Amazon MQ vs Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Red Hat are both solutions in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.6, while Red Hat is ranked #13. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 3.4% mindshare in MQ, compared to Red Hat’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

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85% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon MQ

Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS

Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of Amazon MQ is 3.4%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AdnanKhan

Senior System Administrator at Ovrlod

Offers good web hosting capacity and security features, but price needs to be reduced

In terms of Amazon MQ's scalability and throughput capabilities, the tool is mostly accessible, stable, and competent with similar platforms. The tool's web hosting capacity and security features are good. The impact of the solution on process efficiencies depends on the clients. If the traffic is too high for a client, I suggest they go with Azure as it is more scalable and stable, while the support is good. I recommend Azure over Amazon MQ. Starting with Amazon MQ can be a bit tricky, but I know that the product is mature and the support is very good. The integration capabilities of Amazon MQ are flexible. I am not using AI with the tool. I would not recommend Amazon MQ to others. As a service provider, my company usually recommends cheaply priced and reliable solutions to our customers. Azure is one most reliable tool that comes at a good price point. Even Google Cloud is a super solution but for launching Google Cloud, support is not available, so one needs to do it with tutorials which are not completely available in YouTube. I rate the tool a seven and a half out of ten.

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Akran Ruiz

System Administrator at BH Bank

It's scalable and easy to use, and we have local support here in Tunisia

We have an application-presentation layer, and we use JBoss to communicate with the application layer. The interceptors use Active MQ. JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support. JBoss could add more automation. We have been using JBoss for five…

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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

"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."

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

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

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

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

"Amazon MQ is a very scalable solution."

"Amazon MQ is a secure solution."

"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."

Cons

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

"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."

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

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

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

"Amazon MQ isn't a cheap tool."

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

"JBoss could add more automation."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

17%

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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?

The message queue requires an improvement in the message template MQ link. If Amazon provided a templating engine, it would be great.

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What is your primary use case for Amazon MQ?

We are using Amazon MQ for our AI model. It's used for notifications and other services. We have an application for which Amazon MQ acts as a broker.

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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)

To respond to business demands quickly and efficiently, you need a way to integrate the applications and data spread across your enterprise. Red Hat JBoss A-MQ—based on the Apache ActiveMQ open source project—is a flexible, high-performance messaging platform that delivers information reliably, enabling real-time integration and connecting the Internet of Things (IoT).

Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS extends the capabilities to our Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution, Red Hat OpenShift, for messaging services in the cloud.

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