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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 October 2026, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of IBM MQ is 21.3%, down from 25.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is 2.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM MQ21.3%
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS2.2%
Other76.5%
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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

"Ease of use and ease of setup; I'm an admin type, and I can set things up from the command line, and I can set things up through a GUI, and it's easy to work with."
"The usability of the solution is very good."
"IBM MQ is a stable solution, it is used mainframe computers and it is secure."
"In conjunction with some other products we use, such as IIB, it does a lot of the transformation and cuts out a lot of programming that has to be done for transforming data from our carrier customers into the format that we need it to be."
"We've been using MQ for so many years; it's been really, really working great for us."
"This product is from IBM which is a very well-known company, and MQ is a reliable, easy to understand and install solution."
"I'd consider MQ one of the simplest products to use."
"We have implemented business to business transactions over MQ messaging, and the guaranteed and once only delivery ensures business integrity."
"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."
 

Cons

"Scalability-wise, in terms of the implementations that we have currently, it's not quite scalable."
"They might be able to improve the monitoring features."
"I would like the ability to connect with some of the more recent offerings, such as API Connect; being able to publish our MQ endpoints, the queues, the messaging infrastructure as IT assets."
"Scaling is difficult with IBM MQ."
"Scaling out MQ is possible, but it's not as easy as some other products."
"It's not always easy for applications to connect to IBM MQ, but I think it's fine in general."
"IBM is expensive."
"Actually, I am looking to move to the cloud. We need to integrate the databases that are in the company and provide API integration services in the cloud."
"JBoss could add more automation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is high."
"It's a very expensive product."
"The pricing seems good according to the functionality that the solution provides."
"Use the new and lightweight version (Liberty) to lower licensing costs. It is also easier to upgrade/maintain."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"I think the pricing is reasonable, especially with IIB as a part of it."
"The problem with this product is that it's a little bit expensive."
"It would be a 10 out of 10 if it wasn't so expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
17%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
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Company Size

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Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise147
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