🆚 Memcached vs. MySQL

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 MySQL is much more popular than Memcached.
🌍 MySQL is more popular in all countries.

Memcached

MySQL

Type

Database technology

About

Memcached is an open-source event-based key-value store that keeps data in memory to deliver very low latency access and high throughput.

It can handle over 200,000 operations per second on fast hardware, uses multi-threading to leverage multiple CPU cores, and applies Least Recently Used cache eviction policy when it runs out of memory.

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system currently owned by Oracle.

It supports ACID transactions via the InnoDB storage engine, provides support for stored procedures, triggers, views, high availability through replication and clustering, and can scale to tables with billions of rows.

Headquarters

Austin, Texas, United States

Website

memcached.org #897,673

mysql.com #1,650

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Free version ✔️Community Edition, open source

Commercial LicenseStandard Edition$2,140+/year
Enterprise Edition$5,350+/year
Cluster Carrier Grade Edition$10,700+/year

* The open source version of MySQL can be used for commercial purposes.
A commercial license is required for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), and VARs (Value Added Resellers) who distribute MySQL with commercially licensed software.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

MySQL database technology is 16 times more popular than Memcached.

Total websites

Market share

Databases

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

MySQL is more popular than Memcached in all countries.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

France

Spain

Italy

Australia

Netherlands

Canada

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in Canada in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in New Zealand in the Databases category.
🥈 Second most popular in Mexico in the Databases category.

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Databases category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Databases category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Databases category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Databases category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Databases category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

MySQL is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while Memcached is more commonly used on fashion and beauty sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Entertainment

Travel

Health

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO