G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon ElastiCache vs. Heroku Redis

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon ElastiCache

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Heroku Redis

by Heroku

Overall rating4.54.3
Review count8811
Ease of use9.19.2
Ease of setup8.98.6
Quality of support8.89.0
Meets requirements9.39.4
NPS70.23809545.454545
Small Business34.1%81.8%
Mid-Market33.0%18.2%
Enterprise33.0%0.0%
Total page views23425
Total LLM citations70041

Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed service that makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale an in-memory data store and cache in the cloud. Often working in conjunction with other AWS database and storage services, ElastiCache ensures modern applications meet real-time requirements for high data throughput and sub-milli second response times, while serving millions of simultaneous requests. Amazon ElastiCache supports two open-source in-memory engines: o Redis - a fast, open source, in-memory data store and cache.

Pros

  • Speed
  • Cost Efficiency
  • Low Latency
  • Customer Support
  • Performance Efficiency
  • Performance

Heroku Redis

Heroku Redis is a fully managed, in-memory key-value data store service that enhances application performance by providing sub-millisecond response times and the ability to handle millions of operations per second. Designed for developers, it offers seamless integration with Heroku's platform, allowing for efficient caching, session management, and real-time analytics without the complexities of manual database management.

Pros