Amazon ElastiCache vs Redis To Go: What are the differences?

Amazon ElastiCache: Deploy, operate, and scale an in-memory cache in the cloud. ElastiCache improves the performance of web applications by allowing you to retrieve information from fast, managed, in-memory caches, instead of relying entirely on slower disk-based databases. ElastiCache supports Memcached and Redis; Redis To Go: Simple Redis hosting. Redis To Go was created to make the managing Redis instances easier, whether it is just one instance or serveral. Deploying a new instance of Redis is dead simple, whether for production or development.

Amazon ElastiCache belongs to "Managed Memcache" category of the tech stack, while Redis To Go can be primarily classified under "Redis Hosting".

"Redis" is the primary reason why developers consider Amazon ElastiCache over the competitors, whereas "Heroku Add-on" was stated as the key factor in picking Redis To Go.

Airbnb, Asana, and Intuit are some of the popular companies that use Amazon ElastiCache, whereas Redis To Go is used by Glu IO, Ahkio, and Blloon. Amazon ElastiCache has a broader approval, being mentioned in 342 company stacks & 79 developers stacks; compared to Redis To Go, which is listed in 9 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.