Best Message Broker Software in 2026 · page 2
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Apache Kafka
Free planAPISelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 27

Azure App Service
Free planWebLinuxWindows6.0Free plan - 28
JORAM
JORAM is free, open-source Java software that implements the JMS API as distributed message-oriented middleware.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.0Free plan - 29
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 - 30

IBM MQ
WebLinuxmacOSWindows5.9From $312 a month - 31
Mochi MQTT
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.9Free plan - 32
Aedes
Free planAPISelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 33

KubeMQ
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.8 - 34

Moquette
AndroidAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.8 - 35
VerneMQ
VerneMQ is an open-source MQTT publish/subscribe broker for self-hosted messaging systems.
APILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted5.7 - 36
ApsaraMQ for MQTT
AndroidiOSWeb5.4 - 37
JoramMQ
LinuxSelf-hosted5.1 - 384.6
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