Best Message-Oriented Middleware

Compare the Top Message-Oriented Middleware as of April 2025

What is Message-Oriented Middleware?

Message-oriented middleware (MOM) is software that provides an interoperable interface between multiple applications. It enables applications to communicate with one another, regardless of their underlying technologies. Applications using MOM can send and receive messages across a variety of networks and transport protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP, and SMTP. These messages can be either synchronous or asynchronous, allowing for real-time interactions or delayed messaging without the need for complex programming code. MOM also facilitates remote access through a centralized system making it easier to manage in distributed environments. Additionally, since it is independent of the application architecture, MOM offers increased flexibility when integrating different platforms together. Compare and read user reviews of the best Message-Oriented Middleware currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    EMQX

    EMQX

    EMQ Technologies

    EMQX is the world's most scalable and reliable MQTT messaging platform designed by EMQ. It supports 100M concurrent IoT device connections per cluster while maintaining extremely high throughput and sub-millisecond latency. EMQX boasts more than 20,000 global users from over 50 countries, connecting more than 100M IoT devices worldwide, and is trusted by over 300 customers in mission-critical IoT scenarios, including well-known brands like HPE, VMware, Verifone, SAIC Volkswagen, and Ericsson. Our edge-to-cloud IoT connectivity solutions are flexible to meet the demands of various industries towards digital transformation, including connected vehicles, Industrial IoT, oil & gas, carrier, finance, smart energy, and smart cities.
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    Starting Price: $0.18 per hour
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    Open Automation Software

    Open Automation Software

    Open Automation Software

    Liberate your Industry 4.0 data with Open Automation Software IIoT platform for Windows and Linux. OAS is truly an unlimited IoT Gateway for Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi 4, Windows IoT Core, and Docker deployments. Create HMI visualization for web, WPF, and WinForm C# and VB .NET applications. Log data and alarms to SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, MySQL, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, MariaDB, SQLite, InfluxDB, and CSV files. MQTT Broker and Client interface along with cloud connectivity to Azure IoT and AWS IoT Gateway. Read and write data from remote Excel Workbooks. Alarm notification to email, SMS text, and voice messaging. .NET and REST API programmatic access. Allen Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, GuardLogix, Micro800, MicroLogix, SLC 500, and PLC-5. Siemens S7-200, S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, and S7-1500. Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU, and Modbus ASCII for Master and Slave communications. OPTO-22, MTConnect, and OPC UA, OPC DA.
    Starting Price: $495 one-time payment
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    Ably

    Ably

    Ably

    Ably is the definitive realtime experience platform. We power more WebSocket connections than any other pub/sub platform, serving over a billion devices monthly. Businesses like HubSpot, NASCAR and Webflow trust us to power their critical applications - reliably, securely and at serious scale. Ably’s products place composable realtime in the hands of developers. Simple APIs and SDKs for every tech stack, enable the creation of a host of live experiences - including chat, collaboration, notifications, broadcast and fan engagement. All powered by our scalable infrastructure.
    Starting Price: $49.99/month
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    PubSub+ Platform
    Solace PubSub+ Platform helps enterprises design, deploy and manage event-driven systems across hybrid and multi-cloud and IoT environments so they can be more event-driven and operate in real-time. The PubSub+ Platform includes the powerful PubSub+ Event Brokers, event management capabilities with PubSub+ Event Portal, as well as monitoring and integration capabilities all available via a single cloud console. PubSub+ allows easy creation of an event mesh, an interconnected network of event brokers, allowing for seamless and dynamic data movement across highly distributed network environments. PubSub+ Event Brokers can be deployed as fully managed cloud services, self-managed software in private cloud or on-premises environments, or as turnkey hardware appliances for unparalleled performance and low TCO. PubSub+ Event Portal is a complimentary toolset for design and governance of event-driven systems including both Solace and Kafka-based event broker environments.
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    HiveMQ

    HiveMQ

    HiveMQ

    HiveMQ is the most trusted enterprise MQTT platform, purpose-built to connect anything via MQTT, communicate reliably, and control IoT data. The platform can be deployed anywhere, on-premise or in the cloud, giving developers the flexibility and freedom they need to evolve as their IoT deployment grows. HiveMQ is reliable under real-world stress, scales without limits, and provides enterprise-grade security to meet the needs of organizations at any stage of digital transformation. The extensible platform provides seamless connectivity to the leading data streaming, databases, and data analytics platforms, plus offers a custom SDK for a perfect fit in any stack.
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    StreamNative

    StreamNative

    StreamNative

    StreamNative redefines streaming infrastructure by seamlessly integrating Kafka, MQ, and other protocols into a single, unified platform, providing unparalleled flexibility and efficiency for modern data processing needs. StreamNative offers a unified solution that adapts to the diverse requirements of streaming and messaging in a microservices-driven environment. By providing a comprehensive and intelligent approach to messaging and streaming, StreamNative empowers organizations to navigate the complexities and scalability of the modern data ecosystem with efficiency and agility. Apache Pulsar’s unique architecture decouples the message serving layer from the message storage layer to deliver a mature cloud-native data-streaming platform. Scalable and elastic to adapt to rapidly changing event traffic and business needs. Scale-up to millions of topics with architecture that decouples computing and storage.
    Starting Price: $1,000 per month
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    meshIQ

    meshIQ

    meshIQ

    Middleware Observability & Management Software for Messaging, Event Processing, and Streaming Across Hybrid Cloud (MESH). - Complete observability and monitoring of Integration MESH with 360° Situational Awareness® - Securely manage, and automate configuration, administration, and deployment - Track, trace, and analyze transactions, messages and flows - Collect, monitor, and benchmark MESH performance meshIQ delivers granular access controls to manage configurations across the MESH to reduce downtime and quick recovery from outages. Provides the ability to find, browse, track, and trace messages to detect bottlenecks and speeding up root-cause analysis. Unlocks the integration blackbox to deliver visibility across the MESH infrastructure to visualize, analyze, report, and predict. Delivers the ability to trigger automated actions based on pre-defined criteria or intelligent actions determined by AI/ML.
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