Ease of use, reliability. Very robust, fast information retrieval, simple integration with any system. Reliable service that has been available for many years so can be relied on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack of persistence without add-ons can cause problems, need to ensure you aren't saving any data you can't rebuild. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's blazing fast. As you would expect for something that is being kept in memory but needing to temporarily store something to be accessed one ore more times in the near future by multiple systems it is really hard to beat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There really isn't much of anything to dislike about Memcached. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's fast. 1000 times faster than going to the DB Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can only hold 1MB. It can make coding more complicated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Memcached is remarkably easy to install and, at least for PHP, supports two fantastic programmatic interfaces for data access and manipulation. The pooling capability allows for multiple servers to share the cache load and prevent the system from ever becoming a bottleneck. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All data lives in memory, which is great for performance, but poor in case the server needs to go down for a reboot. If you rely too heavily on the in-memory cache, your data can mysteriously disappear at times and a fresh boot of the application can feel sluggish compared to normal operation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it's easy to implement the caching by using this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

there is no user interface to monitor the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simple operations, great documentation and great performance. The fact that there are numerous binding to all languages is a bonus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Watch out for very large object. Memcached is a KV caching system, don't try to put in their too much stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Memcached has the most simplistic setup and usage that I have seen (so far) in a caching server. Despite the fact that I was trying to implement it into a monolithic monster, Memcached exceeded all expectations and we hit our deadline for completion a week early. What I liked most about Memcached is that implementing it is almost as simple as adding simple if-then statement throughout you application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While the simplicity of Memecached is a huge advantage, I am left wanting more from it yet. Retrieval of cached fragments at it's most basic form is exactly what Memecached offers, but no more. A more advanced system for grouping and management of previously cached data would benefit the application immensely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Memcached is fast and can store large volumes of data without problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Defaults need to be changed to accept bigger payloads. Had cache misses when a 10mb marshalled object was being rejected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.