Memorystore
Memorystore is Google Cloud’s managed in-memory database service, supporting both Redis and Memcached. It handles high-speed data access with sub-millisecond latency, making it suitable for caching layers, session storage, and real-time analytics. The service manages scaling and availability automatically, so you get consistent performance without maintaining your own infrastructure or worrying about node failures.
This fits teams already operating within the GCP ecosystem who need low-latency caching without the overhead of self-hosting. The main drawback is the lack of a free tier, which means even small test environments incur costs. Pricing starts at $0.0140 per GB/hour on a pay-as-you-go basis, so budget accordingly if you are experimenting with larger datasets or running persistent instances.
- Free tier No
- Starting price from $0.0140 per GB/hour
- Regions 10 · 5 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health B
Decision score
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- C5
- CSA STAR
- FedRAMP
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27017
- ISO 27018
- ISO 9001
- PCI DSS
- SOC 1 Type II
- SOC 2 Type II
- compute99.99%
- database99.95%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.95%
10 regions across 5 continents
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Pricing tiers 8
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0.0490 | per GB/hour | us-central1 |
| Memcached Memory | $0.0140 | per GB/hour | us-central1 |
| Memcached vCPU | $0.0410 | per vCPU/hour | us-central1 |
| Redis Basic (M1) | $0.0160 | per GB/hour | us-central1 |
| Redis Basic (M2) | $0.0490 | per GB/hour | us-central1 |
| Redis Standard (M1) | $0.0320 | per GB/hour | us-central1 |
| Redis Standard (M2) | $0.0980 | per GB/hour | us-central1 |
| Standard | $0.0780 | per GB/hour | us-central1 |
Prices in USD. Micro-prices are quoted per 1M units; "< $0.000001" marks rates below our stored precision. Subject to change — check the provider's official page.
Alternatives on other providers
Equivalent services on other clouds:
- AWS Amazon ElastiCache $0.0034 per 1M Elasti Cache Processing Units Compare
- Microsoft Azure Azure Managed Redis no price Compare
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cache $0.0880 per node/hour Compare