Varnish

Stockholm, Sweden

Varnish Cache is an open-source HTTP accelerator and reverse caching proxy that caches content from web servers to reduce load times, and supports native TLS termination and Kubernetes deployments.

It uses the VCL configuration language compiled to native C code, serves cached responses in three system calls, provides official container images and a Helm chart for Kubernetes, outputs structured JSON logs, and supports VMOD extension modules.

According to our data, Varnish is the 4th most popular caching solution on the web.
It has 4.5% of the caching market share and is detected on 1.8% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Varnish is available in both free and paid versions.

Free version ✔️ Open source
Varnish Enterprise Custom

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Varnish Awards

⚡ Sites Using Varnish

We have data on 70,395 websites that use the Varnish caching solution. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Varnish is vimeo.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 vimeo.com #23 United States English
2 twitch.tv #42 United States English
3 linktr.ee #44 Australia English
4 paypal.com #45 United States American English
5 instructure.com #52 United States English
6 bbc.co.uk #53 United Kingdom British English
7 theguardian.com #55 English
8 theverge.com #56 American English
9 bbc.com #65 United Kingdom British English
10 cnn.com #67 United States English
11 forbes.com #68 United States English
12 scribd.com #70 United States American English
13 gov.uk #76 United Kingdom English
14 slideshare.net #82 United States English
15 nature.com #86 English
16 etsy.com #93 United States English
17 issuu.com #111 English
18 businessinsider.com #114 Germany American English
19 behance.net #139 United States American English
20 independent.co.uk #142 United Kingdom English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Varnish:

Most of the sites using Varnish are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.

  • United States 27.9%
  • United Kingdom 6.9%
  • France 6.7%
  • Germany 6.2%
  • Denmark 5.4%
  • Netherlands 4.8%
  • Sweden 4.6%
  • Norway 3.9%
  • Belgium 3.3%
  • Other 30.3%

Most Varnish users speak English, French, or German.

  • English 65.3%
  • French 5.5%
  • German 4.5%
  • Dutch 3.7%
  • Spanish 2.4%
  • Swedish 2.4%
  • Japanese 2.3%
  • Italian 2.2%
  • Danish 2.1%
  • Other 9.6%

The Varnish caching solution is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 41.4%
  • .org 11.7%
  • .de 3.3%
  • .net 3%
  • .nl 2.6%
  • .dk 2.4%
  • .no 2.4%
  • .fr 2.2%
  • .be 2%
  • Other 29%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Varnish include business, education and reference, and general news.

  • Business 13.7%
  • Education/Reference 9.4%
  • General News 6.1%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 6.1%
  • Online Shopping 5.7%
  • Entertainment 5.4%
  • Blogs/Wiki 5.4%
  • Sports 4%
  • Travel 3.7%
  • Other 40.5%

🔢 Varnish Versions

The most popular version of Varnish is 6.0, used by 24.6% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 19.9% of sites use Varnish 7.1, and 12.3% use Varnish 6.3.

  • 6.0 24.6%
  • 7.1 19.9%
  • 6.3 12.3%
  • 6.6 11.4%
  • 6.2 9.9%
  • 6.5 6.2%
  • 5.2 5.3%
  • 6.1 3.5%
  • 7.0 2.3%
  • Other 4.6%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Varnish alternatives.

RankName
1
Nginx
Seattle, Washington, United States

A lightweight, high-performance open-source HTTP server and reverse proxy designed for handling large volumes of concurrent connections with low memory usage.

FreeOpen source$3,500+/year
6
Envoy
San Francisco, California, United States

A high-performance, open-source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications and large microservice "service mesh" architectures.

FreeOpen source
13
Apache Traffic Server
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

An open-source high-performance HTTP caching proxy server that serves cached content at the network edge to reduce origin load and improve response times.

FreeOpen source
14
HAProxy
Newton, Massachusetts, United States

An open-source load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

FreeOpen source$$$
20
Squid
Westminster, Colorado, United States

An open-source caching proxy server that is most commonly used as a forward proxy to cache outbound internet requests, reduce bandwidth, and improve access times.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Varnish from?

Varnish is from Stockholm, Sweden.

Does Varnish offer a free plan?

Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.

Which country uses Varnish the most?

The majority of Varnish users are from the United States.

Who uses Varnish?

According to our data, Varnish is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as vimeo.com, twitch.tv, and linktr.ee.

Is Varnish used on government websites?

In total, we found Varnish on 178 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Varnish?

Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 602 academic websites in the United States that use Varnish.

How does Varnish stack up against the competition?

Varnish is one of the most popular caching solutions, second only to Nginx, WP Rocket, and LiteSpeed Cache.

What are the alternatives to Varnish?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Varnish may include Apache Traffic Server, Squid, and Nginx.

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