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."The MQ protocol is widely used across multiple applications and it's so simple for connectivity."
"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."
"Assists with our apps and has great message processing."
"The most valuable features are the point to point messaging and the MQ API."
"I like the MQ's simplicity and rock-solid stability. I've never experienced a failure in two decades caused by the product itself. It has only failed due to human error."
"We have implemented business to business transactions over MQ messaging. The guaranteed and once only delivery ensures business integrity."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Combined with IBM MQ, this product is our primary data store."
"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."
"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 most valuable features of Redis are its ease of use and speed. It does not have access to the disc and it is fast."
"The in-memory data makes it fast."
"It's hard to put in a nutshell, but it's sort of developed as more of an on-premise solution. It hasn't moved much away from that."
"At a recent conference, I went to a presentation that had the latest version and it has amazing stuff that's coming out. So, I am excited to use those, specifically surrounding the web console and the fact that it's API integrated."
"IBM MQ could improve by adding more protocols or APIs for a standard application, such as MuleSoft."
"They probably need to virtualize the MQ flow and allow us to design the MQ flow using the UI. It would also help to migrate to the cloud easily and implement AWS Lambda functions with minimum coding. If you have to code, then just with NodeJS or Java."
"The scalability is the one area where IBM has fallen behind. As much as it is used, there is a limit to the number of people who are skilled in MQ. That is definitely an issue. Places have kept their MQ-skilled people and other places have really struggled to get MQ skills. It's not a widely-known skillset."
"the level of training as well as product marketing for this product are not that great. You rarely find a good training institute that provides training. Many of the architects in several organization are neither aware of the product nor interested in using it. IBM should provide good training on products like this."
"The solution requires a lot of work to implement and maintain."
"MQ needs instruments for connection with new modern queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ."
"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."
"Sometimes, we use Redis as a cluster, and the clusters can sometimes suffer some issues and bring some downtime to your application."
"The initial setup took some time as our technical team needed to familiarize themselves with Redis."
"The development of clusters could improve. Additionally, it would be helpful if it was integrated with Amazon AWS or Google Cloud."
"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."
"There is a lack of documentation on the scalability of the solution."
"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."
IBM MQ is ranked 2nd in Message Queue (MQ) Software with 156 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 "Reliable and stable solution that includes support from the IBM technical team". 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 Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, VMware RabbitMQ, Amazon SQS and IBM Event Streams, whereas Redis is most compared with Google Cloud Memorystore, Amazon SQS, ActiveMQ, Azure Cache for Redis and Couchbase Capella. See our IBM MQ vs. Redis report.
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