EMQX is an MQTT messaging platform for connecting devices and applications, and for moving and processing IoT business data in real time.
Alternatives to VerneMQ
Aiven for Apache Kafka is a managed Apache Kafka service that handles provisioning, patching, backups, security, and high availability.
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Apache ActiveMQ
Apache ActiveMQ is an open-source messaging and Integration Patterns server for self-hosted application messaging.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.5Free plan - 5
Apache RocketMQ
Apache RocketMQ is distributed middleware for asynchronous communication and publish/subscribe messaging.
Free planOpen sourceAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.5Free plan - 6

Redpanda
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.4Free plan - 7

Confluent Cloud
Confluent Cloud is a managed data streaming platform built around a serverless Apache Kafka engine.
Free planWebAPILinux7.1From $385 a month - 8

Solace PubSub+ Event Broker
Solace PubSub+ Event Broker moves information among applications, AI agents, and devices across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.1Free plan - 9

Amazon SQS
Amazon SQS is a managed cloud message queuing service for microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications.
Free planWebAPI6.9Free plan - 10

Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Google Cloud Pub/Sub is a cloud messaging service for passing messages between services that produce and process them.
Free planWebAPI6.9$40 usage-based - 11
HiveMQ MQTT Broker
HiveMQ MQTT Broker handles event-driven messaging between connected devices and enterprise systems.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.8From $299 a month - 12
SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management by OpenText
AndroidiOSWebLinux6.4 - 13

Apache Pulsar
Apache Pulsar is an open-source distributed messaging and streaming platform built for cloud use.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 14
Apache Qpid Broker-J
Apache Qpid Broker-J is a Java message broker for storing, routing, and forwarding messages over AMQP.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 15
StreamNative
StreamNative is a data platform for capturing, transporting, transforming, governing, and serving business data in real time for applications, analytics, and agents.
WebAPISelf-hosted6.3From $73 a month - 16

Amazon MQ
Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ.
Free planWebAPI6.2Free plan - 17
beanstalkd
Beanstalkd is a free, self-hosted work queue for running time-consuming tasks asynchronously.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 18

NSQ
NSQ is a free, open-source real-time distributed messaging platform for streaming and job-oriented workloads.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.2 - 19
ZeroMQ
ZeroMQ is a free, open-source asynchronous messaging library for developers building distributed or concurrent applications.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.2Free plan - 20

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) manages Kafka infrastructure and operations for teams running streaming applications on AWS.
WebAPILinux6.1From $0.11 a month - 21

Eclipse Mosquitto
Eclipse Mosquitto is a free, open-source message broker for MQTT 5.0, 3.1.1, and 3.1.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.1Free plan - 22
Apache Kafka
Free planAPISelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 23

Azure App Service
Free planWebLinuxWindows6.0Free plan - 24
NATS
NATS is a free, open-source messaging system for building distributed systems across clouds and user-defined edge environments.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 25

IBM MQ
WebLinuxmacOSWindows5.9From $312 a month - 26
Tencent Distributed Message Queue (TDMQ)
Tencent Distributed Message Queue (TDMQ) is Tencent Cloud’s managed messaging suite for asynchronous communication between distributed-system components.
WebAPI5.2 - 27

Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka is a paid cloud service for Kafka workloads accessed through Google Cloud’s web platform.
Web5.1 - 284.9


