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Varnish Software Overview

What is Varnish Software?

Varnish Software’s powerful caching technology helps the world’s biggest content providers deliver lightning-fast web and streaming experiences for huge audiences, all over the globe. Our solutions combine open-source flexibility with enterprise robustness to speed up media streaming services, accelerate websites and APIs, and enable global businesses to build custom CDNs, unlocking unbeatable content delivery performance and resilience. Varnish makes it easy to handle peaks in demand, protect critical infrastructure and keep costs predictable, enabling you to deliver great web experiences for all your users - leading to increased revenue and reduced costs.

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Product Description

Varnish Software is the company behind Varnish Cache, the open source HTTP accelerator.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

By combining the flexibility and efficiency of open-source technology (while bolstering its security and performance) with the robustness and support that comes with enterprise software, Varnish Enterprise excels and continually satisfies users. Varnish Enterprise is unmatched in the market when it comes to performance, flexibility and cost in the long term.


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Varnish Software AB

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Varnish Software AB is a leading provider of high-performance caching solutions designed to accelerate web applications and optimize content delivery. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in Varnish Cache, an open-source HTTP accelerator used by organizations to enhance website speed and reliability. Varnish Software offers a range of products and services, including enterprise-level support and consulting, aimed at improving digital experiences for businesses across various industries. For more information, visit their website at [varnish-software.com](https://www.varnish-software.com).

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Covenant L.
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Covenant L.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
3.0 out of 5
"Great"
I like that they are building tools to help organizations
Francesco U.
FU
Francesco U.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Using varnish for cdn"
We use varnish in our developing cdn infrastructure
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Value adding component, securing end user experience and cost efficient"
It is flexible, securing our web development from request to response from client to backend and back again. Cost efficient, fast load to clients, ...

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2 months

Return on Investment

12 months

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Varnish Software Pros and Cons

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Covenant L.
CL
Software developer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Varnish Software?

I like that they are building tools to help organizations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

They need to pay more attention to their developers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Increased scalability and reduced server load Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Francesco U.
FU
System Administator
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Varnish Software?

We use varnish in our developing cdn infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

it's powerful language is also steepy to learning at the beginning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

We need a cache in our cdn servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
AT
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Varnish Software?

Varnish is really fast and powerfull . The Varnish Configuration Langage (VCL) is a must (think embedding Javascript to configure the cache). You can do everything with it.

I use varnish for caching popular content (VOD, Live, Static Assets) on hundred of servers, but also for Load Balancing API. Varnish support also distributed and multi-level of caching.

I haven't found any problems in many years. The support is fast, and helpfull. The support come from the developper so it's very easy to find issue with our hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

It's difficult to find a flaw for Varnish. Perhaps the cost of the solution ? But when i see the number of times i've open a ticket (3 in 8 years) I think the value is well spent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Varnish can serve without a flaw severall hundred tv channels, and thousand of VOD contents to our customers. Caching severall terabytes of content is not a easy task, varnish solve it with distribute caching and load-balancing between healthy node. Scaling is not a problem, we just need to increase the number of servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods
AC
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Varnish Software?

The Cache HA Cluster and ESI (Edge Side Includes) features are often considered among the best aspects of Varnish Software due to their capability to optimize web performance and manage content delivery efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

One drawback of Varnish Software is the lack of native support for Kubernetes as an ingress controller. While Varnish offers advanced routing, caching, and other features, its compatibility with Kubernetes and cncf solutions is limited, which can hinder its seamless integration within Kubernetes environments. This limitation could potentially be addressed to broaden the software's usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Varnish Software solves several problems by providing efficient solutions for content distribution and backend system connections. The use of Edge Side Includes (ESI) allows for server-side distribution of systems without disrupting the frontend. This approach enables efficient content delivery using client-side connections to various backend systems. This benefits us by enhancing performance and maintaining a seamless experience, as the distribution happens effectively at the edge, optimizing the overall system architecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Varnish Software?

Our web servers have become faster and more responsive thanks to Varnish software, this cuts down the waiting time for our pages. We managed to cope with large traffic spikes without any interruptions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

The only minor drawbacks I can think of are related to the aggressive caching approach. This approach sometimes requires custom code to make it suitable for automatic cache invalidation using cache tags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can deliver fast and smooth end-user experiences to our audiences with Varnish Software. It helps us to distribute our content and solutions worldwide by offering a versatile private CDN solution. This capability has been crucial for our business expansion and achievement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MA
Full Stack Developer
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Varnish Software?

One of the standout features of Varnish Software is its Caching Brilliance.It has significantly boosted our website and application performance by storing frequently accessed content in memory, reducing the load on backend servers. This results in faster page load times and improved user experiences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

I have found it to be resource-intensive , particularly in memory usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Varnish Software has addressed the challenge of slow website and application performance by caching content closer to the end-user, reducing latency, and improving response times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
AB
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Varnish Software?

It is flexible, securing our web development from request to response from client to backend and back again. Cost efficient, fast load to clients, low usage of backend infrastructure. High availability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

Very hard to say anything less good about Varnish. It's a technical product, built by technical people for technical usage, But make everyone happy from technicians to end users. One thing is that is so in front line of services to manage subscription thats its harder for a large company with security regulations to manage installation media and patches, but that problem is more on our side rather than problem with Varnish. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Performance, fast responses. Securing backend. High availability with grace functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Diego S.
DS
CTO at TCDN
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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Rating Updated ()
What do you like best about Varnish Software?

The flexibility that VCL language brings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

Could improve some things in the media and vod caching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

We did our own custom CDN using Varnish and Varnish Enterprise products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Santiago A.
SA
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Varnish Software?

Good support on difficult tasks (like what to use for device detection) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

Sometimes they take quite a bit for answering questions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Business Logic efficent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
UT
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
Rating Updated ()
What do you like best about Varnish Software?

powerful and easy to configure by adjusting the vcl files, this already included caching and routing configs and more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Varnish Software?

Need thorough understanding on all the stages and config appropriately, else it'll be easy to make mistakes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Varnish Software solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mostly API traffic routing and caching Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.