🆚 Squid vs. Varnish
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Varnish is much more popular than Squid.
- 🌍 Varnish is more popular in all countries.
- ⭐ Squid is particularly popular in Japan.
Type
Caching solution
Caching solution
About
Squid is a caching proxy for the web that supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.
Varnish Cache is an open-source web application accelerator, also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy.
Headquarters
Westminster, Colorado, United States
Stockholm, Sweden
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️Open source
Varnish Pro$1,500+/year
Varnish EnterpriseCustom
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Varnish caching solution is 216 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.
Varnish is more popular than Squid in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Netherlands
Norway
Italy
Belgium
Awards
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Japan in the Load Balancers category.
- 🔥 13rd most popular in Japan in the Caching category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in Germany in the Load Balancers category.
- 🔥 17th most popular in the United States in the Load Balancers category.
- 🔥 20th most popular in Germany in the Caching category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Load Balancers category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Denmark in the Load Balancers category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Varnish is more popular than Squid in all market segments.
Business
Education/Reference
General News
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Sports
Internet Services
Travel
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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