Caddy vs Varnish Cache
CaddyLoad Balancer Software
Free (open source)Published price
Varnish CacheContent Delivery Networks
FreePublished price
Caddy Load Balancer Software Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP server with automatic HTTPS. | Varnish Cache Content Delivery Networks An open-source HTTP accelerator with native TLS, built for the cloud-native era | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Load Balancer Software | Content Delivery Networks |
| What it is | Caddy is a powerful, extensible HTTP/2 web server with automatic HTTPS certificate management using Let's Encrypt, written in Go. | High-performance HTTP accelerator and reverse proxy cache designed for content-heavy websites and APIs. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Free (open source) Caddy is free and open-source software (Apache 2.0) with no paid license; the full server, including automatic HTTPS, is free to use in production. There is no paid tier for the s… | Free Varnish Cache (varnish-cache.org) is free and open source under a BSD license, with no paid tier. Commercial support and additional features are sold separately by Varnish Softwar… |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2015 | 2006 |
| Team size | 1-10 employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Remote (Open Source) | Remote |