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IBM Event Streams vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

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

IBM Event Streams
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (6th), Relational Databases Tools (14th), Data Warehouse (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of IBM Event Streams is 2.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 6.4%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions6.4%
IBM Event Streams2.0%
Other91.6%
Message Queue (MQ) Software
 

Featured Reviews

Ismail El-Dahshan - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at areebah
Easy to set up with good support and good routing scenarios
The triggering and the events that they have triggered as well as the route of the message according to the events are very useful. The triggering scenarios and routing scenarios are all good. It's a very useful solution for financial institutions. The initial setup is pretty straightforward. The stability has been good. I've found the product to be scalable. Technical support is responsive.
Moisés Guillén - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware vSphere | Horizon View | Citrix Virtual Apps | Microsoft Intune | Azure | SCCM | Windows 365 at Adecco
Has improved server deployment speed and simplified Kubernetes cluster administration
My main use case for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is Tanzu Basic TKB version 2.4 I focus on the creation of Kubernetes clusters with VMware Tanzu Data Solutions. VMware Tanzu Data Solutions has positively impacted my organization because it is efficient, easy, fast, and aids in the creation and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The stability has been good."
"I'm an administrator, and what I like most is the interface, the security, and the storage."
"The system efficiently processes and calculates the data flow within the cluster using DLP functionality."
"The most valuable feature for me is that it is open source. The licensing costs are really low and they are transparent."
"After creating a RabbitMQ service, they provide you with a sort of web management dashboard."
"Companies can scale the solution, so long as they have server room."
"Reliability for the messages is key. RabbitMQ ensures your messages are safe. They are not deleted and stuff."
"The stability of this solution was very good."
"Helps us to achieve large-scale analytics."
"The loading speed is very good."
"Scalable (Massive) Parallel Processing (MPP) – The ability to bring to bear large amounts of compute against large data sets with Greenplum and the EMC DCA has proven itself to be very effective."
 

Cons

"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."
"In the next release, I would like to see the GUI allow you to configure the security section."
"Their implementation is quite tricky. It's not that easy to implement RabbitMQ as a cluster."
"The debugging capabilities and testing flexibilities need to be improved."
"If messages pile up until the space of the memory is full, then basically, the cluster goes down, and someone has to log in through the backend and purge all messages."
"The user interface could be improved."
"There are some security concerns that have been raised with this product."
"It doesn't have any GUI-based monitoring tools."
"They should improve on the ability to scale your queues in a very simple and elegant way with the same power that they have would be great."
"The product is pretty hard to configure."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing needs to be improved."
"The platform is averagely priced."
"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."
"This is an open source solution."
"The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."
"It’s an open-source solution."
"Since the tool is an open-source product, there is no need to pay anything."
"The price is pretty good."
"The product is available for free use since it is an open-source technology."
"It is an open-source platform. Although, we have to pay for additional features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise49
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Event Streams?
The system efficiently processes and calculates the data flow within the cluster using DLP functionality.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Event Streams?
The platform is averagely priced. I rate the pricing a six out of ten.
What needs improvement with IBM Event Streams?
The product's interface needs improvement. Additionally, there could be a management console to create and manage clusters.
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...
What do you like most about VMware RabbitMQ?
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 pro...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres
 

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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
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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