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ActiveMQ vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 4, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

ActiveMQ
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (2nd), Workload Automation (9th), Cloud Data Integration (4th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

GT
Sep 16, 2022
High performance, good message toll replication, and the ability to raise network processes
From our perspective, it does not require improvement, because our use case is limited to pushing and consuming messages, and we will not be using the product extensively in terms of their life cycle or broadcasting, or message broadcasting, as a normal MQ would. That's why I am not sure because this is based on our use cases. Most of the features that we are looking for are present, and because we are not using any of the mirroring queues, destination options, or anything else, delivery policies, and so on. That is managing within the application itself. It is dependent on the pattern of use cases to use cases. Because this is an open-source project, there is no support. We don't have any help or anything like that. This is usually us, otherwise, we have to search for it, who is the consumer, and search for who is supporting it. When it comes to new implementations, ActiveMQ is usually one of the applications and one of the ActiveMQs that we support out of the box. That requires the use cases that you support and are taking. I am not sure if that capability exists or not but it i's more like scalability exists, but it's more like the partition siding. It would be great if it is included as part of the solution, as Kafka is doing. Even though the use case of Kafka is different, If something like data extraction is possible, or if we can experiment with partition tolerance and other such things, that will be great. In terms of the graphical user interface, it is providing whatever is required in our cases. I don't have a proper status to give it, because instead of the queue size, I need to visually show the queue depth and all that stuff, that statistics and queue data and all that stuff. All of these are features that can be included in this.
Dimitrios Karachalios - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 22, 2024
Useful for asynchronous messaging, but it lacks features, and the storage is limited
The solution is used in many projects. I'm an IT consultant. I use the tool when there's a need for asynchronous messaging It is a nice product to expand the functionality of our event-driven architecture. The use of ACK is valuable. I can leave a message through the code and take advantage of…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I am impressed with the tool’s latency. Also, the messages in ActiveMQ wait in a queue. The messages will start to move when the system reopens after getting stuck."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the holding and forwarding."
"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."
"Most people or many people recommended using ActiveMQ on small and medium-scale applications."
"It provides the best support services."
"The most important feature is that it's best for JVM-related languages and JMS integration."
"It’s a JMS broker, so the fact that it can allow for asynchronous communication is valuable."
"For reliable messaging, the most valuable feature of ActiveMQ for us is ensuring prompt message delivery."
"The API toolkit is the solution's most valuable aspect at this time, for our organization."
"This is a good platform for designing, flowing out APIs, and then doing API-based integrations."
"The product’s ability to seamlessly translate protocols is great."
"It's easy to use and comes as a bundle package with the Anypoint Platform, removing the need for any complex setup."
"The most valuable feature is their integrations and very good API management."
"The exchange and API management features are the best in the market."
"API management."
"Good interface, simple to use and stable."
 

Cons

"The tool needs to improve its installation part which is lengthy. The product is already working on that aspect so that the complete installation gets completed within a month."
"The solution can improve the other protocols to equal the AMQ protocol they offer."
"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."
"Distributed message processing would be a nice addition."
"One potential area would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"I would rate the stability a five out of ten because sometimes it gets stuck, and we have to restart it. We"
"It does not scale out well. It ends up being very complex if you have a lot of mirror queues."
"It would be great if it is included as part of the solution, as Kafka is doing. Even though the use case of Kafka is different, If something like data extraction is possible, or if we can experiment with partition tolerance and other such things, that will be great."
"Code quality, Code Security, SaaS, and DaaS security, can all be improved."
"Better documentation, in particular with respect to the initial setup, would be helpful."
"Adding connectors for new upcoming applications would add extra value to this product."
"The price could be improved."
"When we are integrating with other applications, readily available connectors make it easy. However, when it comes to external applications, connectivity isn't as straightforward."
"It's extremely expensive to change things in Anypoint MQ. There's also this issue of slow output of messages, and that needs to be improved."
"Its documentation needed a little bit of work to make it more usable. It is a platform that is used mainly by developers and other people for connecting systems. Its documentation was confusing in some areas and was not very helpful in other areas. I had to go to a consultant to get some work done, which ideally shouldn't be required."
"Price-wise, it is a good product since it is reasonably priced...Mule Anypoint Platform can get too complex for non-technical people."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the software is free."
"We are using the open-source version, so we have not looked at any pricing."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable and competitive compared to other solutions."
"I use open source with standard Apache licensing."
"It’s open source, ergo free."
"There are no fees because it is open-source."
"The solution is less expensive than its competitors."
"We use the open-source version."
"The tool's pricing is cheaper than other RPAs' since it is execution-based. Other RPAs charge based on subscriptions."
"MuleSoft Anypoint Platform really needs to work on its pricing model because it's very complicated."
"The product's price seems to be competent in comparison to other products in the market."
"Making changes in Anypoint MQ is expensive."
"Licensing can be complex as is the case with most iPaaS/cloud offerings."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing as four or five out of ten."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is an expensive solution."
"Regarding pricing, I believe there could be room for improvement to align with user expectations."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
33%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Educational Organization
20%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ActiveMQ?
For reliable messaging, the most valuable feature of ActiveMQ for us is ensuring prompt message delivery.
What needs improvement with ActiveMQ?
The stability of ActiveMQ could be improved. Occasionally, the MQTT broker goes down, requiring a restart, so enhancing its stability would be beneficial. Also, the current monitoring tools could b...
What is your primary use case for ActiveMQ?
We often work on message transfer between sensors. An IoT device sends a message about a sensor failure to the database. Before inserting into the database, the failure message is sent to ActiveMQ,...
What advice do you have for others considering Mule Anypoint Platform?
I architected solutions using Oracle SOA/OSB, Spring Boot, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes; What I see is though if you are an enterprise and have enough money th...
How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...
What can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?
This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...
 

Also Known As

AMQ
Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
 

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Sample Customers

University of Washington, Daugherty Systems, CSC, STG Technologies, Inc. 
VMware, Gucci, MasterCard, Target, Time Inc, Hershey's, Tesla, Spotify, Office Depot, Intuit, CBS, Amtrak, Salesforce, Gap, Ralph Lauren
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