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Amazon EventBridge vs IBM MQ comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon EventBridge
Ranking in Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM MQ
Ranking in Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
170
Ranking in other categories
Business Activity Monitoring (1st), Message Queue (MQ) Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) category, the mindshare of Amazon EventBridge is 5.4%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM MQ is 26.5%, up from 26.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)
 

Featured Reviews

Shrihari Haridas - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables triggering of automatic processes with customizable timing
Amazon EventBridge allows for customization at my level, providing many options for determining which services are dependent, what account to use, and when the Lambda will trigger. It is crucial if I need to trigger a Lambda with scheduling a cron job or setting a timing. With EventBridge, I can run automatic Lambda at a particular time in a day or an hour.
Md Al-Amin - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable and secure performance consistently enhances message transfer
IBM MQ is more reliable and secure than other software. There is a saying that for the last 30 years IBM MQ has never been hacked. It is more secure and reliable. Whenever the configuration is done, I do not have to touch it again. It works fine, it is stable, and its communication is to the point and accurate. All performance-related aspects are better. Performance-wise, it is scalable, and other features such as DR, DC, replication, and active passive mode are complex to configure, but it remains scalable. The pricing model for IBM MQ could be more flexible for clients.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon EventBridge is very flexible."
"The best feature is that it allows you to perform recurring tasks efficiently."
"It has self-explanatory documentation and works with most projects."
"It's very simple to set up our cron with Amazon EventBridge."
"All the features are valuable."
"What is quite useful is the asynchronous function which means we don't lose everything in the bank. Although we use a lot of things synchronously, asynch is the best thing so that no banking information is ever lost, even when the network goes down and comes up."
"Integrates between distributed systems: For example, it can help integrate processing between mainframe, client-server, web-based applications by integrating the messages, supporting Service Oriented Architecture."
"IBM MQ is the right choice because of the stability and the performance. And from the support perspective, it's enough to have a really small team."
"This initial setup is not complex at all. Deploying it was very easy."
"The solution is easy to understand and even medium developers can easily start using it."
"The solution is very stable."
"RabbitMQ and Kafka require more steps for setup than IBM MQ. Installation of the IBM product is very simple."
 

Cons

"Amazon EventBridge doesn't have the feature of event replay."
"It would be easy if we had an option to select multiple things to run the script from Monday to Friday."
"It would be good if the solution provided a feature to add multiple Cron expressions in one rule."
"Currently, it only supports triggering one job at a time. It would be helpful if it could handle multiple jobs or triggers simultaneously. What I mean is that currently, we can only perform one job at a time."
"It would be great if the dashboard had additional features like a board design."
"MQ needs instruments for connection with new modern queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ."
"It is expensive. The cost is high. There should be more improvement in the new age of technologies."
"SonicMQ CAA (continuous availability architecture) functionality on auto failover and data persistence should be made available without a shared drive, as it exists in multi-instance queue managers."
"It could always be more stable and secure."
"They need to add the ability to send full messages (header + payload) from the MQ Explorer program, not just the payload."
"I'm not sure that current version has event-driven mechanism requests that people go for. I would like the latest version to come with both type of event mechanisms: an email server and a POP server. If that is not there, then that would be a great addition."
"I wanted to upgrade Windows Server. It's not that easy to move."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon EventBridge's pricing is pretty cheap."
"IBM products, in general, have high licensing costs and support costs are too high."
"The price of IBM MQ could improve by being less expensive."
"We have a special contract with IBM MQ that give us a certain price."
"IBM is expensive."
"This solution requires a license and we have purchased an enterprise license."
"IBM MQ has a flexible license model based on the Processor Value Unit (PVU) and I recommend it."
"I think the pricing is reasonable, especially with IIB as a part of it."
"The solution costs are high, it is going to cost a fair bit for annual operating costs and support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
9%
Media Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
37%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EventBridge?
It's very simple to set up our cron with Amazon EventBridge.
What needs improvement with Amazon EventBridge?
We have to initially write a cron for whenever the solution has to be run. Currently, if the script has to run from Monday to Friday, we have to do some script. It would be easy if we had an option...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon EventBridge?
On a scale from one to ten, I would give EventBridge an overall score of nine.
What is MQ software?
Hi As someone with 45+ years of experience in the Transaction and Message Processing world, I have seen many "MQ" solutions that have come into the market place. From my perspective, while each pro...
What are the differences between Apache Kafka and IBM MQ?
Apache Kafka is open source and can be used for free. It has very good log management and has a way to store the data used for analytics. Apache Kafka is very good if you have a high number of user...
How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?
IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...
 

Also Known As

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WebSphere MQ
 

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Sample Customers

Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack
Deutsche Bahn, Bon-Ton, WestJet, ARBURG, Northern Territory Government, Tata Steel Europe, Sharp Corporation
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