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IBM MQ vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM MQ
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
162
Ranking in other categories
Business Activity Monitoring (1st), Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) (1st)
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (7th), Relational Databases Tools (9th), Data Warehouse (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

SelvaKumar4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers the ability to batch metadata transfers between systems that support MQ as the communication method
We find it scalable for internal applications, but not so much for external integrations. It should support a wider range of protocols, not just a few specific ones. Many other products have broader protocol support, and IBM MQ is lagging in that area. IBM MQ needs to improve the UI for quicker logging. Users should also have a lot more control over logging, with a dashboard-like interface. That's something they should definitely work on.
Derrick Brockel - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"IBM MQ's flexibility has sped up our active communication."
"I haven't seen any severe issues related to it. Most of the time it's running. That is the advantage of IBM MQ."
"Reliable messaging and throughput are the most valuable."
"The thing that I like about MQ most is its reliability. It's one of those types of products that just works. You don't have to tinker around with it too much."
"The high availability and session recovery are the most valuable features because we need the solution live all day."
"It's ability to scale, it's ability to do guaranteed delivery and it's ability to do point-to-point of what we subscribe are the most valuable features."
"The solution is stable."
"It is useful for exchanging information between applications."
"The solution can scale."
"The solution improved our site reliability."
"A very good, open-source platform."
"It can be configured to be a very fast message broker. I like the stability, the built-in admin tools and plugin architecture."
"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."
"The security is great."
"Very fast for query processing."
"With VMware Tanzu Greenplum, one can make a huge database table and analyze the queries by adding in the SQL command. Some hint or command for the query goes over the multi-parallel execution."
 

Cons

"IBM MQ could improve by adding more protocols or APIs for a standard application, such as MuleSoft."
"Scaling is difficult with IBM MQ."
"The tool is expensive."
"I believe there is too much code to be done in order to handle the elements that you develop."
"They could integrate monitoring into the solution, a bit more than they do now. Currently, they have opened the REST API so you can get statistic and accounting information and details from MQ and build your own monitoring, if you want. IBM can improve the solution in this direction."
"At a recent conference, I went to a presentation that had the latest version and it has amazing stuff that's coming out. So, I am excited to use those, specifically surrounding the web console and the fact that it's API integrated."
"In terms of volume, it is not able to handle a huge volume. We also have limitations of queues related to IBM MQ. We often need to handle a very big volume, but currently we do have limitations. If those kinds of limitations could be relaxed, it would help us to work better."
"I couldn't find a lot of information on the system API side."
"I’d like this dashboard to use web sockets, so it would actually be in real time. It would slightly increase debugging, etc."
"We would like to see Greenplum maintain a closer relationship with and parity to features implemented in PostgreSQL."
"It doesn't have any GUI-based monitoring tools."
"The installation is difficult and should be made easier."
"The product is pretty hard to configure."
"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."
"Some integration with other platforms like design tools, and ETL development tools, that will enable some advanced functionality, like fully down processing, etc."
"they need to interact more with customers. They need to explain the features, especially when there are new releases of Greenplum. I know just from information I've found that it has other features, it can be used to for analytics, for integration with Big Data, Hadoop. They need to focus on this part with the customer."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution could be reduced, and we are on an annual subscription."
"It's a very expensive product."
"The solution costs are high, it is going to cost a fair bit for annual operating costs and support."
"IBM is expensive."
"This solution requires a license and we have purchased an enterprise license."
"IBM products, in general, have high licensing costs and support costs are too high."
"IBM MQ is expensive and they charge based on the CPU."
"Our costs haven't increased but they also have not improved."
"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 product."
"It’s an open-source solution."
"This is an open source solution."
"The pricing is okay."
"Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."
"On a scale of one to five, with five being the most competitive pricing, I would rate this solution as a four."
"The product is available for free use since it is an open-source technology."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
38%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
4%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is MQ software?
Hi As someone with 45+ years of experience in the Transaction and Message Processing world, I have seen many "MQ" solutions that have come into the market place. From my perspective, while each pro...
What are the differences between Apache Kafka and IBM MQ?
Apache Kafka is open source and can be used for free. It has very good log management and has a way to store the data used for analytics. Apache Kafka is very good if you have a high number of user...
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...
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.
What needs improvement with VMware Tanzu Greenplum?
Maintenance is time-consuming. It takes time to VACUUM and ANALYZE the tables to remove the fragmentations.
 

Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

Deutsche Bahn, Bon-Ton, WestJet, ARBURG, Northern Territory Government, Tata Steel Europe, Sharp Corporation
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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