Zend Cache Review - Competition (
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The Zend Cache is not the only option, there also happens to be two other open source
(got to respect the open source) cache's. The first being the APC (Alternative PHP
Cache),
http://apc.communityconnect.com/,
which is a high quality, stable, open source cache. The second is the AfterBurner
cache,
http://bwcache.bware.it/, which while
still young, shows some promise.
At this point the only real competitor to the Zend Cache, is the APC, which offers
a similar functionality set to that of the Zend Cache's. On tests, however, the
APC turned out to be much slower than Zend's Cache, yielding an average performance
increase of only 30.31%, less than half that of Zend's Cache (still on larger scripts
I'd expect this to turn into a 60% performance increase).
Even the APC might not be as good as the Zend Cache, there is something to
be said for free software. The Zend Cache comes with quite a hefty price tag. A
price tag which might not be affordable for smaller businesses or freelance web developers.
The APC is perfect for these users, who probably aren't creating applications where
speed is critical, but would always like a nice boost. Also, because the APC is
open, there is no reason why it might not one day be as fast as the Zend Cache.
