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Ehcache vs Redis To Go: What are the differences?
What is Ehcache? Java's Most Widely-Used Cache. Ehcache is an open source, standards-based cache for boosting performance, offloading your database, and simplifying scalability. It's the most widely-used Java-based cache because it's robust, proven, and full-featured. Ehcache scales from in-process, with one or more nodes, all the way to mixed in-process/out-of-process configurations with terabyte-sized caches.
What is 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.
Ehcache and Redis To Go are primarily classified as "Cache" and "Redis Hosting" tools respectively.
Ehcache is an open source tool with 1.33K GitHub stars and 456 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Ehcache's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Redis To Go has a broader approval, being mentioned in 9 company stacks & 4 developers stacks; compared to Ehcache, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 8 developer stacks.
Pros of Ehcache
- Way Faster than Redis and Elasticache Redis1
- Easy setup1
- Simpler to run in testing environment1
- Container doesn't have to be running for local tests1
Pros of Redis To Go
- Heroku Add-on5
- Pub-Sub3
- Always up3
- Easy setup3
- Affordable3
- Perfect full sync1