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EMQX pros and cons

Vendor: EMQ
4.3 out of 5
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PROS

EMQX can send messages for a large number of customers with a high message-per-second rate while consuming low resources.
EMQX boosts product sampling rate and transmission, achieving a large amount of data without loss.
EMQX results in significant cost savings compared to MQTT Mosquitto broker.
EMQX is superior to Mosquitto and other protocols.
EMQX is a solid open-source project for connecting IoT devices worldwide.

CONS

EMQX should reduce costs and save time when sending messages.
The SSL and TLS certificates have overhead in serverless EMQX.
The historian in EMQX is too simple.
Log visibility in EMQX's built-in monitoring needs improvement for better system control.
Reliability in EMQX could be enhanced.
 

EMQX Pros review quotes

AP
Senior Software Engineer
Apr 4, 2026
EMQX is a solid open-source project for making IoT devices connect anywhere in the world.
Kevin Pham - PeerSpot reviewer
Java Technical Lead at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
May 2, 2026
The best features EMQX offers in my experience are that it can send messages for a large number of customers with a very high message-per-second rate while consuming low resources.
reviewer2835369 - PeerSpot reviewer
Saa S Company
May 4, 2026
EMQX will boost your product sampling rate and transmission so that you can achieve a large amount of data without any loss while transmitting through the internet.
 

EMQX Cons review quotes

AP
Senior Software Engineer
Apr 4, 2026
The visibility of logs, error logs, and information logs inside the built-in monitoring needs work because developers, when they implement code or any kind of specific tools, need proper control over the system.
Kevin Pham - PeerSpot reviewer
Java Technical Lead at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
May 2, 2026
To improve EMQX, I think it should reduce costs, save time when sending messages, and improve reliability.
reviewer2835369 - PeerSpot reviewer
Saa S Company
May 4, 2026
If you want to improve further, the SSL certificate and TLS certificate have overhead in serverless EMQX.