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As of January 2025, the mindshare of ActiveMQ in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category stands at 31.8%, up from 25.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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CategoryMessage Queue (MQ) SoftwareJan 10, 2025Download
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Financial Services Firm
34%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Retailer
4%
Educational Organization
3%
Insurance Company
3%
Healthcare Company
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Media Company
2%
Comms Service Provider
2%
Construction Company
2%
Logistics Company
2%
Transportation Company
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Non Profit
2%
University
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Hospitality Company
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%

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Solution Architect at Rural Bankers Association
Verified user of ActiveMQ
Apr 10, 2024
Simple to start, and offers vibrant community support

Pros

"There is a vibrant community, and it is one of the strongest points of this product. We always get answers to our problems. So, my experience with the community support has been good."

Cons

"The UI. It's both a good thing and a bad thing. The UI is too simple. Sometimes you wanna see the messages coming to the queue, and you have to refresh the dashboard, the console of the product."
Eyob Alemu - PeerSpot user
Technical Director at NIDP
Verified user of ActiveMQ
Oct 8, 2024
Efficient data flow management with high performance and occasional stability improvements

Pros

"We value ActiveMQ for its performance, throughput, and low latency, especially in handling large volumes of data and sequential management of topics. "

Cons

"We need to enhance stability and improve the deployment optimization to fully leverage the platform's capabilities."
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Prashant-Sharma - PeerSpot user
Senior Software Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of ActiveMQ
Sep 7, 2023
Allows for asynchronous communication, enabling services to operate independently but issues with stability

Pros

"The ability to store the failed events for some time is valuable."

Cons

"I would rate the stability a five out of ten because sometimes it gets stuck, and we have to restart it. We"
Jodi Setiyawan - PeerSpot user
Lead Data Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of ActiveMQ
Jul 30, 2024
An open source protocol which functions as an implementation of message-oriented middleware (MOM) to send messages between different applications

Pros

"The main function I find valuable in ActiveMQ is facilitating message transfer within the client's internal network. ActiveMQ handles the message transfer from the internal network to the cloud. Regarding multi-protocols, we use different approaches based on client capabilities. Some clients connect for real-time data transfer, using database queries for periodic updates every ten minutes. We collect data from multiple clients, ensuring we get real-time sensor values where possible and periodic updates for others. "

Cons

"For additional functionality, I suggest making it easier to install and monitor the queues, topics, broker status, publisher status, and consumer status. Improved monitoring tools would help avoid needing to manually access the server for monitoring purposes."
Andrea Castorino - PeerSpot user
Program Manager at SirfinPA
Verified user of ActiveMQ
Mar 25, 2024
Efficiently handles code updates and ensures prompt message delivery

Pros

"For reliable messaging, the most valuable feature of ActiveMQ for us is ensuring prompt message delivery."

Cons

"One potential area would be the complexity of the initial setup."
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Senior Micro Service Developer via The Marlo Group (Contractor) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of ActiveMQ
Feb 26, 2017
Product discussed: 5.11
Scalability is good as it has the concept of a "network of brokers", so there are no different queue names for distributed queues or physical queues.
ShoaibKhan - PeerSpot user
Technical Specialist at APIZone
Verified user of ActiveMQ
Apr 3, 2022
Lightweight and quick solution for microservices intercommunication

Pros

"ActiveMQ is very lightweight and quick. "

Cons

"From the TPS point of view, it's like 100,000 transactions that need to be admitted from different devices and also from the different minor small systems. Those are best fit for Kafka. We have used it on the customer side, and we thought of giving a try to ActiveMQ, but we have to do a lot of performance tests and approval is required before we can use it for this scale. "
RahulSingh7 - PeerSpot user
Senior Software Developer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of ActiveMQ
Dec 7, 2022
Requires manually patching and maintenance of servers but is cost effective for smaller applications

Pros

"ActiveMQ brings the most value to small applications because it will not cost you very much to complete."

Cons

"There are some stability issues."