We performed a comparison between Apache Kafka and Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Apache, IBM, VMware and others in Message Queue (MQ) Software."Kafka's most valuable feature is its user-friendliness."
"Kafka is scalable. It can manage a high volume of data from many sources."
"The open-source version is relatively straightforward to set up and only takes a few minutes."
"When comparing it with other messaging and integration platforms, this is one of the best rated."
"Apache Kafka is scalable. It is easy to add brokers."
"The connectors provided by the solution are valuable."
"The most valuable features are the stream API, consumer groups, and the way that the scaling takes place."
"There are numerous possibilities that can be explored. While it may be challenging to fully comprehend the potential advantages, one key aspect is the ability to establish a proper sequence of events rather than simply dealing with a jumbled group of occurrences. These events possess their own timestamps, even if they were not initially provided with one, and are arranged in a chronological order that allows for a clear understanding of the progression of the events."
"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."
"There is a lot of information available for the solution and it can be overwhelming to sort through."
"The UI is based on command line. It would be helpful if they could come up with a simpler user interface."
"One complexity that I faced with the tool stems from the fact that since it is not kind of a stand-alone application, it won't integrate with native cloud, like AWS or Azure."
"The third party is not very stable and sometimes you have problems with this component. There are some developments in newer versions and we're about to try them out, but I'm not sure if it closes the gap."
"Apache Kafka can improve by making the documentation more user-friendly. It would be beneficial if we could explain to customers in more detail how the solution operates but the documentation get highly technical quickly. For example, if they had a simple page where we can show the customers how it works without the need for the customer to have a computer science background."
"Kafka does not provide control over the message queue, so we do not know whether we are experiencing lost or duplicate messages."
"Kafka is complex and there is a little bit of a learning curve."
"Managing Apache Kafka can be a challenge, but there are solutions. I used the newest release, as it seems they have removed Zookeeper, which should make it easier. Confluent provides a fully managed Kafka platform, in which the cluster does not need to be managed."
"JBoss could add more automation."
Apache Kafka is ranked 1st in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 78 reviews while Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is ranked 12th in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 1 review. Apache Kafka is rated 8.0, while Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apache Kafka writes "Real-time processing and reliable for data integrity". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS writes "It's scalable and easy to use, and we have local support here in Tunisia". Apache Kafka is most compared with IBM MQ, Amazon SQS, Red Hat AMQ and Anypoint MQ, whereas Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is most compared with IBM MQ.
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