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EMQX vs Mochi MQTT

EMQX

8.1#1 in message broker softwareFrom $234 a month

Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS

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Mochi MQTT

5.9#31 in message broker softwareFree plan

Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted

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What both publish

Fact	EMQX	Mochi MQTT
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 project documents building and running the broker with Go and provides an official Docker image named mochimqtt/server.
Protocols	The platform supports MQTT 3.1.1 and 5.0, MQTT over WebSocket and QUIC, plus NATS, CoAP and LwM2M gateways.	It implements MQTT 5 and supports MQTT 3.1.1 and 3.0 clients with hybrid compatibility.

EMQX plans

Dedicated Flex$234 a month
BYOCPriced on request
ServerlessFree
Enterprise—

Mochi MQTT plans

Mochi MQTT ServerFree

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 Mochi MQTT if…

You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.

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