# Amazon ElastiCache

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-elasticache/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

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.

## Kin Score — 55.5 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.4 from 55.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 69.2 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 50.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 59.2 |
| Access Clarity | 59.2 |

## Agent readiness — 35.0 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **Amazon ElastiCache Amazon ElastiCache API API** — The Amazon ElastiCache API API from Amazon ElastiCache — 1 operation(s) for amazon elasticache api.
- **Amazon ElastiCache #CreateReplicationGroup API** — The #CreateReplicationGroup API from Amazon ElastiCache — 1 operation(s) for #createreplicationgroup.
- **Amazon ElastiCache #DeleteCacheCluster API** — The #DeleteCacheCluster API from Amazon ElastiCache — 1 operation(s) for #deletecachecluster.
- **Amazon ElastiCache #DescribeReplicationGroups API** — The #DescribeReplicationGroups API from Amazon ElastiCache — 1 operation(s) for #describereplicationgroups.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon Elasticache Agentic Access** — 5 operations · 3 acting

## Security (4)

- **Amazon Elasticache Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon Elasticache Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon Elasticache Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Amazon Elasticache Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Amazon Elasticache Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **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

## Tags

Amazon Web Services, Caching, Database, ElastiCache, In-Memory, Memcached, Redis

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-elasticache/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.