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IBM MQ vs RabbitMQ

IBM MQ

ibm.com

RabbitMQ

rabbitmq.com

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FigureIBM MQRabbitMQ
Price from$1.02/moFree
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published54
Spec score · Message Queue (MQ) Software6.6 (#26)8.5 (#6)
Spec score · Message Broker Software6.7 (#36)8.4 (#8)

Plans

IBM MQ

  • IBM MQ Virtual Processor Core Subscription License$312 a month
  • IBM MQ Advanced with AI Agents Virtual Processor Core Subscr$583 a month
  • IBM MQ SaaS$727 a month
  • IBM MQ SaaS pay-as-you-go$1.02 a month
  • IBM MQ SaaS LitePriced on request

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RabbitMQ

  • Open-source RabbitMQFree
  • Open Source RabbitMQ ServerFree
  • Tanzu RabbitMQPriced on request
  • VMware Tanzu RabbitMQPriced on request

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In their own words

IBM MQ

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RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ is an open source messaging and streaming broker for application communication, including distributed microservices, real-time data, and IoT. Publishers can route messages to one or more consumers using routing, filtering, streaming, and federation. Message acknowledgements and replication across a cluster support delivery reliability, and delivery guarantees are configurable. Supported protocols include AMQP 0-9-1, AMQP 1.0, MQTT, STOMP, RabbitMQ Streams, HTTP, and WebSocket, including browser communication over WebSocket. Client libraries are available for Java, .NET/C#, Erlang, and other languages; the project also offers a community Docker image and Kubernetes operators. RabbitMQ can run in cloud or on-premises environments, on local machines and physical or virtual hardware, and in containers. Linux, Windows, and macOS are supported; z/OS, most mainframes, and systems with less than 100 MB of RAM are not. The free, self-managed Open Source RabbitMQ Server is offered under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 with best-effort community support. VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ is a commercial offering with 24/7 support and enterprise features; pricing is by contact.

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