Amazon SQS alternatives and competitors 2023

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RahulSingh7

Senior Software Developer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Dec 7, 2022

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Requires manually patching and maintenance of servers but is cost effective for smaller applications

Pros and Cons

"ActiveMQ brings the most value to small applications because it will not cost you very much to complete."

"There are some stability issues."

What is most valuable?

ActiveMQ brings the most value to small applications because it will not cost you very much to complete.

What needs improvement?

There are two areas that the product should improve. One, the solution needs to be maintained manually and two, there are some stability issues.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using ActiveMQ for quite a while.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There are stability issues with this solution. We lose connection at times. When the application is down, we have to manually patch our servers, maintain them, and restart them. This is a cumbersome manual process.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

ActiveMQ is not automatically scalable. You have to provision a server in order to scale to different regions, deploying another messaging queue.

How are customer service and support?

Being open source, you can create a ticket on GitHub, however, there is no guarantee that it will be resolved.

How was the initial setup?

ActiveMQ is easier to set up than Amazon SQS.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

ActiveMQ is open source, so it is free to use.

What other advice do I have?

If you are working with a small application, and you can manage losing data, or at some point, losing connection, the solution is fine.

Overall, I would rate ActiveMQ a five out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

Last updated: Dec 7, 2022

reviewer1626039

Software Engineering Expert at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Jul 20, 2021

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Integrates well, helpful technical support, but stability needs improvement

Pros and Cons

"Overall the solution operates well and has good integration."

"We have had scalability issues with some projects in the past."

What is our primary use case?

IBM MQ is one of the biggest message exchanges in our company. We are in the process of migration to a cloud base environment because in some projects we are using RabbitMQ and Amazon SQS. However, IBM MQ is a big part of our technology ecosystem.

What is most valuable?

Overall the solution operates well and has good integration.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using IBM MQ within the past 12 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had stability issues using the solution for some of our projects.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have had scalability issues with some projects in the past.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support has been helpful.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used RabbitMQ and Amazon SQS.