Varnish Alternatives

Varnish is described as 'Cache is an open source, state of the art HTTP application accelerator' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Varnish for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Varnish alternative is nginx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Varnish are Squid, BunkerWeb, TinyProxy and WinGate.

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Varnish alternatives page was last updated Aug 7, 2023
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  1. nginx icon
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    nginx

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    nginx [engine x] is a HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server written by Igor Sysoev. It has been running for more than five years on many heavily loaded Russian sites including Rambler (RamblerMedia.com).

    54 nginx alternatives
    Manual page

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    nginx screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Reverse Proxy
    2.  Low memory usage
    3.  Load balancing
    4.  HTTPS Support
    5.  HTTP server
    6.  Modular System
    7.  Portable
    8.  Modules
    9.  Multicast RTP streaming
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    • nginx is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Varnish.

    • nginx is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Varnish.

    • nginx is Free and Open SourceVarnish is also Free and Open Source
    • nginx is LightweightVarnish is not according to our users
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    Squid

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    Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.

    24 Squid alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
    Squid screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  HTTP Proxy
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    • Squid is the most popular Windows & Self-Hosted alternative to Varnish.

    • Squid is Free and Open SourceVarnish is also Free and Open Source
    • Squid is Privacy focusedVarnish is not according to our users
  4. BunkerWeb icon
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    BunkerWeb

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    BunkerWeb is a next-generation and open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF).

    49 BunkerWeb alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    BunkerWeb Features

    1.  Kubernetes
    2. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    3.  Nginx
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  5. TinyProxy icon
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    TinyProxy

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    Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP/HTTPS proxy daemon for POSIX operating systems. It is free software, and supports transparent and reverse proxying.

    31 TinyProxy alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    TinyProxy Features

    1.  Cascade proxy
    2.  HTTP Proxy
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  6. WinGate icon
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    WinGate

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    WinGate Proxy Server is a highly capable integrated Proxy server, firewall and email server designed for access control, security and communications needs. What you do get is all the features of Standard license for 3 concurrent users.

    13 WinGate alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinGate Features

    1.  Access Control
    2.  HTTP Proxy
    http cache
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  7. Artica Proxy icon
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    Artica Proxy

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    ARTICA Proxy is an enterprise grade security appliance : web filtering (w/o SSL decryption), DNS Filtering, bandwith optimisation, easy ACL management, users authentication on LDAP or Active Directory (NTLM/Kerberos), deployment tools (such as proxy.

    9 Artica Proxy alternatives
    Artica Proxy v4 : Dashboard

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Artica Proxy Features

    1.  HTTP Proxy
    2.  Web filter
    3.  DNS Proxy
    Artica Proxy v4 : Safesearch
    Artica Proxy v4 : Easy ACL
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    Artica Proxy v4 : Statistics
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    memcached

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    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.

    30 memcached alternatives
    memcached screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    memcached Features

    1.  Memory Optimization
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  10. Apache Traffic Server icon
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    Apache Traffic Server

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    Formerly a commercial product, Yahoo! donated it to the Apache Foundation, and it is now an Apache TLP.

    18 Apache Traffic Server alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD

    Apache Traffic Server Features

    1.  Load balancing
    2.  HTTPS Support
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    Apache Ignite

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    high-performance, integrated and distributed in-memory platform for computing and transacting on large-scale data sets in real-time.

    26 Apache Ignite alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Java

    Apache Ignite Features

    1.  Distributed Database
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    Comments about Apache Ignite as an Alternative to Varnish
     
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    Ignite is a distributed object cache (like Gemfire, Coherence, or Hazelcast). It's not an HTTP proxy or caching proxy.

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    • Apache Ignite is the most popular Web-based alternative to Varnish.

    • Apache Ignite is Free and Open SourceVarnish is also Free and Open Source
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    cachelot

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    Cachelot works within a fixed amount of memory. No garbage collector. Small metadata, near perfect memory utilization (overhead is 5-7% of the total memory).

    19 cachelot alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    cachelot Features

    1.  Memcached
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  13. Lusca

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    Lusca is a fork of the Squid -2 development tree. The Lusca project aims to fix the shortcomings in the Squid-2 codebase whilst maintaining the the Squid-2 functionality and stability.

    12 Lusca alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued
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  14. nuster

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    nuster is a high performance HTTP proxy cache server and RESTful NoSQL cache server based on HAProxy. It is 100% compatible with HAProxy, and takes full advantage of the ACL functionality of HAProxy to provide fine-grained caching policy based on the content of request, response...

    4 nuster alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    nuster Features

    1.  Load balancing
    2.  REST API
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