IBM MQ vs. Oracle Smart Space Comparison

IBM MQ

Oracle Smart Space

IBM MQ

Read 28 IBM MQ reviews.

33,236 views|24,691 comparisons

Oracle Smart Space

29 views|17 comparisons

Sunil Sahoo

Manager at a financial services firm

We don't lose messages in transit and we can store messages and forward them when required

People have started using the likes of Kafka, Spark and other new messaging technologies. But when you take the likes of banks into consideration,... Read more »

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IBM MQ is expensive and they charge based on the CPU.It's a very expensive product.It would be a 10 out of 10 if it wasn't so expensive.It is a very expensive product compared to the open source products in the market.Most of our customers are quite happy with the solution but they have an issue with the cost. They want to move to cheaper solutions.IBM products, in general, have high licensing costs and support costs are too high.There is a different platform price between Windows, z/OS, and iSeries.Our costs haven't increased but they also have not improved.

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1st out of 18 in Message Oriented Middleware Views 33,236 Comparisons 24,691 Reviews 28 Average Words per Review 515 Avg. Rating 8.2	15th out of 18 in Message Oriented Middleware Views 29 Comparisons 17 Reviews 0 Average Words per Review 0 Avg. Rating N/A
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WebSphere MQ
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Overview
IBM MQ provides the universal messaging backbone for service-oriented architecture (SOA) connectivity. It connects virtually any commercial IT system, whether on premise, in the cloud, or a mixture. For more than 20 years IBM has led the market in messaging middleware and more than 10,000 businesses across all geographies and industries rely on IBM MQ. Visit for your trial here.	Smart Space consists of a set of configurable gadgets that run on the desktop providing continuous access to financial, operational and performance related information. In addition, Smart Space includes a development toolkit for creating additional gadgets and services that employs common development languages and methodologies and a secure instant messaging system for shared decision making.
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Sample Customers
Deutsche Bahn, Bon-Ton, WestJet, ARBURG, Northern Territory Government, Tata Steel Europe, Sharp Corporation	Arizona State University, Kerdock Consulting, Dresner Advisory Services
Top Industries
REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm35% Retailer13% Insurance Company13% Healthcare Company7% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company41% Comms Service Provider12% Financial Services Firm7% Media Company7%	No Data Available
Company Size
REVIEWERS Small Business6% Midsize Enterprise9% Large Enterprise85% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business5% Midsize Enterprise5% Large Enterprise90%	No Data Available

IBM MQ is ranked 1st in Message Oriented Middleware with 28 reviews while Oracle Smart Space is ranked 15th in Message Oriented Middleware. IBM MQ is rated 8.2, while Oracle Smart Space is rated 0. The top reviewer of IBM MQ writes "We don't lose messages in transit and we can store messages and forward them when required". On the other hand, IBM MQ is most compared with VMware RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka, PubSub+ Event Broker and TIBCO Enterprise Message Service, whereas Oracle Smart Space is most compared with .

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