such as data tiering. For multi-Region applications, ElastiCache Global Datastore offers local reads through fully managed, cross-Region replication. ElastiCache provides leading security (Amazon VPC, AWS IAM), and compliance standards (HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP authorized, and PCI DSS).

Use cases

Lower total cost of ownership by easing backend database load

Cache your data and offload database I/O to reduce operational burden, lower costs, and improve database and application performance.

Real-time application data caching

Store frequently used data in memory for microsecond response times and high throughput to support hundreds of millions of operations per second.

Real-time session stores

Store ephemeral session data to quickly personalize gaming, e-commerce, social media, and online applications with microsecond response times.

Real-time leaderboards

Simplify application development with ElastiCache built-in data structures.