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

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM MQ
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
174
Ranking in other categories
Business Activity Monitoring (1st), Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) (1st)
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
14th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of IBM MQ is 21.0%, down from 26.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is 2.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM MQ21.0%
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS2.0%
Other77.0%
Message Queue (MQ) Software
 

Featured Reviews

David Pizinger - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Technical Leader at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Has faced unexpected VM restarts but continues to deliver messages reliably
I'm not sure if we've utilized IBM MQ's high availability. Our MQ VMs are set up in clusters, and I think our queue managers are set up in pairs. However, I don't know if we actually use any specific high availability features of IBM MQ that are out of the box. We have it architected with high availability because we use F5 load balancers, and everything about our architecture is highly available. I haven't personally used the management tools with IBM MQ, but we do have them, and our middleware folks leverage them. I can't really comment on them because I don't use them myself. I don't think the management tools help optimize message flows, and I'm not really aware of how they help in this. I'm not familiar with dynamic routing for IBM MQ.
AR
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use queue managers/concentrators for message flow going upstream and downstream on applications with enterprise licenses."
"The solution is very stable."
"The benefits of the new version are greater ease of use and management of MQ."
"Overall, MQ is good, capability-wise."
"MQ is a very affordable and easy to use messaging product."
"Most valuable for us are the queue depths and creations for the installations."
"MQ is reliable and more structured and it's helped us a lot in pushing the data."
"It delivers the stability and security within our applications that we desire as an organization."
"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."
 

Cons

"Technical support needs to be faster and more knowledgeable."
"I'm rating this software a five because it is quite expensive and complex."
"One of the bottlenecks for us is owing to the industry that we're in, we sometimes get the large payloads and the MQ queues that we can increase."
"They could integrate monitoring into the solution, a bit more than they do now. Currently, they have opened the REST API so you can get statistic and accounting information and details from MQ and build your own monitoring, if you want. IBM can improve the solution in this direction."
"IBM MQ can be improved by having a feature where a message can be rolled back, especially if I want to go back to a particular message."
"It needs a User Interface which is better than the aging MQ Explorer. The existing solution MQ Explorer is outdated."
"I believe the stability of the product has decreased since we began using it initially."
"Scalability-wise, in terms of the implementations that we have currently, it's not quite scalable."
"JBoss could add more automation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM's licensing model seems more reasonable than some competitors. They charge based on usage, which is good."
"IBM MQ is an expensive solution compared to other solutions. However, if you pay less you will not receive the same experience or features."
"There is real money involved here. As compared to RabbitMQ, IBM MQ is on the higher side in terms of cost."
"I think IBM needs to look at its pricing. The prices of IBM products should be simple. The old way of pricing should now be moving on to the cloud to be pay as you go, a plan-based kind of pricing."
"The licensing fees are paid quarterly and they are expensive."
"IBM MQ appliance has pricing options, but they are costly."
"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."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, and we are on an annual subscription."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise147
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Sample Customers

Deutsche Bahn, Bon-Ton, WestJet, ARBURG, Northern Territory Government, Tata Steel Europe, Sharp Corporation
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