We performed a comparison between Apache Kafka and VMware RabbitMQ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Message Queue (MQ) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The processing power of Apache Kafka is good when you have requirements for high throughput and a large number of consumers."
"The publisher-subscriber pattern and low latency are also essential features that greatly piqued my interest."
"The high availability is valuable. It is robust, and we can rely on it for a huge amount of data."
"We appreciate the ability to persistently and quickly write data, as well as the flexibility to customize it for multiple customers. Additionally, we like the ability to retain data within Apache Kafka and use features, such as time travel to access past customer data. The connection with other systems, such as Apache Kafka and IBM DB2."
"The most valuable feature is the support for a high volume of data."
"Kafka can process messages in real-time, making it useful for applications that require near-instantaneous processing."
"We get amazing throughput. We don't get any delay."
"I like the performance and reliability of Kafka. I needed a data streaming buffer that could handle thousands of messages per second with at least one processing point for an analytics pipeline. Kafka fits this requirement very well."
"The solution has really cool features to use. Its management console is excellent. You can utilize plugins to view the performance of the whole service on one network."
"The security is great."
"Simple and straightforward admin portals: Made it easy for users and worked out excellently for our requirements"
"The message routing is the most valuable feature. It is effective and flexible."
"The product's reliability is the most valuable feature."
"I like the high throughput of 20K messages/sec, and that it supports multiple protocols."
"It is easy to use. The addition of more queues and more services can be managed very easily."
"Companies can scale the solution, so long as they have server room."
"Stability of the API and the technical support could be improved."
"More Windows support, I believe, is one area where it can improve."
"The solution can improve by having automation for developers. We have done many manual calculations and it has been difficult but if it was automated it would be much better."
"Kafka 2.0 has been released for over a month, and I wanted to try out the new features. However, the configuration is a little bit complicated: Kafka Broker, Kafka Manager, ZooKeeper Servers, etc."
"One of the things I am mostly looking for is that once the message is picked up from Kafka, it should not be visible or able to be consumed by other applications, or something along those lines. That feature is not present, but it is not a limitation or anything of the sort; rather, it is a desirable feature. The next release should include a feature that prevents messages from being consumed by other applications once they are picked up by Kafka."
"The third party is not very stable and sometimes you have problems with this component. There are some developments in newer versions and we're about to try them out, but I'm not sure if it closes the gap."
"Apache Kafka can improve by providing a UI for monitoring. There are third-party tools that can do it, but it would be nice if it was already embedded within Apache Kafka."
"Kafka does not provide control over the message queue, so we do not know whether we are experiencing lost or duplicate messages."
"RabbitMQ is clearly better supported on Linux than it is on Windows. There are idiosyncrasies in the Windows version that are not there on Linux."
"VMware RabbitMQ's configuration process could be easier to understand."
"I was struggling with installing a few things. It would be good if was somewhat similar to RedHat. There should be more documentation regarding installation troubleshooting."
"There are some security concerns that have been raised with this product."
"I would like to see the performance of the administration portal improved and additional messaging protocols."
"The support feature could benefit from some improvement in terms of accessibility and responsiveness."
"The solution needs improvement on performance."
"If you're outside IP address range, the clustering no longer has all the features which is problematic."
Apache Kafka is ranked 1st in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 76 reviews while VMware RabbitMQ is ranked 5th in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 38 reviews. Apache Kafka is rated 8.0, while VMware RabbitMQ is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Apache Kafka writes "Real-time processing and reliable for data integrity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware RabbitMQ writes "A cloud solution for asynchronous call with easy configuration". Apache Kafka is most compared with IBM MQ, Amazon SQS, Red Hat AMQ, Anypoint MQ and ActiveMQ, whereas VMware RabbitMQ is most compared with IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, Anypoint MQ, Red Hat AMQ and PubSub+ Event Broker. See our Apache Kafka vs. VMware RabbitMQ report.
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