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    HiveMQ MQTT Broker Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin $299/mo7.1
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    EMQX Free plan Web $234/mo6.8
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    Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka apiLinuxWeb $0.11/mo6.6
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    Azure App Service Free plan LinuxWebWin Free6.6
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