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ActiveMQ vs RabbitMQ

A side-by-side look at ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

ActiveMQ

ActiveMQ

Development

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.

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RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ

Network & Admin

RabbitMQ is an open source message broker that implements the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP). It is designed to receive, route and deliver messages between applications flexibly, reliably and at scale.

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