We performed a comparison between IBM MQ and Redis based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Message Queue (MQ) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."There is no dependency on the end party service's run status."
"We like IBM MQ for our synchronous communications and transactional applications that require a lot of CPS."
"It is stable, reliable, and scalable."
"Secure, safe, and very fast."
"The most valuable feature of IBM MQ is it has all the features necessary for contemporary messaging, not only for the financial industry but for any application."
"Reliable messaging and throughput are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features are the point to point messaging and the MQ API."
"Reliable integration between MQ servers is the most valuable feature."
"The in-memory data makes it fast."
"It makes operations more efficient. The information processing is very fast, and very responsive. It's all about the technology."
"The solution's technical support team is good...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward."
"The product offers fast access to my database."
"Redis is a simple, powerful, and fast solution."
"The online interface is very fast and easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Redis are its ease of use and speed. It does not have access to the disc and it is fast."
"It should support a wider range of protocols, not just a few specific ones. Many other products have broader protocol support, and IBM MQ is lagging in that area."
"We are looking at the latest version, and we hope that resilience, high availability, and monitoring will be improved. It can have some more improvements in the heterogeneous messaging feature. The current solution is on-premises, so good integration with public cloud messaging solutions would be useful."
"IBM HQ's scalability isn't the best."
"IBM MQ is not very user-friendly."
"The product does not allow users to access data from API or external networks since it can only be used in a closed network, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The installation of product upgrades and patches is very difficult. It requires the use of the IBM Installation Manager (IM)."
"I believe the stability of the product has decreased since we began using it initially."
"MQ needs instruments for connection with new modern queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ."
"The only thing is the lack of a GUI application. There was a time when we needed to resolve an issue in production. If we had a GUI, it would have been easier."
"I would prefer it if there was more information available about Redis. That would make it easier for new beginners. Currently, there is a lack of resources."
"There is a lack of documentation on the scalability of the solution."
"In future releases, I would like Redis to provide its users with an option like schema validation. Currently, the solution lacks to offer such functionality."
"The initial setup took some time as our technical team needed to familiarize themselves with Redis."
"Sometimes, we use Redis as a cluster, and the clusters can sometimes suffer some issues and bring some downtime to your application."
"The development of clusters could improve. Additionally, it would be helpful if it was integrated with Amazon AWS or Google Cloud."
IBM MQ is ranked 2nd in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 158 reviews while Redis is ranked 7th in Database as a Service with 7 reviews. IBM MQ is rated 8.4, while Redis is rated 8.8. 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 Redis writes "A solution that can benefit both user and customer-facing applications while effectively preventing potential lag in the user-facing application". IBM MQ is most compared with ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka, VMware RabbitMQ, Red Hat AMQ and Amazon EventBridge, whereas Redis is most compared with Google Cloud Memorystore, Amazon SQS, ActiveMQ, Chroma and Qdrant. See our IBM MQ vs. Redis report.
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