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EMQX mindshare

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As of May 2026, the mindshare of EMQX in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category stands at 2.8%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
EMQX2.8%
IBM MQ21.0%
ActiveMQ19.8%
Other56.4%
Message Queue (MQ) Software
 
 
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Last updated May 10, 2026

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Top industries

By visitors reading reviews
Legal Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Media Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
University
5%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
4%
Computer Software Company
4%
Retailer
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Transportation Company
2%
Healthcare Company
2%
Government
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
2%
Performing Arts
2%
Construction Company
2%
Insurance Company
1%
Museum Or Institution
1%
Non Profit
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Educational Organization
1%

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EMQX Reviews Summary
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Senior Software Engineer4.0I use EMQX for scalable IoT MQTT pub/sub, praising its developer-friendly auth/auth and documentation. Improvements are needed in log visibility and heavy load API handling, but it's stable, performs for millions of devices, and rates 8/10.
Java Technical Lead at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees4.0I use EMQX for trading data streaming and chat, appreciating its high performance, low latency, and resource savings over WebSocket. It's stable and scalable, but cluster setup and log tracing need improvement, though I rate it 8/10.
Saa S Company4.5I switched to EMQX from Mosquitto because it significantly increased data sampling rates for my IoT product, achieving higher throughput crucial for AI. I value its scalability, especially the serverless option, though I wish for reduced SSL/TLS overhead in embedded systems.
Industrial Digitalization Engineer4.0I use EMQX as a fast, scalable MQTT broker for factory data, sensors, and PLCs, finding it very stable and saving both time and money compared to databases. Its unified architecture and lightweight nature are highly valuable.
Software Engineer at Bahwan CyberTek5.0I use EMQX for fuel automation, connecting ESP32s and handling large data reliably and swiftly via topic-wise distribution and TLS. Its high speed and stability are superior to Mosquitto, making it very efficient and highly recommended.