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ActiveMQ vs Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS comparison

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Categories and Ranking

ActiveMQ
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
14th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of ActiveMQ is 19.9%, down from 25.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is 2.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ActiveMQ19.9%
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS2.2%
Other77.9%
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Featured Reviews

MD
Software Engineer III at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Integration capabilities enhance message handling without human interaction
With ActiveMQ there should be more options. If you work with other technologies, for example, Java, there are many options. We can integrate the way we want ActiveMQ. We can create partitions and clusters, but AP is not providing such options currently. It only provides time, request response timing, the number of requests that need to be handled, and protocol types. The configuration needs to be broadened inside AP to perform in a better way. Sometimes issues arise in production with ActiveMQ due to the number of requests. For example, if you have configured one thousand requests at a time and it receives one thousand and one messages at a time, it breaks. The configuration aspect is tricky. When configurations are proper, ActiveMQ almost has zero errors.
AR
System Administrator at BH Bank
It's scalable and easy to use, and we have local support here in Tunisia
We have an application-presentation layer, and we use JBoss to communicate with the application layer. The interceptors use Active MQ.  JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support.  JBoss could add more automation. We have been using JBoss for five…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is cost effective and is a much cheaper solution compared to Weblogic or IBM MQ."
"The installation was pretty straightforward, and it was also easy setting up HA using an NFS share for hosting the KahaDB."
"I'm impressed, I think that Active MQ is great."
"Loose coupling of components by the use of messaging queues allows for completely separate component life cycles and ownership within the organization."
"It’s a JMS broker, so the fact that it can allow for asynchronous communication is valuable."
"ActiveMQ brings the most value to small applications because it will not cost you very much to complete."
"It's a very easy-to-use product, documentation is sufficient, and anyone with a bit of knowledge about technology, like Java, can quickly set it up and it could be up and running in minutes."
"Message broadcasting: There could be a use case sending the same message to all consumers. So as a producer, I broadcast the message to a topic. Then, whichever consumers are subscribed to the topic can consume the same message."
"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."
 

Cons

"I would like the tool to improve compliance and stability. We will encounter issues while using the central applications. In the solution's future releases, I want to control and set limitations for databases."
"It does not scale out well. It ends up being very complex if you have a lot of mirror queues."
"It would be great if it is included as part of the solution, as Kafka is doing. Even though the use case of Kafka is different, If something like data extraction is possible, or if we can experiment with partition tolerance and other such things, that will be great."
"Sometimes issues arise in production with ActiveMQ due to the number of requests. For example, if you have configured one thousand requests at a time and it receives one thousand and one messages at a time, it breaks."
"Distributed message processing would be a nice addition."
"I would rate the stability a five out of ten because sometimes it gets stuck, and we have to restart it. We"
"AI capabilities require improvement in future updates."
"The tool needs to improve its installation part which is lengthy. The product is already working on that aspect so that the complete installation gets completed within a month."
"JBoss could add more automation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"ActiveMQ is open source, so it is free to use."
"I think the software is free."
"We use the open-source version."
"The tool's pricing is reasonable and competitive compared to other solutions."
"There are no fees because it is open-source."
"The solution is less expensive than its competitors."
"We are using the open-source version, so we have not looked at any pricing."
"I use open source with standard Apache licensing."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
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Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise17
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ActiveMQ?
Pricing is something to consider with ActiveMQ, though cloud pricing is not costly and depends upon the compute selection. Focusing on AI is essential nowadays. AI capabilities require improvement ...
What is your primary use case for ActiveMQ?
In my current organization, I'm only working with ActiveMQ. I previously worked with IBM WebSphere MQ.
What advice do you have for others considering ActiveMQ?
We have not deployed ActiveMQ's flexible clustering as that requirement is not present for us. We only use active-passive configuration. On a scale of one to ten, I rate ActiveMQ a ten out of ten.
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