IBM MQ

IBM MQ

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM MQ	Score9.6 out of 10	N/A	IBM MQ (formerly WebSphere MQ and MQSeries) is messaging middleware.	N/A

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IBM MQ
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	IBM MQ
Considered Both Products	IBM NICK DAKORONIAS Application Integration and Middleware Solution Certified Specialist in Information Technology at National Bank of Greece (Banking, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose IBM MQ IBM MQ meets enterprise messaging business needs in terms of platform stability, functionality, support, and the list of APIs provided for client app integration, while Rabbit MQ is not an enterprise messaging platform but rather an open-source broker for point-to-point … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM MQ I've also used Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ. Compared to these, IBM MQ offers superior reliability and transactional integrity, making it a better choice for complex, mission-critical enterprise environments where message delivery and security are paramount. We chose IBM MQ for … Incentivized Helpful? Susan Barker Sr. Domain Solution Architect, II in Information Technology at CDW (Computer Hardware, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM MQ IBM MQ provides support for other products to use. It is a "10" in my opinion and the most critical base for software connectivity. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM MQ Kafka is renowned for its impressive throughput, fault tolerance, and real-time data streaming capabilities. Nonetheless, IBM MQ remains the preferred choice due to its unwavering commitment to guaranteed delivery and exceptional reliability. Fault-Tolerant Architectures of IBM … Incentivized Helpful? Nripendra Pratap Survey Programmer Qualtrics in Information Technology at Course5i (Market Research, 51-200 employees) Chose IBM MQ Apache Kafka may be a better option in comparison with IBM MQ its real-time data streaming and large data payload service. It depends upon the specific requirement and meets those needs. MuleSoft any point platform is very easy to connect to various other types of platforms in … Incentivized Helpful? Olivier HASCOET Program Manager in Information Technology at BNP Paribas (Banking, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM MQ Not really applicable on my case as it's a company standard so it has already been chosen by our architecture team Incentivized Helpful? Adam Kuchno Group Benefits Analyst in Sales at Canada Life (Insurance, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM MQ Both are useful in their own right and we actually use IBM MQ together with PCWP. IBM MQ automates our tasks and saves a lot of tedious work we would otherwise have to do manually. Incentivized Helpful? Paul MIlner MQ Team lead in Information Technology at AIB Ireland (Banking, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose IBM MQ Very similar. Reliability has been excellent Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM MQ The product are really similar, basically it depends on where is your infrastructure and your project goals, but talking about this specific product, if your architecture team makes a good design, IBM MQ should do the work and will provide your systems with the capabilities … Incentivized Helpful? Pavan Venugopal Associate in Information Technology at JPMorgan (Banking, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM MQ Nothing like MQ . The backbone of the banking industry or any other area . however most of the rivals are light weight and integration is easy . Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM MQ I've used Tibco Software. I've found IBM MQ more simplified than these with a good community allowing everyone to quickly learn and understand the various mechanisms. Incentivized Helpful? Saravanan Thangam Network Engineer in Information Technology at Al Barakah Investment Holding (Hospitality, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose IBM MQ Compared to other products this is one with a budget. Incentivized Helpful? Nava Nathalia .NET Engineer in Information Technology at Poslovna Inteligencija (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose IBM MQ We found IBM MQ very easy to get started and quick to learn by the new users with a short learning curve and seamlessly integrates with IBM products, and quick to perform self-service analytics and make informed business decisions. IBM MQ is also very straightforward in … Incentivized Helpful? Valarie Gilmour Senior Project Manager in Engineering at BCC Engineering, LLC (Civil Engineering, 201-500 employees) Chose IBM MQ The functionalities on IBM MQ are more responsive and functional unlike the above platforms and the training when you are new to IBM MQ is very effective and not much time wasted to become a Pro. The interface security setting and the adjustment of all the features capabilities … Incentivized Helpful? Nancy Carlson Marketing Director in Marketing at THE ICONIC (Retail, 501-1000 employees) Chose IBM MQ I have not used similarly featured products in the company. The services that we have received from this platform have always been the best. The troubleshooting models ensure that data flow across the applications is not affected by any external effects, enhancing daily … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM MQ IBM MQ is a leading competitor in this type of software. We are very happy at my organization to be using IBM MQ. It has a great, easy to use interface that works more seamlessly compared to the competitors out there. IBM MQ also seems to offer the best level of security which … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM MQ IBM MQ is very stable and a proven product compared to other Messaging platforms available. Performance was better than WSO2 product and also the RabbitMQ. Though Kafka and IBM MQ is not directly comparable, Kafka is more suited for event based systems and also where there is … Incentivized Helpful? Miguel Angel Merino Vega Systems Analyst in Information Technology at Consultor independiente de software (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose IBM MQ IBM MQ is the powerhouse but has a price, while ActiveMQ is free and get things done. If the project warrants it, the use of IBM MQ is highly recommended. But if the project does not need the power, it is better to avoid the cost. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM MQ I tested/used TIBCO EMS which is built for a proprietary platform. It is focused on providing a messaging platform with TIBCO, therefore in that particular case IBM MQ was ´not used, because of the deep integration between TIBCO products. Also tried/evaluated ActiveMQ but it … Incentivized Helpful? Gregory Hanson Middleware Administrator in Information Technology at OCC (Information Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees) Chose IBM MQ IBM MQ is the product for inter-business communication for security, flexibility and scalability. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM MQ [We selected] IBM MQ [because it] will help in processing all the transactions. Fail over transactions can be processed. [It allows us to] track of all the transactions. IBM MQ is the best for all the batch transactions. Incentivized Helpful? Anuj Sheth System Analyst I in Information Technology at Freedom Mortgage (Financial Services, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose IBM MQ We recently changed or migrated to IBM MQ from SONIC MQ and we have zero or negligible message loss. Clusters architecture in IBM MQ is way faster and simpler to understand. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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User Ratings
	IBM MQ
Likelihood to Recommend	8.7 (48 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (1 ratings)
Usability	7.7 (6 ratings)
Availability	9.5 (30 ratings)
Support Rating	9.1 (28 ratings)