ActiveMQ vs HiveMQ

ActiveMQ

Description: ActiveMQ is an open source message broker that implements the Java Message Service (JMS) API for sending, receiving, and persisting messages between distributed applications. It supports many advanced messaging features like message queues, topic publishing and subscribing, reliability, and security.

Type: software

Pricing: Free

HiveMQ

Description: HiveMQ is an open source MQTT messaging broker that enables connecting IoT devices to the cloud. It supports features like persistent sessions, security, scaling, and more. HiveMQ aims to provide enterprise-grade MQTT messaging infrastructure.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

ActiveMQ Features

• Supports a variety of messaging protocols like AMQP, MQTT, OpenWire, REST, STOMP, WebSocket
• High performance and scalability using advanced broker clustering
• Flexible deployment options including standalone, embedded, and cloud
• Message persistence for reliability and recoverability
• Security through authentication and authorization
• Web-based admin console for management and monitoring

HiveMQ Features

• MQTT v3.1.1 and v5.0 compliant
• Persistent sessions
• Topic wildcards
• SSL/TLS encryption
• Access control lists
• Clustering and high availability
• Plugin system
• REST API
• Websockets

ActiveMQ

• Free

HiveMQ

• Open Source