Zinn® CacheCompare WordPress cache plugins
Zinn® Cache, free, and its Pro add-on against WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, NitroPack, WP Fastest Cache and FlyingPress: price, server needs and features, every claim sourced.
Seven WordPress cache plugins, side by side
Each competitor's column was read from its own pricing or WordPress.org page and links back to it. Open a column for the full comparison, where that plugin is the better choice, and how to switch without a slow day.
| Zinn® Cache | WP Rocket | LiteSpeed Cache | W3 Total Cache | WP Super Cache | NitroPack | WP Fastest Cache | FlyingPress | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free; Pro add-on from an annual licence | From €49.95 a year for one site[1] | Free[2] | Free, with a paid Pro version[3] | Free[4] | Free for 1,000 pageviews a month; from $8 a month for 8,000[5] | Free; a premium version is sold separately[6] | From $59 a year for 1 website[7] |
| Free version | Yes | No — no trial, 14-day refund[1] | Yes[2] | Yes[3] | Yes[4] | Yes — 1,000 pageviews a month on 1 website[5] | Yes[6] | No — a 14-day free trial[7] |
| Server needed for its page cache | Any server: LiteSpeed's cache or a file cache | Any server[1] | LiteSpeed, OpenLiteSpeed or QUIC.cloud CDN[2] | Any server — disk, Redis, Memcached or APCu[3] | Any server — static files served by PHP or mod_rewrite[4] | Any server — pages are optimised on NitroPack's cloud[5] | Apache (mod_rewrite), Nginx or IIS[6] | Not stated on the pricing page[7] |
| Object cache | Redis; Pro adds an APCu tier | Not listed on the pricing page[1] | Memcached, LSMCD or Redis[2] | Redis, Memcached, APCu or disk[3] | Not included[4] | Not listed on the pricing page[5] | Not listed on its WordPress.org page[6] | Not stated on the pricing page[7] |
| Optional third-party online services | None in the cache; Freemius for Pro's licence | Rocket Insights and RocketCDN for 3 key pages, included[1] | QUIC.cloud CDN, image optimisation and critical CSS[2] | CDN integrations[3] | Basic CDN URL rewriting[4] | Yes — it is a cloud service with its own CDN and bandwidth limits[5] | Optional CDN and Cloudflare integration[6] | Not stated on the pricing page[7] |
Sources
- A free WP Rocket alternative
WP Rocket is a paid plugin. Zinn® Cache is free on any server, with a paid Pro add-on for analytics and optimisation. Here is how they differ. - LiteSpeed Cache or Zinn® Cache?
LiteSpeed Cache is built around LiteSpeed servers and QUIC.cloud. Zinn® Cache uses LiteSpeed's cache where it exists and its own file cache everywhere else. Which to choose. - A W3 Total Cache alternative
W3 Total Cache offers many storage backends and CDN integrations. Zinn® Cache keeps the settings small and uses LiteSpeed's server-level cache where it can. How they compare. - A WP Super Cache alternative with an object cache
WP Super Cache writes static HTML files. Zinn® Cache adds a Redis object cache and purging by tag, and its Pro add-on adds warm-up and asset optimisation. - A NitroPack alternative that runs on your own server
NitroPack is a cloud service priced by monthly pageviews. Zinn® Cache is a free plugin that caches on your own server with no pageview limits. How they compare. - A WP Fastest Cache alternative
WP Fastest Cache is a popular free static-file cache. Zinn® Cache adds a Redis object cache, purging by tag and LiteSpeed's server cache. How they compare. - A free FlyingPress alternative
FlyingPress is a paid speed plugin with a 14-day trial. Zinn® Cache is free for good, with a paid Pro add-on only if you want it. How they compare. - Zinn® Cache or Zinn® Cache Pro: what does Pro add?
Zinn® Cache is the free page cache and object cache. Zinn® Cache Pro is a paid add-on that installs on top of it, for analytics, a slow-query finder, a faster object cache and lighter pages.
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