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IBM MQ vs TIBCO FTL comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM MQ
Ranking in Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
174
Ranking in other categories
Business Activity Monitoring (1st), Message Queue (MQ) Software (1st)
TIBCO FTL
Ranking in Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) category, the mindshare of IBM MQ is 16.5%, down from 28.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO FTL is 6.0%, down from 7.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM MQ16.5%
TIBCO FTL6.0%
Other77.5%
Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
 

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.
reviewer963342 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect
Static and dynamic TCP have been the most useful
It's an ESB for both server-side as well as with eFTL, we are exposing messages to clients over web/mobile From the current direct socket architecture, we moved to an FTL based messaging layer which allowed us to not worry about individual functions but work on a single message/framework.…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What is quite useful is the asynchronous function which means we don't lose everything in the bank. Although we use a lot of things synchronously, asynch is the best thing so that no banking information is ever lost, even when the network goes down and comes up."
"Stability-wise, it's very good. People have been using it for 15 to 20 years. MQ and IIB are the most stable products from IBM."
"If you have a lot of internal systems that you rely on passing queue transactional data, and queuing data back and forth between a lot of systems, it's definitely a very reliable, very robust, very easy-to-use product."
"Reliable integration between MQ servers is the most valuable feature."
"The biggest advantage about us using messaging is that we can connect to most of the financial customers across the globe securely and data is always sent only once, asynchronously as well as synchronously."
"The high availability and session recovery are the most valuable features because we need the solution live all day."
"The reason why we chose IBM was because of its stability and they've got the products that we are looking for."
"I have a very high impression of the stability of MQ; we haven't had any problems with it."
"It's fast, we are pumping in nearly 5GB of data in a day, and it just works."
 

Cons

"However, it would be great if the dashboard had additional features like a board design or picture management features."
"It's not always easy for applications to connect to IBM MQ, but I think it's fine in general."
"In terms of cost, IBM MQ is slightly on the higher side."
"IBM HQ's scalability isn't the best."
"With IBM products, there's less marketing. If they do more demos and more seminars on their products, it will be very useful. On a given day. I get seminar invites for many vendors and products, but for IBM, I may get an invite once or twice a year."
"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."
"Sometimes the applications people don't really understand MQ."
"I would like to see it integrate with the newer ways of messaging, such as Kafka."
"The UI is clunky for administration, eFTL at times is not fully stable and have observed a few crashes, and the content matcher could be improved for or conditions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution requires a license and we have purchased an enterprise license."
"Small-scale companies may not want to buy IBM MQ because of its high cost."
"IBM MQ appliance has pricing options, but they are costly."
"99.999 percent availability for less than a penny per message over the past 25 years. IBM MQ is the cheapest software in the IBM software portfolio, and it is one of the best."
"There is real money involved here. As compared to RabbitMQ, IBM MQ is on the higher side in terms of cost."
"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."
"It is a very expensive product compared to the open source products in the market."
"The price of IBM MQ could improve by being less expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
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
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Sample Customers

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