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Apr 28, 2026 · Backend Development

Redis No Longer Dominates: Discover the Best Python Caching Alternatives

A benchmark of Redis, Memcached, DragonflyDB, and Cashews using the same FastAPI workload reveals that Redis falls behind on latency, throughput, and memory efficiency, while DragonflyDB and Cashews offer superior performance and developer experience for Python caching.