NATS
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VisitNATS vs RabbitMQ
What both publish
| Fact | NATS | RabbitMQ |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | NATS is designed for distributed systems and edge deployments, and supports topology growth using leaf nodes and superclusters. | RabbitMQ can run on cloud infrastructure, on-premises, local machines, physical or virtual hardware, containers and IaaS providers. |
| Integrations | The download page lists connectors and utilities for Apache Flink, Apache Spark, AWS, Elasticsearch, Fluent Bit, MongoDB, Prometheus, and other tools. | RabbitMQ provides client libraries for Java, .NET/C#, Erlang, and other languages, and offers a community Docker image and Kubernetes operators. |
| Messaging patterns | NATS supports pub/sub, request/reply, and persistent streaming through JetStream. | RabbitMQ supports routing, filtering, streaming, and federation to direct messages from publishers to one or more consumers. |
NATS plans
- NATSFree
RabbitMQ plans
- Open-source RabbitMQFree
- Open Source RabbitMQ ServerFree
- Tanzu RabbitMQPriced on request
- VMware Tanzu RabbitMQPriced on request
Pick NATS if…
NATS suits teams building dynamic, loosely coupled distributed services across cloud and edge environments. It is also aimed at deployments on low-resource edge devices.
Pick RabbitMQ if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.