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We performed a comparison between IBM Event Streams 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.
To learn more, read our detailed IBM Event Streams vs. VMware RabbitMQ Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The system efficiently processes and calculates the data flow within the cluster using DLP functionality.""I'm an administrator, and what I like most is the interface, the security, and the storage.""The stability has been good."

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"The most valuable feature is that it's really customizable.""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.""RabbitMQ will help to remove a lot of the complexities and create a loosely coupled codebase.""After creating a RabbitMQ service, they provide you with a sort of web management dashboard.""It can be configured to be a very fast message broker. I like the stability, the built-in admin tools and plugin architecture.""RabbitMQ provides access to SDKs for development and the ability to raise and log tickets if we encounter issues. We can integrate RabbitMQ using various languages like Java or Python using the provided SDKs.""The most valuable feature is asynchronous calls, which are easy to configure."

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Cons
"In the next release, I would like to see the GUI allow you to configure the security section.""It would be helpful if they could help us explain why they, as in, the customers, should use the product and the overall benefits.""The product's interface needs improvement."

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"Their implementation is quite tricky. It's not that easy to implement RabbitMQ as a cluster.""The product has to improve the crisis management, especially in memory issues.""The support feature could benefit from some improvement in terms of accessibility and responsiveness.""I’d like this dashboard to use web sockets, so it would actually be in real time. It would slightly increase debugging, etc.""VMware RabbitMQ's configuration process could be easier to understand.""The fact that a single queue can't be distributed across multiple instances/nodes is a major disadvantage.""When you have complex tasks, RabbitMQ is hard to use.""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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing needs to be improved."
  • "The platform is averagely priced."
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  • "The pricing is okay."
  • "This is an open source solution."
  • "are using the open-source version, which can be used free of cost."
  • "The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."
  • "The solution's pricing is cost-effective as it does not involve significant expenses. Licensing is required only for the server, while clients do not need any licensing. Therefore, it proves to be a cost-efficient option."
  • "It is an open-source platform. Although, we have to pay for additional features."
  • "It is an open-source product."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The system efficiently processes and calculates the data flow within the cluster using DLP functionality.
    Top Answer:The platform is averagely priced. I rate the pricing a six out of ten.
    Top Answer:The product's interface needs improvement. Additionally, there could be a management console to create and manage clusters.
    Top Answer: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 protocols… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is asynchronous calls, which are easy to configure.
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    Also Known As
    RabbitMQ by Pivotal, Rabbit, RabbitMQ
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    Overview

    Built on open source Apache Kafka, IBM Event Streams is an event-streaming platform that helps you build smart applications that can react to events as they happen. IBM Event Streams is based on years of operational expertise IBM has gained from running Apache Kafka event streams for enterprises

    RabbitMQ is the most popular open source message broker, with more than 35,000 production deployments world-wide. RabbitMQ is lightweight and easy to deploy on premises and in the cloud and runs on all major operating systems. It supports most developer platforms, multiple messaging protocols and can be deployed in distributed and federated configurations to meet high-scale, high-availability requirements.

    Sample Customers
    American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits, Active International, Bison, Contextor, Constance Hotels, Resorts & Golf, Creval, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, FaceMe, FacePhi, Fitzsoft, Fuga Technologies, Guardio, Honeywell, Japanese airline, Jenzabar, KONE
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company19%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Government6%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Retailer17%
    University11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise74%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM Event Streams vs. VMware RabbitMQ
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Event Streams vs. VMware RabbitMQ and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    769,236 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    IBM Event Streams is ranked 11th in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 3 reviews while VMware RabbitMQ is ranked 5th in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 39 reviews. IBM Event Streams is rated 8.4, while VMware RabbitMQ is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Event Streams writes "Easy to use, stable, has a good interface, and the security is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware RabbitMQ writes "Reliable queueing functionality and versatile tool that can be used with any programming languages ". IBM Event Streams is most compared with Apache Kafka, Red Hat AMQ and IBM MQ, whereas VMware RabbitMQ is most compared with IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka, Anypoint MQ and Red Hat AMQ. See our IBM Event Streams vs. VMware RabbitMQ report.

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