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IBM MQ vs Oracle BAM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM MQ
Ranking in Business Activity Monitoring
1st
Ranking in Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
174
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (1st)
Oracle BAM
Ranking in Business Activity Monitoring
5th
Ranking in Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Business Activity Monitoring category, the mindshare of IBM MQ is 20.4%, down from 43.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle BAM is 8.7%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Activity Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM MQ20.4%
Oracle BAM8.7%
Other70.9%
Business Activity Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

MK
SWIFT manager at Raiffeisen Bank Aval
Reliable payment processing is achieved with minimal disruption
Currently, we have some disadvantages; it's a bit difficult to use IBM ID to access support from the IBM site. To get nice support from IBM, we need to use IBM ID, and it's a bit complicated to integrate it with IBM support. Support can be better because sometimes we need explanations for some behaviors of the product, and it's not easy to reach the proper person in IBM support. They could add some new features into IBM MQ to make it better. A graphical user interface in addition to MQ Explorer could be useful, but we are satisfied with MQ Explorer as well.
it_user7818 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect at AVIO Consulting
Can be fed information from existing database tables, JMS feeds, PL/SQL, BPM and SOA projects.
Aside from the normal bug fixes that were in the previous release, Oracle BAM 12.2.1.(3) is a great improvement. Customers using Oracle BAM 12.1.3 should consider upgrading to 12.2.1.(3). The three primary reasons I would give a customer to encourage them to upgrade are: 1. End user dashboard responsiveness has been performance vastly improved. 2. It is easy to detect trends and have Oracle BAM automatically send notifications due to its integration with Oracle Stream Analytics. This means Non-technical people can create queries and alerts based on pre-built templates such as: * Top N Template - e.g., provide a rolling window of a specified number of items (e.g., order amounts) over a specified period of time * Trending Detection Template - e.g., detect when order processing time in a specified rolling window of time is trending down by x% then output the time and trending values * Duplicate Detection Template - e.g., If duplicate values are detected for a supplier and requester over a specified rolling window of time, the duplicated output is output * KPI Alert Template - e.g., send an alert if processing time over the last specified time period is not within the previous average +/- standard deviation * Missing Event Template - e.g., when an EDI file is submitted and the response is not received within a time specified, an alert can be fired * Moving Aggregation Template - e.g., the moving average of dropped calls over a rolling window of time exceeds a certain amount then send an alert. 3. It might seem like a small thing, but list views can now be used to export to a CSV file. Other improvements that I have already found useful include: * It is not always possible to build BAM queries declaratively. When this is the case, you can now create your own pre-defined SQL queries * The data objects can now be on a purge schedule automatically using Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise Manager * Data objects can now be joined using Inner or Left Outer Joins * Some widgets now support zoom

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's very robust; it's stable; whenever we have a situation where our listener is down for some reason, MQ has the capacity to put those messages into some queues where we can retrieve them later on."
"It seems to be pretty reliable; it's one of the few things we have that just runs, almost to a point where you forget to go back and do some upgrades."
"I'd consider MQ one of the simplest products to use."
"To have that relationship, and to have MQ being able to service what they service and support that expansion has been fantastic."
"The best features of IBM MQ were stability and straightforward application functionality; it has vendor support, which was a significant advantage, and in case of any production issues, we definitely get vendor support, whereas with Kafka and others, we have to rely on open community and our research."
"It's reliable."
"The solution is very stable."
"Data integrity, reliability and security are valuable features that IBM MQ possesses."
"This tool gave us the capacity to understand how our personnel is managing priorities and how these priorities affect our business."
"Oracle BAM's ability to be fed information from a variety of sources that include existing database tables, JMS feeds, PL/SQL, BPM and SOA projects, along with its synergy with other Oracle products, makes it an excellent fit for Oracle shops."
"It provides automatic sending of alerts for the monitoring of the business, and it is a feature which works and is very valuable to the organization."
 

Cons

"There are unknown bugs that we run across where we don't know where they are from, and the next fix pack will fix it."
"The only bad thing I could ever say about MQ is sometimes finding the right talent to administer it."
"The issue is that they're using a very old clustering model."
"I would just like a more user-friendly experience to do common administration tasks. I know that you can use MQ Explorer, but having something that's already built in would definitely be useful."
"With IBM products, there's less marketing. If they do more demos and more seminars on their products, it will be very useful."
"One of the things we did not see meeting our need was the lack of integrated monitoring for both IIB flows and MQ's."
"The initial setup is difficult. Creating your own cluster is difficult. Working with cluster repositories is difficult. Issue management with IBM MQ is difficult."
"It's not always easy for applications to connect to IBM MQ, but I think it's fine in general."
"There were so many bugs and restrictions that were sold as "characteristics"."
"Bugs are in every product and this is no exception."
"Sometimes creating a new measurement could be difficult."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of IBM MQ could improve by being less expensive."
"Small-scale companies may not want to buy IBM MQ because of its high cost."
"It is a licensed product. As compared to an open-source solution, such as RabbitMQ, it is obviously costly. If you're using IBM Message Broker, which is a licensed product, IBM MQ is included in the same license. You don't have to pay separately for IBM MQ. The license cost of IBM MQ is lesser than IBM Message Broker."
"IBM is expensive."
"IBM MQ is expensive and they charge based on the CPU."
"Most of our customers are quite happy with the solution but they have an issue with the cost. They want to move to cheaper solutions."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, and we are on an annual subscription."
"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price a seven. The product is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise147
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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

WebSphere MQ
BAM
 

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Sample Customers

Deutsche Bahn, Bon-Ton, WestJet, ARBURG, Northern Territory Government, Tata Steel Europe, Sharp Corporation
glh Hotels, Silver Diner, Smiles S.A., Portuguese Official Agriculture and Fisheries, SIBS, PARI Medical Holding GmbH, ec4u expert consulting AG, Natura Cosmeticos S.A., Portobello S.A., Algar Telecom S.A., Trombini Embalagens S.A.
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