Ad Tech & Real-Time Bidding

Cachee vs Aerospike:
333x Faster Lookups

Aerospike is a great database. But for cache-hot reads in RTB, fraud scoring, and user profile lookups, Cachee's 1.5µs L1 tier is 333x faster — and adds AI pre-warming that Aerospike can't match.

1.5µs
Cachee L1 cache hit
~500µs
Aerospike SSD read
31x
More bids per auction

Feature Comparison

CapabilityCacheeAerospike
Hot Read Latency1.5µs p99 (L1 memory)~500µs p99 (SSD optimized)
Throughput660K+ ops/sec (single node)~200K TPS (per node, SSD)
AI Pre-WarmingNeural pattern predictionNone
Cache Hit Rate99.05% (ML-optimized)N/A — not a cache layer
Data ModelKey-value cache (hot reads)Key-value + secondary indexes + UDFs
PersistenceL2/L3 tiers + backend proxyNative SSD persistence
Complex QueriesCache lookups onlySecondary indexes, aggregations, UDFs
Setup Complexity3 minutes (SDK or sidecar)Hours — cluster sizing, rack-aware, SSD tuning
Operational OverheadFully managed optionComplex — defrag, eviction tuning, capacity planning
Cost ModelPer-request pricing, free tierLicense fees + hardware (NVMe SSDs required)
Best ForCache-hot reads, latency-criticalPersistent NoSQL with fast reads
Different tools, different jobs: Aerospike is a persistent NoSQL database optimized for SSD reads. Cachee is a pure cache layer optimized for sub-microsecond hot reads. The winning architecture? Use both — Cachee as L1 for cache-hot data, Aerospike as the persistent store underneath.

Where Cachee Wins: Real-Time Bidding

MetricCacheeAerospike
User profile lookup1.5µs500µs
Bids evaluated in 100ms~62,000~2,000
Auction win rate impact+23% more auctions wonBaseline
Profile freshnessAI pre-warms before bid requestRead-on-demand only

Where Aerospike Wins

Aerospike is the right choice when you need: persistent storage of billions of records, secondary index queries, user-defined functions, or cross-datacenter replication with strong consistency. These are database features that Cachee (a cache layer) doesn't provide. The best architecture uses both.

Win More Auctions with 333x Faster Lookups

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