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Amazon MQ vs IBM MQ: What are the differences?

Key Differences Between Amazon MQ and IBM MQ

Amazon MQ and IBM MQ are both messaging services used for building scalable message-driven systems. However, there are several key differences between these two platforms.

  1. Pricing and Flexibility: Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), which means you can scale the service based on your requirements and only pay for what you use. On the other hand, IBM MQ is a licensed software that requires you to purchase a license based on the number of cores and capacity needed, which can be less flexible in terms of cost.

  2. Deployment Options: Amazon MQ is a cloud-based service that runs on AWS, providing you with the advantages of scalability, high availability, and global coverage. It can seamlessly integrate with other AWS services and allows you to easily deploy message brokers in different regions. In contrast, IBM MQ can be deployed on-premises or on a private cloud, giving you more control over the infrastructure but requiring additional setup and management.

  3. Ease of Use: Amazon MQ offers a simplified user interface and makes it easy to create and manage brokers, queues, and topics through the AWS Management Console or APIs. It abstracts the underlying complexity of a message broker, making it suitable for developers who want a quick and straightforward setup. IBM MQ, on the other hand, has a more extensive set of features and configuration options, allowing for fine-grained control and customization but requiring more knowledge and expertise to set up and manage.

  4. Integration with Other Services: Amazon MQ seamlessly integrates with other AWS services like Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, AWS Lambda, and more, allowing you to build highly scalable and decoupled architectures. It also supports popular messaging protocols such as AMQP, MQTT, and STOMP. IBM MQ provides integration with various middleware and enterprise platforms, making it a preferred choice for organizations already using IBM solutions.

  5. Message Delivery Guarantees: Amazon MQ provides at-least-once message delivery guarantees, which means messages are guaranteed to be delivered at least once but may be delivered more than once in case of failures. IBM MQ, on the other hand, offers various levels of delivery guarantees, including at-most-once, at-least-once, and exactly-once, allowing you to choose the appropriate level of reliability based on your application requirements.

  6. Monitoring and Management: Amazon MQ provides built-in monitoring and management capabilities, allowing you to track message throughput, monitor queues, and set up alarms. It integrates with AWS CloudWatch for real-time monitoring and visibility into the health and performance of your message broker. IBM MQ also provides monitoring and management features, but they may require additional setup and configuration.

In summary, the key differences between Amazon MQ and IBM MQ lie in their pricing and flexibility, deployment options, ease of use, integration with other services, message delivery guarantees, and monitoring and management capabilities. Choosing the right messaging service depends on your specific requirements, infrastructure, and preference for cloud-based or on-premises solutions.

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MITHIRIDI PRASANTH
Software Engineer at LightMetrics · | 4 upvotes · 267.7K views
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I want to schedule a message. Amazon SQS provides a delay of 15 minutes, but I want it in some hours.

Example: Let's say a Message1 is consumed by a consumer A but somehow it failed inside the consumer. I would want to put it in a queue and retry after 4hrs. Can I do this in Amazon MQ? I have seen in some Amazon MQ videos saying scheduling messages can be done. But, I'm not sure how.

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Andres Paredes
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Mithiridi, I believe you are talking about two different things. 1. If you need to process messages with delays of more 15m or at specific times, it's not a good idea to use queues, independently of tool SQM, Rabbit or Amazon MQ. you should considerer another approach using a scheduled job. 2. For dead queues and policy retries RabbitMQ, for example, doesn't support your use case. https://medium.com/@kiennguyen88/rabbitmq-delay-retry-schedule-with-dead-letter-exchange-31fb25a440fc I'm not sure if that is possible SNS/SQS support, they have a maximum delay for delivery (maxDelayTarget) in seconds but it's not clear the number. You can check this out: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sns-message-delivery-retries.html

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Pros of Amazon MQ
Pros of IBM MQ
  • 7
    Supports low IQ developers
  • 3
    Supports existing protocols (JMS, NMS, AMQP, STOMP, …)
  • 2
    Easy to migrate existing messaging service
  • 3
    Reliable for banking transactions
  • 3
    Useful for big enteprises
  • 2
    Secure
  • 1
    Broader connectivity - more protocols, APIs, Files etc
  • 1
    Many deployment options (containers, cloud, VM etc)
  • 1
    High Availability

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Cons of Amazon MQ
Cons of IBM MQ
  • 4
    Slow AF
  • 2
    Cost

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What is Amazon MQ?

Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ that makes it easy to set up and operate message brokers in the cloud.

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.

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What are some alternatives to Amazon MQ and IBM MQ?
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.
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ gives your applications a common platform to send and receive messages, and your messages a safe place to live until received.
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.
Kafka
Kafka is a distributed, partitioned, replicated commit log service. It provides the functionality of a messaging system, but with a unique design.
Azure Service Bus
It is a cloud messaging system for connecting apps and devices across public and private clouds. You can depend on it when you need highly-reliable cloud messaging service between applications and services, even when one or more is offline.
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