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Amazon EventBridge vs IBM MQ comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon EventBridge
Ranking in Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM MQ
Ranking in Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
170
Ranking in other categories
Business Activity Monitoring (1st), Message Queue (MQ) Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) category, the mindshare of Amazon EventBridge is 5.5%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM MQ is 27.3%, up from 25.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
 

Featured Reviews

Shrihari Haridas - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables triggering of automatic processes with customizable timing
Amazon EventBridge allows for customization at my level, providing many options for determining which services are dependent, what account to use, and when the Lambda will trigger. It is crucial if I need to trigger a Lambda with scheduling a cron job or setting a timing. With EventBridge, I can run automatic Lambda at a particular time in a day or an hour.
Md Al-Amin - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable and secure performance consistently enhances message transfer
IBM MQ is more reliable and secure than other software. There is a saying that for the last 30 years IBM MQ has never been hacked. It is more secure and reliable. Whenever the configuration is done, I do not have to touch it again. It works fine, it is stable, and its communication is to the point and accurate. All performance-related aspects are better. Performance-wise, it is scalable, and other features such as DR, DC, replication, and active passive mode are complex to configure, but it remains scalable. The pricing model for IBM MQ could be more flexible for clients.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It's very simple to set up our cron with Amazon EventBridge."
"Amazon EventBridge is very flexible."
"It has self-explanatory documentation and works with most projects."
"The best feature is that it allows you to perform recurring tasks efficiently."
"Secure, safe, and very fast."
"It is easy to create a new queue, and the queue manager connecting to the remote queue works smoothly once the IP and port are included."
"The most valuable features of IBM MQ are its guarantee of delivery, ability to handle high volume while maintaining high availability, and robust security measures such as SSL, TLS, and RBAC."
"IBM is still adding some features and coding some other systems on the security end. However, it has the most security features I've seen in a communication solution. Security is the most important thing for our purposes."
"The message queue and the integration with any development platform/language, i.e., NET and Java, are the most valuable features."
"It is quite stable."
"The solution is stable."
"Offers good performance as well as scalability and stability."
 

Cons

"It would be good if the solution provided a feature to add multiple Cron expressions in one rule."
"Amazon EventBridge doesn't have the feature of event replay."
"Currently, it only supports triggering one job at a time. It would be helpful if it could handle multiple jobs or triggers simultaneously. What I mean is that currently, we can only perform one job at a time."
"It would be easy if we had an option to select multiple things to run the script from Monday to Friday."
"At a recent conference, I went to a presentation that had the latest version and it has amazing stuff that's coming out. So, I am excited to use those, specifically surrounding the web console and the fact that it's API integrated."
"I don’t like legacy view of MQ."
"I believe the stability of the product has decreased since we began using it initially."
"the level of training as well as product marketing for this product are not that great. You rarely find a good training institute that provides training. Many of the architects in several organization are neither aware of the product nor interested in using it. IBM should provide good training on products like this."
"The solution requires a lot of work to implement and maintain."
"There are things within the actual product itself that can be improved, such as limitations on message length, size, etc. There is no standardized message length outside of IBM. Each of the implementations of the MQ series or support of that functionality varies between various suppliers, and because of that, it is very difficult to move from one to the other. We have IBM MQ, but we couldn't use it because the platform that was speaking to MQ didn't support the message length that was standard within IBM MQ. So, we had to use a different product to do exactly the same thing. So, perhaps, there could be more flexibility in the standards around the message queue. If we had been able to increase the message queue size within the IBM MQ implementation, we wouldn't have had to go over to another competing product because the system that was using MQ messaging required the ability to hold messages that were far larger than the IBM MQ standard. So, there could be a bit more flexibility in the structuring. It has as such nothing to do with the IBM implementation of MQ. It is just that the standard that is being put out onto the market doesn't actually stipulate those types of things."
"The initial setup is difficult. Creating your own cluster is difficult. Working with cluster repositories is difficult. Issue management with IBM MQ is difficult."
"I would like to see faster monitoring tools for this solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon EventBridge's pricing is pretty cheap."
"IBM's licensing model seems more reasonable than some competitors. They charge based on usage, which is good."
"There is a different platform price between Windows, z/OS, and iSeries."
"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price a seven. The product is expensive."
"IBM is expensive."
"We have a special contract with IBM MQ that give us a certain price."
"The solution costs are high, it is going to cost a fair bit for annual operating costs and support."
"The pricing seems good according to the functionality that the solution provides."
"Small-scale companies may not want to buy IBM MQ because of its high cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
14%
Media Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
36%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
4%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EventBridge?
It's very simple to set up our cron with Amazon EventBridge.
What needs improvement with Amazon EventBridge?
We have to initially write a cron for whenever the solution has to be run. Currently, if the script has to run from Monday to Friday, we have to do some script. It would be easy if we had an option...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon EventBridge?
On a scale from one to ten, I would give EventBridge an overall score of nine.
What is MQ software?
Hi As someone with 45+ years of experience in the Transaction and Message Processing world, I have seen many "MQ" solutions that have come into the market place. From my perspective, while each pro...
What are the differences between Apache Kafka and IBM MQ?
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How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?
IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...
 

Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack
Deutsche Bahn, Bon-Ton, WestJet, ARBURG, Northern Territory Government, Tata Steel Europe, Sharp Corporation
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