ActiveMQ vs Red Hat AMQ comparison

Apache and Red Hat are both solutions in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category. Apache is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0, while Red Hat is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3. Apache holds a 31.8% mindshare in MQ, compared to Red Hat’s 12.6% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Apache users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

ActiveMQ

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88% willing to recommend

Red Hat AMQ

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90% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between ActiveMQ and Red Hat AMQ 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

Red Hat AMQ

Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of ActiveMQ is 31.8%, up from 25.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat AMQ is 12.6%, up from 11.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Prashant-Sharma

Senior Software Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Allows for asynchronous communication, enabling services to operate independently but issues with stability

The feature of ActiveMQ which I feel is good is its ability to have DLP, the later queues. If something goes wrong with the platform, it retries. Even if it fails, it goes to DLP, and later we can rescan the same event for processing. The ability to store the failed events for some time is valuable.

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Sther Martins

Java Developer at SCCON

An easy-to-learn solution that can be used with microservices

We have done around 20 projects in Red Hat AMQ. I have two projects using Red Hat AMQ, and I can share how its scalability has impacted them. In one project, we have a solution for authentication and authorization using SSO. We need to integrate with other systems in two ways. We use Red Hat AMQ for social data, sending messages to other queues, and integrating with business. We have two databases with the same information. The solution is good because it helps us solve problems with messaging. For instance, when messaging doesn't change, we still check the cloud and verify the information. In another project, we have a large banking solution for the Amazon region using Red Hat AMQ for financial transactions. In this solution, business messages are sent, and another system processes them.

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Pros

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

"It provides the best support services."

"I appreciate many features including queue, topic, durable topic, and selectors. I also value a different support for different protocols such as MQTT and AMQP. It has full support for EIP, REST, Message Groups, UDP, and TCP."

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

"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."

"Message broadcasting: There could be a use case sending the same message to all consumers. So as a producer, I broadcast the message to a topic. Then, whichever consumers are subscribed to the topic can consume the same message."

"The most important feature is that it's best for JVM-related languages and JMS integration."

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"I can organize the tool with microservices, which allows me to use it across different services. It is easy to learn."

"Reliability is the main criterion for selecting this tool for one of the busiest airports in Mumbai."

"AMQ is highly scalable and performs well. It can process a large volume of messages in one second. AMQ and OpenShift are a good combination."

"My impression is that it is average in terms of scalability."

"The most valuable feature for us is the operator-based automation that is provided by Streams for infrastructure as well as user and topic management. This saves a lot of time and effort on our part to provide infrastructure. For example, the deployment of infrastructure is reduced from approximately a week to a day."

"The most valuable feature is stability."

"This product is well adopted on the OpenShift platform. For organizations like ours that use OpenShift for many of our products, this is a good feature."

"Red Hat AMQ's best feature is its reliability."

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Cons

"One potential area would be the complexity of the initial setup."

"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."

"There are some stability issues."

"The solution's stability needs improvement."

"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."

"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."

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

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"The challenge is the multiple components it has. This brings a higher complexity compared to IBM MQ, which is a single complete unit."

"There is improvement needed to keep the support libraries updated."

"Red Hat AMQ's cost could be improved, and it could have better integration."

"This product needs better visualization capabilities in general."

"The product needs to improve its documentation and training."

"There are some aspects of the monitoring that could be improved on. There is a tool that is somewhat connected to Kafka called Service Registry. This is a product by Red Hat that I would like to see integrated more tightly."

"The turnaround of adopting new versions of underlying technologies sometimes is too slow."

"AMQ could be better integrated with Jira and patch management tools."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is less expensive than its competitors."

"We use the open-source version."

"I think the software is free."

"It’s open source, ergo free."

"I use open source with standard Apache licensing."

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

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

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

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"This is a very cost-effective solution and the pricing is much better than competitors."

"Red Hat AMQ's pricing could be improved."

"The solution is open-source."

"There is a subscription needed for this solution and there are support plans available."

"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with ten being expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

34%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

26%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

10%

Manufacturing 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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What do you like most about Red Hat AMQ?

AMQ is highly scalable and performs well. It can process a large volume of messages in one second. AMQ and OpenShift are a good combination.

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What needs improvement with Red Hat AMQ?

The product needs to improve its documentation and training.

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What is your primary use case for Red Hat AMQ?

We just started working with Red Hat AMQ. We selected it as the ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) platform for a new airport project. I manage the entire Master System Integration (MSI) project for one ...

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

AMQ

Red Hat JBoss A-MQ, Red Hat JBoss AMQ

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Apache

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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

To respond to business demands quickly and efficiently, you need a way to integrate the applications and data spread across your enterprise. Red Hat JBoss A-MQ—based on the Apache ActiveMQ open source project—is a flexible, high-performance messaging platform that delivers information reliably, enabling real-time integration and connecting the Internet of Things (IoT).

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

E*TRADE, CERN, CenturyLink, AECOM, Sabre Holdings

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