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IBM MQ vs Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM MQ
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
174
Ranking in other categories
Business Activity Monitoring (1st), Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) (1st)
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
13th
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 May 2026, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of IBM MQ is 21.0%, down from 26.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is 1.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM MQ21.0%
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS1.8%
Other77.2%
Message Queue (MQ) Software
 

Featured Reviews

David Pizinger - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Technical Leader at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Has faced unexpected VM restarts but continues to deliver messages reliably
I'm not sure if we've utilized IBM MQ's high availability. Our MQ VMs are set up in clusters, and I think our queue managers are set up in pairs. However, I don't know if we actually use any specific high availability features of IBM MQ that are out of the box. We have it architected with high availability because we use F5 load balancers, and everything about our architecture is highly available. I haven't personally used the management tools with IBM MQ, but we do have them, and our middleware folks leverage them. I can't really comment on them because I don't use them myself. I don't think the management tools help optimize message flows, and I'm not really aware of how they help in this. I'm not familiar with dynamic routing for IBM MQ.
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

"The solution offers very good features, including listener channels, remote queues, and transmit queues."
"I've used other solutions, but the most valuable features of this solution are the search capabilities, consolidating the data and searching through the data."
"The methodology and the way in which the platform has been produced as a standard is most valuable."
"It's good for messaging, very reliable, and forward compatible, so it makes our life easy when it comes to upgrades."
"I think the most valuable feature is the scale that it can run at."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reliability, efficiency, and the capacity to bring value."
"We use queue managers/concentrators for message flow going upstream and downstream on applications with enterprise licenses."
"I would recommend IBM MQ to others that are using major transaction processing."
"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."
"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."
 

Cons

"I would like to see it integrate with the newer ways of messaging, such as Kafka."
"Support can be better because sometimes we need explanations for some behaviors of the product, and it's not easy to reach the proper person in IBM support."
"It needs a User Interface which is better than the aging MQ Explorer. The existing solution MQ Explorer is outdated."
"I would just like a more user-friendly experience to do common administration tasks. I know that you can use MQ Explorer, but having something that's already built in would definitely be useful."
"IBM MQ is not very user-friendly."
"In terms of cost, IBM MQ is slightly on the higher side."
"The installation of product upgrades and patches is very difficult. It requires the use of the IBM Installation Manager (IM)."
"In some cases, when a file got transferred, it has same name on both sides. That could have something to do with the product or it could have to do with something else."
"JBoss could add more automation."
"JBoss could add more automation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The problem with this product is that it's a little bit expensive."
"99.999 percent availability for less than a penny per message over the past 25 years. IBM MQ is the cheapest software in the IBM software portfolio, and it is one of the best."
"The licensing fees are paid quarterly and they are expensive."
"IBM MQ has a flexible license model based on the Processor Value Unit (PVU) and I recommend it."
"It is a very expensive product compared to the open source products in the market."
"Small-scale companies may not want to buy IBM MQ because of its high cost."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, and we are on an annual subscription."
"The pricing needs improvement."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise147
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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

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