We performed a comparison between IBM MQ and Software AG Apama based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Apache, IBM, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and others in Message Queue (MQ) Software."I have found the solution to be very robust. It has a strong reputation, easy to use, simple to configure in our enterprise software, and supports all the protocols that we use."
"I haven't seen any severe issues related to it. Most of the time it's running. That is the advantage of IBM MQ."
"Secure, safe, and very fast."
"We use our routing feature when the request is coming from the business application. The request goes to the distributive side and it is routed to the right claim instance."
"The usability of the solution is very good."
"The MQ protocol is widely used across multiple applications and it's so simple for connectivity."
"Assists with our apps and has great message processing."
"The solution is fast with end data compared to other messaging tools."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ability that it provides its users to handle different kinds of rules."
"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."
"The solution isn't free. There are other solutions, like RabbitMQ, which are open source and absolutely free to use. It's one reason we are moving away from IBM."
"Scalability is lacking compared to the cloud native products coming into the market."
"I don’t like legacy view of MQ."
"It could always be more stable and secure."
"I believe the stability of the product has decreased since we began using it initially."
"IBM MQ's pricing is higher than its competitors'."
"There could be a better front-end GUI interface for us, where we can see things more easily."
"The ease of development and maintenance should be enhanced, but it is difficult due to the use of the proprietary programming language in the product."
IBM MQ is ranked 2nd in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 158 reviews while Software AG Apama is ranked 1st in CEP with 1 review. IBM MQ is rated 8.4, while Software AG Apama is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of IBM MQ writes "Offers the ability to batch metadata transfers between systems that support MQ as the communication method". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Software AG Apama writes "A tool to send out promotional notifications that need to improve areas, like deployment and maintenance". IBM MQ is most compared with ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka, VMware RabbitMQ, Red Hat AMQ and Amazon SQS, whereas Software AG Apama is most compared with Oracle BAM, TIBCO Streambase CEP and Apache Flink.
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