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IBM MQ Alternatives

4.6(37 Ratings)
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Considering alternatives to IBM MQ? See what this market IBM MQ users also considered in their purchasing decision. When evaluating different solutions, potential buyers compare competencies in categories such as evaluation and contracting, integration and deployment, service and support, and specific product capabilities.

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1. Solace Platform

By Solace

4.5
(335 Ratings)
An innovative, startup-like company with a well-established business foundationRead all insights and reviews for Solace Platform
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2. Microsoft Azure Event Grid

By Microsoft

4.4
(56 Ratings)
Azure Event Grid is an integral part of our event-driven architecture, providing reliable, low-latency event processing for real-time applications. The seamless integration with Azure services is easy to set up, and its scalability easily supports our high demands.Security features include Azure AD and RBAC to ensure data protection. The pricing model is affordable and offers the convenience of paying per event. while monitoring tools can be developed, Event grid is the best choice for a robust and secure workflow in the Azure ecosystemRead all insights and reviews for Microsoft Azure Event Grid

Where IBM MQ Scored Higher

  • Easier to integrate and deploy
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3. Confluent Cloud

By Confluent

4.3
(23 Ratings)
A good cloud native offering over the experience of Confluent has been positive to date.Read all insights and reviews for Confluent Cloud
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4. TIBCO Platform

By TIBCO

4.4
(20 Ratings)
In the field of JMS(Java Message Service), TIBCO is one of the leading platforms, known for its great flexibility, easy user experience and customer support. It is widely used because of its seamless UI and reliability that comes with the brand name. Tibco might be on a little higher end as compared to its competitors but the services it provides are at par. They can improve the configuration that takes a little time, which is sometimes tricky too.Read all insights and reviews for TIBCO Platform

Where IBM MQ Scored Higher

  • Easier to integrate and deploy
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5. RabbitMQ

By RabbitMQ

4.5
(11 Ratings)
RabbitMQ provides protocol flexibility by supporting AMQP, MQTT, STOMP and more, making it interoperable across many languages and platforms. It also helps in handling high throughput and horizontal scaling. However, we have had to invest some time in tuning and monitoring, especially as traffic and complexity grew.Read all insights and reviews for RabbitMQ

Where IBM MQ Scored Higher

  • Better at service and support
  • Easier to integrate and deploy
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6. Ably

By Ably

4.2
(9 Ratings)
Having a tool like Ably has made easier stay up-to-date in real time. Our team is able to resolve in a quick manner whatever issue comes its way. The documentation provided is really good but some questions and doubts are left unclear at times, this might be due to a lack of community channels to ask public questions. All in all, the tool is great, makes things a lot easier and our team is really happy working with it.Read all insights and reviews for Ably
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7. AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)

By Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4.7
(9 Ratings)
does what i need it to do easily on demand, and easy to duplicate Read all insights and reviews for AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)
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8. Lightstreamer

By Lightstreamer

4.9
(6 Ratings)
Overall, I am pleased with this vendor. Their quality, communication and support were all very strong. Read all insights and reviews for Lightstreamer
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Top Alternatives to IBM MQ

  • Solace Platform
  • Microsoft Azure Event Grid
  • Confluent Cloud
  • TIBCO Platform
  • RabbitMQ
  • Ably
  • AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)
  • Lightstreamer

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