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The High-Performance, Programmable Caching Engine for Scaling Web, API, Video, and CI/CD Infrastructure.

What is Varnish?

Varnish is a software-defined caching and acceleration layer engineered for extreme performance density.

By storing data closer to end users and serving it at native-code speeds, Varnish minimizes request distance to ensure instantaneous load times while delivering exceptional origin offload. This resilience ensures your services can scale reliably and fuel seamless, sustainable growth.

Our portfolio spans foundational open-source to advanced enterprise solutions, offering the flexibility of self-hosted, cloud-native, or fully managed delivery to meet the demands of any architectural mission.

 

Software-Defined

Varnish deploys anywhere, integrating directly into your existing CI/CD and platform engineering workflows.

Performance-First

Engineered for extreme offload, Varnish shields your origin servers by handling requests at the edge, ensuring stability under immense load.

Ownership

Customize Varnish to your specific mission and maintain absolute control over how your content and data are delivered.

Efficient Scaling

Scale delivery capacity and achieve massive resilience on a fraction of the hardware required by legacy solutions.

Technology & Architecture in Detail

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Product Portfolio

VARNISH ENTERPRISE

 

Varnish Enterprise

The industry standard for high-performance, programmable caching. Optimize TTFB and offload massive backend load with granular edge control.

 

Varnish Controller

Centralized UI and API for the orchestration, monitoring, and administration of global Varnish Enterprise nodes at scale.

 

Varnish Traffic Router

High-performance request routing. Direct users to the best possible node based on proximity, server health, and real-time load.

VARNISH ORCA

 

Varnish Virtual Registry

Accelerate and optimize artifact delivery at machine scale.

 

Varnish Artifact Firewall

Enforce real-time policies to prevent unsafe dependencies from entering environments.

 

Specialized Media & Sovereign CDN Services

 

Varnish CDN

A managed, private CDN solution for absolute control over data residency. Tailored for high-performance compliance and local footprint ownership.

 

ORA Streaming

Managed, private CDN-as-a-Service purpose-built for broadcasters requiring dedicated infrastructure for live and on-demand video.

Core Performance and Delivery

The foundation of high-speed digital experiences.

 

Enterprise
Varnish Enterprise

Varnish Enterprise is the industry standard for high-performance, programmable caching. Designed for the most demanding web, API, and video workflows, it provides the flexibility to customize request handling at the edge, significantly reducing backend load and improving Time to First Byte (TTFB).

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Varnish CDN

Varnish CDN is a fully sovereign CDN solution designed for organizations that require absolute control over their data and delivery footprint. It is optimized for European compliance and high-performance API/website acceleration.

Private Video cdn-as-a-service
ORA Streaming

ORA Streaming is a fully managed, customizable private CDN-as-a-Service. ORA is purpose-built for broadcasters and streamers who need global CDN power with the flexibility of private, dedicated infrastructure for live and on-demand video.

Explore Enterprise → Explore VARNISH CDN → Explore ORA →
Content Delivery

Platform Engineering and Artifact Delivery

Streamlining software delivery for the modern enterprise.

 

Artifact Delivery
Varnish Orca

Varnish Orca is a Virtual Registry Manager that consolidates and accelerates registries for build and runtime artifacts. By caching and orchestrating container images and binaries, Orca eliminates bandwidth bottlenecks in CI/CD pipelines and ensures rapid, reliable deployments across global clusters.

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Orchestration and Traffic Management

Visibility and control for complex distributed environments.

 

Orchestration
Varnish Controller

Varnish Controller is a UI-based orchestration platform that simplifies the management, monitoring, and deployment of Varnish Enterprise nodes across diverse geographies.

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Varnish Traffic Router

Varnish Traffic Router is a high-performance HTTP request router and load balancer. It ensures optimal traffic distribution and failover, directing users to the best Varnish Enterprise node based on proximity, health, and load.

Explore Controller → Explore traffic Router →
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