# Memcached: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/memcached

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [NoSQL databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/nosql-databases/index.md) | 0% | 52 | 33% | 3 |

## And against it

- "Relying on Redis/Memcached as a primary database with snapshot persistence enabled" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, NoSQL)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Memcached, from 3 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aerospike.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- github.com: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- softwareadvice.co.uk: 2
- acloudfan.com: 1
- aws.amazon.com: 1
- cheatsheetseries.owasp.org: 1
- cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com: 1
- ciopages.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://github.com/quanpan302/KB-engineering-handbook/blob/main/content/hld/part-2-building-blocks/05-nosql-databases.md: 2
- https://guideflow.com/blog/nosql-database-software: 2
- https://softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4649/nosqul-databases/software: 2
- https://acloudfan.com/2023/03/11/nosql-databases-are-for-large-companies-only: 1
- https://aerospike.com/blog/ten-best-nosql-cloud-databases: 1
- https://aerospike.com/blog/the-best-distributed-nosql-database: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/smart-business/resources-for-smb/sql-vs-nosql: 1
- https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/NoSQL_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html: 1

## In its own words

What Memcached's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Free & open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load. (https://memcached.org/)
- For: dynamic web applications (https://memcached.org/)
- Free plan or trial: Free & open source (https://memcached.org/)
- Customers named: Netflix

## What it publishes

Every page memcached.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 151 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.