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Amazon ElastiCache

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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What is Amazon ElastiCache?

Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed, in-memory caching service supporting flexible, real-time use cases. You can use ElastiCache for caching, which accelerates application and database performance, or as a primary data store for use cases that don't require durability like session stores, gaming leaderboards, streaming, and analytics. ElastiCache is compatible with Redis and Memcached.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon ElastiCache won the following awards in the Data Replication category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

Amazon ElastiCache Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon ElastiCache?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Verification and Audits

Encryption

Integration with Cloud Storage

Management Console

Continuous Data Protection

Replication with Cloud

Scheduling

Integration With Storage Arrays

Data Customization

Real Time Migration

On-Prem Sources

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Amazon ElastiCache Reviews

akshaj m.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Amazing Amazon product, UI can be better

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon ElastiCache from other similar products?

Elasticache has seamless integration with amazon services and helps me carry out tasks efficiently

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

the scalable memory storage functionality. caching before required me to run complex scripts to run on servers, now it’s very scalable and makes it much easier than before

What do you dislike most about this product?

the UI is sometimes too complex with way too many options and sub options to choose from. cleaning it up would only help

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Anyone who has even minimal experience in amazon services, I would highly recommend. Anyone looking for dynamic solutions, this is THE product to go for.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Vinay K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Shipping
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Fantastic product but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Scalability and Integration with other AWS services

What do you dislike most about this product?

This could have been bit less expensive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Understand Your Use Case: Determine your specific caching requirements. Whether you need Redis or Memcached, understand the data size, access patterns, and the type of data you'll be storing in the cache. This understanding will help you choose the appropriate ElastiCache engine and configuration.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Yash W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Amazon never disappoints in providing amazing tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon ElastiCache from other similar products?

Scalable, reliable and secure

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is easily integrated and not much work to setup

What do you dislike most about this product?

It could have more features and documentation

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Yes I would highly recommend

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Less Friendly Negotiation

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Amazon ElastiCache Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon ElastiCache?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Verification and Audits Compare test, verify and reconcile replication results for accuracy and in support of auditing.

Encryption Protects data in-transit from the sources and also to the target environment.

Integration with Cloud Storage Supports cloud storage vendors like Amazon, Azure, Google, Snowflake, Oracle as targets for replication.

Management Console Visual tools that provides information and management of/on the replication performance, status and errors.

Continuous Data Protection Changed data is replicated continuously and maintained in a journal, allowing an application to be consistently restored and audited.

Replication with Cloud Ability to source data from cloud-based applications and data sources.

Scheduling Has the ability to schedule replication at desired times if not real-time.

Integration With Storage Arrays Supports on-premises storage vendors like SQL Server, DB2, HP, Vertica, Teradata, EMC as targets for replication.

Data Customization Provides full control over what types of data and sources are being backed up.

Real Time Migration The solution can move data to databases in real time, which allows for continual updates of the data. (e.g. Change Data Capture)

On-Prem Sources Ability to source data from on-prem applications and data sources.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Amazon ElastiCache Reviews

akshaj m.

Amazing Amazon product, UI can be better

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vinay K.

Fantastic product but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Yash W.

Amazon never disappoints in providing amazing tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Integration with Cloud Storage

Management Console

Continuous Data Protection

Replication with Cloud

Scheduling

Integration With Storage Arrays

Data Customization

Real Time Migration

On-Prem Sources

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Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

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