🆚 Apache Traffic Server vs. Squid

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Caching solution
Caching solution

About

Apache Traffic Server is a fast, scalable, and extensible web proxy cache that improves performance by caching frequently accessed information at the edge of the network.

Squid is a caching proxy for the web that supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Westminster, Colorado, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Caching › Rank #19
Caching › Rank #26
Load Balancers › Rank #12
Load Balancers › Rank #17

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apache Traffic Server caching solution is 5 times more popular than Squid.
Total websites

Market share

Caching
Load Balancers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Apache Traffic Server is more popular in the Czech Republic, the United States, and Slovakia, while Squid is more popular in Japan, Germany, and France.
Czech Republic
United States
Japan
Germany
Slovakia
United Kingdom
Italy
China
France
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apache Traffic Server is more popular among sites focused on business, entertainment, and marketing and merchandising, while Squid is more commonly used on forum, bulletin boards and general news sites.
Business
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Portal Sites
Online Shopping
Public Information
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#495
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Name
Rank
p-world.co.jp
#2,842
#7,402
#12,243
#18,359
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See also

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