Amazon MQ vs Aurea CX Messenger comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Aurea are both solutions in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.5, while Aurea is ranked #12. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 4.5% mindshare in MQ, compared to Aurea’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Aurea users who would recommend it.

Amazon MQ

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87% willing to recommend

Aurea CX Messenger

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

Aurea CX Messenger and Amazon MQ compete in the message queuing software market. Amazon MQ appears superior in features and pricing, providing greater overall value.

Features: Aurea CX Messenger offers robust message network architecture, reliable message delivery, and exceptional data integrity. Amazon MQ stands out with seamless integration capabilities, powerful cross-platform communication, and high availability.

Room for Improvement: Aurea CX Messenger could enhance its integration and scalability features, simplify its deployment process, and reduce setup time. Amazon MQ could improve its personalized support services, lower operational complexity for less experienced users, and offer more tailored on-premise options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Amazon MQ's cloud-native deployment model simplifies setup and reduces deployment time, complemented by AWS's comprehensive support. Aurea CX Messenger's on-premise model requires more initial configuration and time but provides strong personalized support.

Pricing and ROI: Aurea CX Messenger has higher setup costs due to its on-premise nature, with potential long-term ROI through stable performance. Amazon MQ offers a flexible pricing model with lower initial costs, appealing to businesses seeking scalability without heavy upfront investment.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon MQ

Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Aurea CX Messenger

Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software

12th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Activity Monitoring (4th), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) (14th), SOA Governance (6th), Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of Amazon MQ is 4.5%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Aurea CX Messenger is 2.2%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Message Queue (MQ) Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon MQ	4.5%
Aurea CX Messenger	2.2%
Other	93.3%

Message Queue (MQ) Software

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RamilCerrada

Solution architect at SM Supermalls

Has provided consistent functionality across on-premise and cloud while simplifying cloud integration

I have experience with on-premise setups using ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ, but with regards to AWS, I use it via cloud only. There's a free tier with Amazon MQ based on their website, which is a six-month free trial of a single instance, allowing per month usage of either ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ, five gig of Amazon EFS storage, and for ActiveMQ, it's 20 gig of Amazon EBS storage for RabbitMQ. I did not purchase Amazon MQ through AWS Marketplace. Amazon MQ has published information about having 650 hours of free trial usage. This can be found via the AWS website by searching for AWS MQ. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Amazon MQ an eight out of ten.

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Radhey Rajput

Sr. IT Analyst at NCR Corporation

Lightweight and efficient solution

It's very good and lightweight. But, it does not provide web service communication. But it is excellent for internal connections One valuable feature is the messaging broker. If there is a disruption, it restores the messages. And when the application is running, it delivers all the messages. The…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon MQ is managed by AWS and is easy to use."

"Amazon MQ is important for being collaborative, allowing for centralized information."

"We have found Amazon MQ to provide scalability, robustness, and security."

"Amazon MQ is a very scalable solution."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its managed service aspect. It's simple to implement and use. It requires minimal effort to maintain business operations."

"Amazon MQ is a secure solution."

"Since we utilize AWS, it's easy to integrate Amazon MQ and work with other third-party software, as they have standard communications via API or native language."

"The initial Amazon MQ setup is very easy both when you do it on your own or use the self-managed instance."

"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is very easy to develop. Most of it is graphical, but we also have the option to add any custom call that you need."

"The solution is highly scalable, this is very important for us. It can handle a lot of messages."

"The Messenger Broker is a really good feature."

"SDM: User-friendly tool which allows for a seamless approach to performing hotfixes, if required."

"ESB: Provides all kind of possibilities to resolve business needs. A lot of ready to use services plus custom Java services. I used a lot of them all."

"The solution offers excellent stability."

Cons

"Depending on your use cases, Amazon MQ can be cheap or expensive."

"Amazon MQ is a good solution for small and medium-sized enterprises. It's open-source software, which means it's cheaper than its competitors."

"The solution needs improvement in the back end and security."

"In community support, especially with distributed systems and integration, there is a need for better system organization."

"If Amazon provided a templating engine, it would be great."

"Monitoring capabilities are not yet fully developed, since it's a message broker service, so it focuses more on the health of Apache."

"Amazon MQ isn't a cheap tool."

"The product should improve its monitoring capabilities. It needs to improve the pricing also."

"The solution needs to improve support for new, more recent protocols on the API."

"You should not hurry with upgrades without testing the whole product completely."

"The improvement is that it should be on the cloud and use web services."

"Aurea CX Messenger could improve by making better use of the new APIs"

"I don't know if the last version has the cloud option, but maybe that could be good. That could be something that is included."

"It should include/add more services with the product as per market demand. It should include custom Java services developed by any organization or provide a platform where users/developers can share ideas/custom services, etc."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"As a client or as an end user, I would say that Google Cloud Storage or Google Cloud are cheaper than Amazon MQ."

"Depending on your use cases, Amazon MQ can be cheap or expensive."

"The pricing is not so high."

"Much better than Oracle SOA Suite."

"You pay nothing for licensing, because the commercial model is a subscription. Other environments, such as QA and Development, are included in the subscription"

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Insurance Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Media Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon MQ?

The tool's most valuable feature is its managed service aspect. It's simple to implement and use. It requires minimal effort to maintain business operations.

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What needs improvement with Amazon MQ?

Amazon MQ needs to have data collected on performance to analyze trends for improvement. Additionally, some tools can suggest how to improve performance in terms of speed, time, and processing, whi...

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Also Known As

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CX Messenger Enterprise, Aurea Sonic ESB, Aurea Sonic, Aurea Sonic MQ

Overview

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. Message brokers allow different software systems–often using different programming languages, and on different platforms–to communicate and exchange information. Amazon MQ reduces your operational load by managing the provisioning, setup, and maintenance of ActiveMQ, a popular open-source message broker. Connecting your current applications to Amazon MQ is easy because it uses industry-standard APIs and protocols for messaging, including JMS, NMS, AMQP, STOMP, MQTT, and WebSocket. Using standards means that in most cases, there’s no need to rewrite any messaging code when you migrate to AWS.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

CX Messenger lets your technology keep pace with your business. Aurea’s industry leading Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) lets you adapt and change your infrastructure with plug-and-play speed and ease.

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Sample Customers

SkipTheDishes, Malmberg, Dealer.com, Bench Accounting

Heathrow, HomeServe, Paypal, Freedom Mortgage

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