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gRPC vs MQTT: What are the differences?

What is gRPC? A high performance, open-source universal RPC framework. gRPC is a modern open source high performance RPC framework that can run in any environment. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking...

What is MQTT? A machine-to-machine Internet of Things connectivity protocol. 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.

gRPC can be classified as a tool in the "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" category, while MQTT is grouped under "Message Queue".

gRPC is an open source tool with 22K GitHub stars and 5.12K GitHub forks. Here's a link to gRPC's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, gRPC has a broader approval, being mentioned in 53 company stacks & 48 developers stacks; compared to MQTT, which is listed in 12 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.

Pros of gRPC

Pros of MQTT

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Higth performance
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Easy setup
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The future of API
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Varying levels of Quality of Service to fit a range of
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Very easy to configure and use with open source tools
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Lightweight with a relatively small data footprint

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Cons of gRPC

Cons of MQTT

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Easy to configure in an unsecure manner

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What is gRPC?

gRPC is a modern open source high performance RPC framework that can run in any environment. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking...

What is 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.

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What are some alternatives to gRPC and MQTT?

GraphQL

GraphQL is a data query language and runtime designed and used at Facebook to request and deliver data to mobile and web apps since 2012.

RabbitMQ

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

Kafka

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

REST

An architectural style for developing web services. A distributed system framework that uses Web protocols and technologies.

SignalR

SignalR allows bi-directional communication between server and client. Servers can now push content to connected clients instantly as it becomes available. SignalR supports Web Sockets, and falls back to other compatible techniques for older browsers. SignalR includes APIs for connection management (for instance, connect and disconnect events), grouping connections, and authorization.

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