EMQX
8.1#1 in message broker softwareFrom $234 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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HiveMQ MQTT Broker
6.8#12 in message broker softwareFrom $299 a monthFree planAPILinuxSelf-hostedWindows
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| Fact | EMQX | HiveMQ MQTT Broker |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance | EMQ states that EMQX Cloud and Enterprise have SOC 2 Type 1 reports and that the company maintains TISAX AL2, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27701:2019, ISO 20000-1:2018 and ISO 9001:2015 certifications or attestations. | HiveMQ states that it is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type II compliant. |
| Deployment | EMQX can run in Docker, through a Kubernetes Operator, or from packages on Red Hat, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, macOS and Linux. | The self-managed broker can run on private, hybrid, and public clouds, with pre-built images for Kubernetes, OpenShift, and DC/OS. |
| Founded | 2017 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, United States | Landshut, Germany |
| Integrations | EMQX Enterprise provides more than 40 out-of-box integrations including Kafka, AWS RDS, MongoDB, Oracle, SAP and time-series databases. | HiveMQ extensions integrate with streaming services, databases, data warehouses, and security services; the maker lists Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, and Google Pub/Sub extensions. |
| Purpose | EMQX Enterprise is an MQTT messaging platform for connecting, moving, and processing IoT business data in real time. | HiveMQ Broker provides reliable, event-driven MQTT messaging between connected devices and enterprise systems. |
| Scale | EMQX Enterprise documentation says a cluster can support up to 100 million concurrent MQTT connections and millions of messages per second with millisecond-level latency. | The maker describes the broker as scaling to millions of connections and billions of messages. |
| Security | Security features include TLS/mTLS, X.509 certificate authentication, access controls, and audit logs. | The broker page lists TLS 1.2/1.3, mutual TLS, fine-grained access control, pluggable authentication such as OAuth 2.0 and LDAP, and audit logging. |
| Support | The pricing page lists 8/5 support for Serverless and 24/7 premium support for Dedicated Flex. | The maker offers Community, Silver, Gold, and Platinum support options; Gold and Platinum support are available up to 24×7. |
EMQX plans
- Dedicated Flex$234 a month
- BYOCPriced on request
- ServerlessFree
- Enterprise—
HiveMQ MQTT Broker plans
- Launch$299 a month
- Run$499 a month
- ServerlessPriced on request
- Starter—
- LabFree
- Fully-managed EnterprisePriced on request
Pick EMQX if…
EMQX suits teams building IoT systems that need MQTT messaging alongside data processing, protocol gateways, and integrations. Its deployment choices and management API may also suit teams that want to operate the platform through containers, Kubernetes, or installation packages.
Pick HiveMQ MQTT Broker if…
It suits teams building connected-device messaging systems, particularly those planning enterprise or large-scale IoT deployments. Self-managed deployments can be run across private, hybrid, and public clouds.