Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed in-memory caching service supporting Redis and Memcached. ElastiCache makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale popular open-source compatible in-memory data stores, improving the performance of web applications.

Amazon ElastiCache publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Amazon ElastiCache API API, #CreateReplicationGroup API, #DeleteCacheCluster API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Amazon Web Services, Caching, Database, ElastiCache, and In-Memory.

The Amazon ElastiCache catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon ElastiCache’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, developer console, signup flow, support, and 27 more developer resources.

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70.3/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

4 APIs 5 Features 4 Use Cases

Amazon Web ServicesCachingDatabaseElastiCacheIn-MemoryMemcachedRedis

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Composite quality — 70.3/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 18.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 9.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 17.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 8.2 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Amazon Elasticache Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Elasticache Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Amazon Elasticache Finops

FINOPS

Features 5

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Redis Support

Fully managed Redis with replication, clustering, and persistence

Memcached Support

Fully managed Memcached for simple distributed caching

Multi-AZ Replication

Automatic failover with Multi-AZ replication groups

Encryption

Encryption at-rest and in-transit for compliance requirements

Automatic Backups

Scheduled automatic backups with point-in-time recovery

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Session Management

Store and manage user session data for web applications

Database Query Caching

Cache expensive database queries to reduce latency

Real-Time Analytics

Process and cache real-time data streams for analytics dashboards

Leaderboards and Gaming

Build real-time leaderboards and gaming backends with Redis sorted sets

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

DeveloperPortal

Console

Signup

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 9

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

Arazzo

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

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Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Compliance

Security

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

Support

FAQ

StackOverflow

Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

KnowledgeCenter

KnowledgeCenter

Source (apis.yml)

name: Amazon ElastiCache
description: Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed in-memory caching service supporting Redis and Memcached. ElastiCache makes
  it easy to deploy, operate, and scale popular open-source compatible in-memory data stores, improving the performance of
  web applications.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://a0.awsstatic.com/libra-css/images/logos/aws_logo_smile_1200x630.png
url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Amazon Web Services
- AWS
- Caching
- Database
- ElastiCache
- In-Memory
- Memcached
- Redis
apis:
- aid: amazon-elasticache:amazon-elasticache-amazon-elasticache-api-api
  name: Amazon ElastiCache Amazon ElastiCache API API
  description: The Amazon ElastiCache API API from Amazon ElastiCache — 1 operation(s) for amazon elasticache api.
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/
  baseURL: https://elasticache.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Amazon ElastiCache API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-elasticache-amazon-elasticache-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/red-ug/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/faqs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-cache-cluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-cachecluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-create-cache-cluster-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-elasticache-context.jsonld
- aid: amazon-elasticache:amazon-elasticache-createreplicationgroup-api
  name: 'Amazon ElastiCache #CreateReplicationGroup API'
  description: 'The #CreateReplicationGroup API from Amazon ElastiCache — 1 operation(s) for #createreplicationgroup.'
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/
  baseURL: https://elasticache.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - '#CreateReplicationGroup'
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-elasticache-createreplicationgroup-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/red-ug/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/faqs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-cache-cluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-cachecluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-create-cache-cluster-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-elasticache-context.jsonld
- aid: amazon-elasticache:amazon-elasticache-deletecachecluster-api
  name: 'Amazon ElastiCache #DeleteCacheCluster API'
  description: 'The #DeleteCacheCluster API from Amazon ElastiCache — 1 operation(s) for #deletecachecluster.'
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/
  baseURL: https://elasticache.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - '#DeleteCacheCluster'
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-elasticache-deletecachecluster-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/red-ug/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/faqs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-cache-cluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-cachecluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-create-cache-cluster-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-elasticache-context.jsonld
- aid: amazon-elasticache:amazon-elasticache-describereplicationgroups-api
  name: 'Amazon ElastiCache #DescribeReplicationGroups API'
  description: 'The #DescribeReplicationGroups API from Amazon ElastiCache — 1 operation(s) for #describereplicationgroups.'
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/
  baseURL: https://elasticache.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - '#DescribeReplicationGroups'
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-elasticache-describereplicationgroups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/red-ug/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/getting-started/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/pricing/
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/faqs/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-cache-cluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-cachecluster-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/amazon-elasticache-create-cache-cluster-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-elasticache-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-elasticache-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-elasticache-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-elasticache-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-elasticache-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-elasticache-authentication.yml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-elasticache/overview
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-elasticache-audit-cluster-readiness-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon ElastiCache Audit Cluster Readiness
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-elasticache-cache-cluster-lifecycle-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon ElastiCache Cache Cluster Lifecycle
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-elasticache-clone-cluster-config-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon ElastiCache Clone Cluster Config
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-elasticache-decommission-cache-cluster-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon ElastiCache Decommission Cache Cluster
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-elasticache-provision-cache-cluster-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon ElastiCache Provision Cache Cluster
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-elasticache-provision-replication-group-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon ElastiCache Provision Replication Group
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-elasticache-replicate-existing-cluster-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon ElastiCache Replicate Existing Cluster
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticache/
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/elasticache/
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/support/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/faqs/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
- type: Security
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/security/
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/elasticache
- type: KnowledgeCenter
  url: https://repost.aws/knowledge-center
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-elasticache-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-elasticache-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Redis Support
    description: Fully managed Redis with replication, clustering, and persistence
  - name: Memcached Support
    description: Fully managed Memcached for simple distributed caching
  - name: Multi-AZ Replication
    description: Automatic failover with Multi-AZ replication groups
  - name: Encryption
    description: Encryption at-rest and in-transit for compliance requirements
  - name: Automatic Backups
    description: Scheduled automatic backups with point-in-time recovery
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Session Management
    description: Store and manage user session data for web applications
  - name: Database Query Caching
    description: Cache expensive database queries to reduce latency
  - name: Real-Time Analytics
    description: Process and cache real-time data streams for analytics dashboards
  - name: Leaderboards and Gaming
    description: Build real-time leaderboards and gaming backends with Redis sorted sets
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon EC2
    description: Connect ElastiCache clusters to EC2-hosted applications
  - name: Amazon RDS
    description: Cache RDS query results to reduce database load
  - name: Amazon Lambda
    description: Access ElastiCache from serverless Lambda functions
  - name: Amazon EKS
    description: Use ElastiCache as shared cache for Kubernetes workloads
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Sign in
- name: Agent Mode
- name: Why AWS Marketplace?
- name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
- name: Industry
- name: Resources
- name: Become a Channel Partner
- name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
- name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Amazon ElastiCache

APIs 4

Postman Collections 1

Open Collections 1

Arazzo Workflows 7

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Features 5

Redis Support

Memcached Support

Multi-AZ Replication

Encryption

Automatic Backups

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 2

JSON Schema 4

JSON Structure 4

Examples 4

Security Posture 4

Agentic Access 1

Use Cases 4

Session Management

Database Query Caching

Real-Time Analytics

Leaderboards and Gaming

Get Started 5

Documentation 1

Agent Surfaces 1

Design & Contract 9

Build 2

Access & Security 6

Learn 1

Operate 5

Commercial 2

Company 1

Other 1

Source (apis.yml)