ActiveMQ vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

Apache and VMware are both solutions in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category. Apache is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.7, while VMware is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.1. Additionally, 88% of Apache users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of VMware users who would recommend it.

ActiveMQ

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88% willing to recommend

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Read 82 VMware Tanzu Data Solutions reviews

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89% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between ActiveMQ and VMware Tanzu Data Solutions based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Message Queue (MQ) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

ActiveMQ

Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database Development and Management (7th), Relational Databases Tools (9th), Data Warehouse (7th)

Q&A Highlights

Miriam Tover

Service Delivery Manager at PeerSpot

Jun 27, 2019

What is the biggest difference between ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ?

RabbitMQ has a larger installed base and more active OSS community.

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Eyob Alemu

Technical Director at NIDP

Efficient data flow management with high performance and occasional stability improvements

For high traffic volumes where management time on ActiveMQ is minimal and where the rate of flow from the provider is slower than from the consumer, ActiveMQ offers the highest performance based on our experience. It has been efficient for data flow control between two endpoints, despite occasional unexpected glitches. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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Derrick Brockel

Senior Manager of Operations at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The product improves site reliability, but it is not stable, and the initial deployment was a little difficult

When we had outages, we had timeouts. Sometimes, the nodes would drop out of a cluster. Therefore, the applications would get timeouts. There is a newer version out that we're planning to upgrade to for some stability. It could also be caused by our design. The product must improve its reliability. It'd be nice if nodes could drop out and notify each other in a timely manner so that the applications wouldn't know if there was a problem.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It’s a JMS broker, so the fact that it can allow for asynchronous communication is valuable."

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

"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."

"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."

"Reliable message delivery and mirroring."

"ActiveMQ is very lightweight and quick."

"It provides the best support services."

"The initial setup is straightforward and only takes a few minutes."

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"We use VMware RabbitMQ to transfer information from one point to another."

"The solution can scale."

"A very good, open-source platform."

"The solution improved our site reliability."

"Large amounts of data can be moved pretty fast using the solution."

"The product has been stable and I have never faced any kind of problems with it."

"After creating a RabbitMQ service, they provide you with a sort of web management dashboard."

"We chose Greenplum because of the architecture in terms of clustering databases and being able to have, or at least utilize the resources that are sitting on a database."

Cons

"I would like the tool to improve compliance and stability. We will encounter issues while using the central applications. In the solution's future releases, I want to control and set limitations for databases."

"The clustering for sure needs improvement. When we were using it, the only thing available was an active/passive relationship that had to be maintained via shared file storage. That model includes a single point of failure in that storage medium."

"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."

"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."

"We need to enhance stability and improve the deployment optimization to fully leverage the platform's capabilities."

"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."

"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."

"I would rate the stability a five out of ten because sometimes it gets stuck, and we have to restart it. We"

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"Their implementation is quite tricky. It's not that easy to implement RabbitMQ as a cluster."

"Maintenance is time-consuming."

"The support feature could benefit from some improvement in terms of accessibility and responsiveness."

"The product has to improve the crisis management, especially in memory issues."

"They should improve on the ability to scale your queues in a very simple and elegant way with the same power that they have would be great."

"The availability could be better."

"I saw some limitation with respect to the column store, and removing this would be an improvement."

"It will be very useful if we could communicate with other database types from Greenplum (using a database link)."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the software is free."

"The tool's pricing is reasonable and competitive compared to other solutions."

"We use the open-source version."

"ActiveMQ is open source, so it is free to use."

"We are using the open-source version, so we have not looked at any pricing."

"There are no fees because it is open-source."

"It’s open source, ergo free."

"I use open source with standard Apache licensing."

More ActiveMQ pricing and cost advice

"Since the tool is an open-source product, there is no need to pay anything."

"The solution's pricing is cost-effective as it does not involve significant expenses. Licensing is required only for the server, while clients do not need any licensing. Therefore, it proves to be a cost-efficient option."

"It is an open-source platform. Although, we have to pay for additional features."

"Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."

"We are using the open-source version of this solution."

"On a scale of one to five, with five being the most competitive pricing, I would rate this solution as a four."

"It’s an open-source solution."

"This is an open source solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

34%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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.

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What needs improvement with ActiveMQ?

We need to address the non-deterministic load issues. Sometimes, ActiveMQ either restarts automatically or goes into ActiveMQ mode, causing interruptions. We need to enhance stability and improve t...

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What is your primary use case for ActiveMQ?

We have a digital ID platform that uses various services running on Kafka. There are two main endpoints where services interact with external services. These include an automatic biometric service ...

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How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?

IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...

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What do you like most about VMware Tanzu Greenplum?

The loading speed is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Greenplum?

It’s an open-source solution. There are no expenses for using it.

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

AMQ

Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres

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Apache

VMware

Overview

Apache ActiveMQ is the most popular and powerful open source messaging and Integration Patterns server.

Apache ActiveMQ is fast, supports many Cross Language Clients and Protocols, comes with easy to use Enterprise Integration Patterns and many advanced features while fully supporting JMS 1.1 and J2EE 1.4. Apache ActiveMQ is released under the Apache 2.0 License

VMware Tanzu is a robust platform tailored for data warehousing, complex analytics, BI applications, and predictive analytics. It excels in scalability, performance, and parallel processing, enhancing data handling efficiency. Users report significant productivity improvements and streamlined operations, making it ideal for comprehensive data solutions.

Sample Customers

University of Washington, Daugherty Systems, CSC, STG Technologies, Inc.

General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University

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