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Squid vs Varnish

A side-by-side look at Squid and Varnish. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Squid

Squid

Network & Admin

Squid is an open source web proxy and caching server. It speeds up access to web pages by caching and reusing frequently accessed web content. Squid helps reduce bandwidth usage and server load.

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Varnish

Varnish

Network & Admin

Varnish is an open source web application accelerator designed to speed up websites by caching and optimizing content delivery. It sits in front of web servers and caches frequently-accessed content, reducing requests to backend servers.

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