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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
- Higth performance20
- Easy setup11
- The future of API10
- Contract-based4
- Polyglot3
Pros of MQTT
- Varying levels of Quality of Service to fit a range of3
- Very easy to configure and use with open source tools1
- Lightweight with a relatively small data footprint1
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Cons of gRPC
Cons of MQTT
- Easy to configure in an unsecure manner1
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