NCache Cloud is available in Azure and AWS Marketplaces as Software as a Service (SaaS). This means you can now obtain it quickly. You can also seamlessly scale your cache deployment without any down time.
You can purchase NCache Cloud on Annual Subscription basis or as Perpetual Licenses with Annual Support. When you purchase NCache Cloud, you buy it directly from the Azure / AWS marketplace and you pay Microsoft / Amazon for it and not Alachisoft. However, you obtain a custom quote from NCache sales team for each purchase and upon your approval this amount is charged to you through Azure / AWS marketplaces.
NCache Cloud offering is available only for NCache Enterprise edition. For NCache Professional edition, you must use it in the cloud through Bring Your Own Licenses (BYOL) model.
NCache Cloud provides a fully working 60-Day trial in Azure / AWS marketplaces that is totally free for evaluation purposes. You only pay for the underlying infrastructure like cache server VMs etc. and nothing for NCache Cloud licenses. This trial can be extended upon request for up to 180 days (6 months). Click below for more details.
You can purchase NCache Cloud as Annual Subscription or as Perpetual Licenses. In case of Annual Subscription, regular support and maintenance is included in the price; whereas, with Perpetual Licenses, you must buy annual support and maintenance separately. On the other hand, Perpetual Licenses means you can permanently own these licenses. Click below for more detail.
NCache Cloud makes it very easy for you to buy it. And, whenever you buy NCache Cloud, you buy it from Azure / AWS and not Alachisoft. And, they bill you for it and collect payments from you. Click the link to learn about the process of buying NCache Cloud in detail.
When you purchase NCache Cloud for Azure / AWS, the actual cache servers are deployed inside your own cloud subscription and VNET. And, you’re responsible to pay for this infrastructure cost separately as it is not included in NCache Cloud prices. This provides you these benefits:
In Azure / AWS, NCache Enterprise provides a powerful WAN Replication feature that allows you to replicate the cache across multiple zones within a region or even across multiple regions. You create clustered caches in each zone/region and then use NCache Bridge Topology for WAN Replication across all of them. You can replicate clustered caches across the WAN in active-passive, active-active, and 3+ active-active manner.
NCache Cloud has a server portion and a client portion. The server portion is called NCache Enterprise Software that you obtain from Azure / AWS marketplaces as a VM. And, the client portion is something you can embed inside your application. You can obtain NCache Client from the following sources:
You can bundle the NCache Client libraries inside your .NET application and deploy to Azure and AWS. However, please note that bundled NCache Client libraries only provide an InProc Client Cache feature. OutProc Client Cache is only possible if you install NCache Client through Windows Installer (.msi file) or a Linux Installer (.tar.gz file).