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IBM MQ
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IBM MQ

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What is IBM MQ?

It is a messaging middleware that simplifies and accelerates the integration of diverse applications and business data across multiple platforms. It offers proven, enterprise-grade messaging capabilities that skillfully and safely move information.

IBM MQ is a tool in the Background Jobs category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Once-and-once-only deliveryAsynchronous messagingPowerful protectionSimplified, smart managementAugmented securityExpanded client application options

IBM MQ Pros & Cons

Pros of IBM MQ

  • ✓Reliable for banking transactions
  • ✓Useful for big enteprises
  • ✓Secure
  • ✓Broader connectivity - more protocols, APIs, Files etc
  • ✓High Availability
  • ✓Many deployment options (containers, cloud, VM etc)

Cons of IBM MQ

  • ✗Cost

IBM MQ Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to IBM MQ?

Kafka

Kafka

Kafka is a distributed, partitioned, replicated commit log service. It provides the functionality of a messaging system, but with a unique design.

RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ gives your applications a common platform to send and receive messages, and your messages a safe place to live until received.

Amazon SQS

Amazon SQS

Transmit any volume of data, at any level of throughput, without losing messages or requiring other services to be always available. With SQS, you can offload the administrative burden of operating and scaling a highly available messaging cluster, while paying a low price for only what you use.

Celery

Celery

Celery is an asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. It is focused on real-time operation, but supports scheduling as well.

MQTT

MQTT

It was designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport. It is useful for connections with remote locations where a small code footprint is required and/or network bandwidth is at a premium.

ActiveMQ

ActiveMQ

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.

IBM MQ Integrations

Application Integration, Zato are some of the popular tools that integrate with IBM MQ. Here's a list of all 2 tools that integrate with IBM MQ.

Application Integration
Application Integration
Zato
Zato

IBM MQ Discussions

Discover why developers choose IBM MQ. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.

Sanjib Ganguly
Sanjib Ganguly

Jan 25, 2022

Needs adviceonIBM MQIBM MQAzure Service BusAzure Service Bus

Want to get the differences in features and enhancement, pros and cons, and also how to Migrate from IBM MQ to Azure Service Bus.

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