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# Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) vs Amazon ElastiCache Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**[

4.2/5(18)

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-dynamodb-accelerator-dax/reviews#reviews)

**Amazon ElastiCache** [

4.5/5(88)

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elasticache/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
No pricing available

**Amazon ElastiCache**
Free Trial

No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
Not enough reviews yet

**Amazon ElastiCache**
2 months

Based on 7 responses

Return on Investment

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
Not enough reviews yet

**Amazon ElastiCache**
11 months

Based on 6 responses

Perceived Cost

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
$$$$$

**Amazon ElastiCache**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
Not enough reviews yet

**Amazon ElastiCache**
7%

Pros & Cons

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
Not enough data

**Amazon ElastiCache**
[
Cost Efficiency (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elasticache/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2292596&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Customer Support (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elasticache/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2292600&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Cost Issues (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elasticache/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2292620&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Downtime Issues (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elasticache/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2459997&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
Not enough data

**Amazon ElastiCache**
[

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Amazon EC2

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews)[

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Amazon Elastic Container...

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews)[

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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes...

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks/reviews)[

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Amazon Relational Database...

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-relational-database-service-rds/reviews)[
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Screenshots

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
No screenshot available

**Amazon ElastiCache**
 ![Amazon ElastiCache screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/92018/product-page-diagram-ElastiCache-how-it-works.ec509f8b878f549b7fb8a49669bf2547878303f6.png)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**

9.5

9.513

**Amazon ElastiCache**

9.2

9.265

Ease of Use

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**

8.8

8.813

**Amazon ElastiCache**

8.9

8.965

Ease of Setup

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**

9.3

9.35

**Amazon ElastiCache**

8.7

8.737

Ease of Admin

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**

8.3

8.35

**Amazon ElastiCache**

8.7

8.736

Quality of Support

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**

8.5

8.511

**Amazon ElastiCache**

8.6

8.660

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**
Not enough data

**Amazon ElastiCache**

8.7

8.736

Product Direction (% positive)

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)**

6.5

6.510

**Amazon ElastiCache**

9.6

9.654

Features

Data Replication[Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

9.1

12

Management

Real-Time Analytics

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

7

Solution Integration

Not enough data

9.4(won by default)

8

Infrastructure Compatibility

Not enough data

9.1(won by default)

9

Monitoring

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

8

Solution Provision

System Failover

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

8

Pay by Usage

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

10

Service Provision

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

8

Key Value Databases[Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.5

24

Data Management

Data Model

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

19

|

Verified

Data Types

Not enough data

8.2(won by default)

18

|

Verified

Availability

Auto Sharding

Not enough data

7.9(won by default)

12

|

Verified

Auto Recovery

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

13

|

Verified

Data Replication

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

15

|

Verified

Performance 

Integrated Cache

Not enough data

9.3(won by default)

18

|

Verified

Security

Role-Based Authorization

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

15

|

Verified

Authentication

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

16

|

Verified

Audit Logs

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

12

|

Verified

Encryption

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

13

|

Verified

Support

Multi-Model

Not enough data

8.2(won by default)

11

|

Verified

Operating Systems

Not enough data

8.0(won by default)

14

|

Verified

Database as a Service (DBaaS)[Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.8

8

Configuration

Application Performance

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

7

Orchestration

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

6

Database Monitoring

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

7

Anomaly Detection

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

6

Network Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Administration

Provisioning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Governance

Not enough data

Not enough data

Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Availability

Scalability

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

6

Backup

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

6

Archiving

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Indexing

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

5

Security

Data Masking

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Authentication And Single Sign-On

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

5

Data Anonymization

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

5

Data Management

Data Replication

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

5

Advanced Data Analytics

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Show 3 feature categories with incomplete data

Web Server Accelerator[Hide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance

Content Delivery Acceleration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Caching and Prefetching

Not enough data

Not enough data

Content Compression

Not enough data

Not enough data

Load Balancing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Server Clustering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

SSL/TLS Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Adminstration Control

Not enough data

Not enough data

Backup[Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Management

Disaster Recovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Remote Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

Storage Formats

Not enough data

Not enough data

Scheduled Backups

Not enough data

Not enough data

On-Demand Restoration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting

Activity Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Documentation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Data Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security and Compliance

Not enough data

Not enough data

Deduplication 

Not enough data

Not enough data

NoSQL Databases[Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Features

Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Availability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Stability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Scalability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Manipulation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Query Language

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

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Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

33.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

13.3%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

53.3%

[![Amazon ElastiCache](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476486/amazon-elasticache.svg "Amazon ElastiCache")](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elasticache/reviews)

Amazon ElastiCache

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

33.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

34.5%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

32.1%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

33.3%

33.3%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

13.3%

34.5%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

53.3%

32.1%

Reviewers' Industry

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Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)

Computer Software

33.3%

Information Technology and Services

20.0%

Retail

13.3%

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

6.7%

Management Consulting

6.7%

Other

20.0%

[![Amazon ElastiCache](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476486/amazon-elasticache.svg "Amazon ElastiCache")](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elasticache/reviews)
Amazon ElastiCache

Computer Software

19.0%

Information Technology and Services

13.1%

Financial Services

8.3%

Banking

7.1%

Internet

7.1%

Other

45.2%

Alternatives

**Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) Alternatives**

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Azure SignalR Service
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[
Nginx
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Varnish Software
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[
Speed Kit
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**Amazon ElastiCache Alternatives**

 ![Redis Cloud](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/b624d42a784bb40d2b0528f290f48a34/redis-cloud.svg "Redis Cloud")

[
Redis Cloud
](/products/redis-cloud/reviews)

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[
SAP HANA Cloud
](/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews)

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[
ScyllaDB
](/products/scylladb/reviews)

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[
MongoDB Atlas
](/products/mongodb-atlas/reviews)

## Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) vs Amazon ElastiCache

- Reviewers felt that Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) meets the needs of their business better than Amazon ElastiCache.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon ElastiCache is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon ElastiCache over Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX).