Managed Cache: Bahriya vs AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure
Side-by-side monthly cost and deployment comparison for a 4 GB managed cache cluster. Bahriya Memcached vs AWS ElastiCache, Google Cloud Memorystore, and Azure Cache for Redis.
Prices are approximate monthly costs for a 4 GB cache cluster running 24/7 (730 hours). All providers use their respective standard regions. Bahriya uses Memcached; hyperscalers use their closest equivalent managed cache. Prices sourced from public pricing pages as of April 2026 and may vary.
Bahriya Memcached
Standard region
Cache memory (4 GB)
$10.00/GB/month (standard region)
Clustering / replication
Built-in, no extra charge
Data transfer (intra-cluster)
Included
VPC / networking
Included
Monitoring
Included
Time to deploy: ~2 minutes
Single API call or console form. Cluster provisioned automatically with health checks and topology spread.
AWS ElastiCache
us-east-1 (Memcached)
Node (cache.m7g.large, 6.38 GB)
$0.123/hour × 730h (closest ≥4 GB node)
Data transfer (cross-AZ)
Free within same AZ; $0.01/GB cross-AZ
VPC / networking
Requires existing VPC and subnets
CloudWatch metrics
Basic metrics included
Time to deploy: 10–20 minutes
Requires VPC, subnet group, security groups, parameter group, and ElastiCache cluster resource. No built-in auto-TLS.
Google Cloud Memorystore
us-central1 (Memcached)
Cache memory (4 GB)
$0.019/GB-hour × 4 GB × 730h
vCPU (1 node)
$0.035/vCPU-hour × 730h
Data transfer
Free within same region
VPC / networking
Requires VPC and private services access
Time to deploy: 5–15 minutes
Requires VPC, private services access, Memcached instance configuration. Node count and CPU configured separately from memory.
Azure Cache for Redis
East US (Basic C2)
Cache instance (C2, 2.5 GB)
$0.112/hour × 730h (closest tier; no Memcached option)
Data transfer (outbound)
First 5 GB free; overage at $0.087/GB
VPC / Private Link
~$0.01/hour for Private Endpoint
Monitoring (Azure Monitor)
Basic metrics included
Time to deploy: 10–25 minutes
Redis-based only (no managed Memcached). Requires resource group, VNET, cache resource, and optional Private Link for secure access.
Key differences
- Simple, per-GB pricing with no hidden components. Bahriya charges $10/GB/month (standard) or $15/GB/month (premium region). There are no separate charges for vCPUs, networking, node types, or monitoring. Hyperscaler pricing requires selecting node types, understanding CPU-to-memory ratios, and accounting for cross-AZ transfer fees.
- No node-type sizing puzzles. AWS ElastiCache and Google Cloud Memorystore require choosing from dozens of node types with fixed CPU-to-memory ratios. A 4 GB requirement on AWS forces you into a 6.38 GB node (cache.m7g.large), paying for 60% more memory than needed. Bahriya provisions exactly the memory you request.
- Azure has no managed Memcached. Azure only offers Redis-based caching (Azure Cache for Redis). If your workload is Memcached-native, Azure requires self-managing Memcached on VMs or switching protocols. Bahriya runs native Memcached with no protocol translation.
- Deployment in minutes, not hours. Provisioning a cache on Bahriya takes a single API call or console form. Hyperscaler equivalents require VPC configuration, subnet groups, security groups, parameter groups, and IAM roles before you can create the cache resource itself.
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