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IBM MQ vs TIBCO FTL comparison

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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)
9th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) category, the mindshare of IBM MQ is 16.1%, down from 23.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO FTL is 5.6%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM MQ16.1%
TIBCO FTL5.6%
Other78.3%
Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
 

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CF
Senior Manager, MW & DB Automation at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Has consistently delivered robust performance and seamless integration over the years
Regarding the improvement of the WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere is at version 9.0.5.23, and last month they released another fix because they periodically put out fixes. Previously, there were very frequent version increases, but now they maintain the focus on 9.0.5 and its different releases. Oracle announced that 2030 will be the last year when Java 1.8.x will be supported, which raises questions about the future of WebSphere since it is based on Java J2EE 7 and Java SDK 1.8. I wonder what the future holds for WebSphere after 2030 since I have never seen any communication from IBM detailing this trajectory.
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

"The solution allows one to easily configure an IBM MQQueueManager, is very easy and demonstrates comparatively better performance than that of other products, and makes it impossible to lose a message, with its greatest advantage being its robustness."
"It improves reliability and guarantees that messages are not lost."
"I'd consider MQ one of the simplest products to use."
"We use our routing feature when the request is coming from the business application. The request goes to the distributive side and it is routed to the right claim instance."
"IBM MQ is a stable solution, it is used mainframe computers and it is secure."
"In my opinion, the best features of the WebSphere Application Server make it the ultimate product."
"So all in all, I think it's been fantastic."
"If you're looking for a traditional queuing system, IBM MQ is the right choice because of the stability and the performance."
"It's fast, we are pumping in nearly 5GB of data in a day, and it just works."
 

Cons

"To implement such an IBM solution, a company has to pay a lot in term of licensing and consultancy."
"IBM MQ won’t support large streams of data but Kafka will support large streams of data."
"They need to provide more and more platform integrations because I'm not sure what are the latest upgrades, in terms of MQ as of today."
"As far as I know, that is currently lacking, but maybe I just don't know."
"Maybe, there should be a containerized version of the application, that can be deployed on the enterprises."
"Technical support is very disappointing."
"It would be an advantage if they can include streaming in IBM MQ, similar to Kafka. Kafka is used mainly for streaming purposes. This feature is clearly lacking in IBM MQ. If they add this feature to IBM MQ, it will have an edge over other products."
"We are looking at the latest version, and we hope that resilience, high availability, and monitoring will be improved. It can have some more improvements in the heterogeneous messaging feature. The current solution is on-premises, so good integration with public cloud messaging solutions would be useful."
"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

"Pricing could be better, as with all IBM products. But their performance in production, along with security and scalability, will pay returns in the long run."
"Our costs haven't increased but they also have not improved."
"It's a very expensive product."
"The price of IBM MQ could improve by being less expensive."
"The licensing fees are paid quarterly and they are expensive."
"I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"The pricing seems good according to the functionality that the solution provides."
"It is a very expensive product compared to the open source products in the market."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
19%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
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Company Size

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