Comparison

ActiveMQ vs Confluent Cloud

On the evidence we track, Confluent Cloud leads this comparison with a composite score of 91/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

ActiveMQ full profile →Confluent Cloud full profile →

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ActiveMQ67

★Confluent Cloud91

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ActiveMQ	Confluent CloudLeader
Vioscale score	67 / 100low · 22%	91 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	130
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.9	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 12 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.activemq%3Aactivemq-broker&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 9 · Max severity: CRITICAL	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	7,528	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	2,451	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	39	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	18 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

ActiveMQ67 / 100low · 22%

Confluent Cloud91 / 100medium · 72%

Pricing

Free tier

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✓

Model

ActiveMQcommercial

Confluent Cloudfreemium

Price level

ActiveMQfree

Confluent Cloudlow

Transparent

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✓

Integrations

Count

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud130

Security

Disclosure policy

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud✓

Fedramp

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud✓

Gdpr

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud✓

Hipaa

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud✓

Iso27001

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud✓

Pci

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud✓

Scorecard

ActiveMQ6.9

Confluent Cloud–

Soc2

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud✓

Vulnerabilities

ActiveMQCount: 12 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.activemq%3Aactivemq-broker&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 9 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Confluent Cloud–

Reliability

Sla pct

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud99.99

Status page

ActiveMQ–

Confluent Cloud✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

ActiveMQ7,528

Confluent Cloud–

Github stars

ActiveMQ2,451

Confluent Cloud–

Activity

Commits last 30d

ActiveMQ39

Confluent Cloud–

Release

History

ActiveMQ18 items

Confluent Cloud–

License

Spdx

ActiveMQApache-2.0

Confluent Cloud–

Language

Primary

ActiveMQJava

Confluent Cloud–

Market

Availability

ActiveMQ–

Confluent CloudAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for message queues. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Message Queues
Capability	ActiveMQ	Confluent Cloud
Core
Messaging paradigm	Pub/sub	Pub/sub
Correctness
Delivery guarantee	-	-
Ordering guarantee	-	Per-partition
Durability
Durable replayable log	✓	✓
Message replay / rewind	-	✓
Interop
Wire protocol	AMQP, STOMP, MQTT, JMS	Kafka protocol, REST API
Kafka-protocol compatible	-	✓
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling	✓	✓
Geo / cross-region replication	-	✓
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers	-	✓
Dead-letter queue	-	-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists	✓	✓
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud only
Processing
Built-in stream processing	-	✓

Core

Messaging paradigm

ActiveMQPub/sub

Confluent CloudPub/sub

Correctness

Delivery guarantee

ActiveMQ-

Confluent Cloud-

Ordering guarantee

ActiveMQ-

Confluent CloudPer-partition

Durability

Durable replayable log

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✓

Message replay / rewind

ActiveMQ-

Confluent Cloud✓

Interop

Wire protocol

ActiveMQAMQP, STOMP, MQTT, JMS

Confluent CloudKafka protocol, REST API

Kafka-protocol compatible

ActiveMQ-

Confluent Cloud✓

Scale

Partitioned horizontal scaling

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✓

Geo / cross-region replication

ActiveMQ-

Confluent Cloud✓

Consumption

Consumer groups / competing consumers

ActiveMQ-

Confluent Cloud✓

Dead-letter queue

ActiveMQ-

Confluent Cloud-

Deployment

Managed cloud offering exists

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✓

Hosting

ActiveMQCloud + self-hosted

Confluent CloudCloud only

Processing

Built-in stream processing

ActiveMQ-

Confluent Cloud✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ActiveMQ

A message broker that facilitates asynchronous communication between services regardless of programming language, using standardized protocols. Supports high-availability configurations and can be deployed on-premises or through managed cloud services.

Independently observed

Confluent Cloud

Leader

Confluent Cloud is a fully managed Apache Kafka service enabling organizations to stream high-volume, low-latency events between systems in real-time. It eliminates operational overhead through automatic scaling, multi-region replication, and costs significantly less than self-managed Kafka deployments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ActiveMQ

Open sourceFree tier

Open source and free to download and use. Professional support available from commercial vendors.

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Confluent Cloud

Leader

Usage-basedFree tier30-day trial

Usage-based pay-as-you-go pricing with free tier option

BasicFree
StandardPay-as-you-go
- infinite storage
- audit logs
- 20%+ throughput savings
EnterprisePay-as-you-go
- private networking
- autoscaling to GBps+ throughput
- 32%+ throughput savings

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	ActiveMQ	Confluent Cloud
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

ActiveMQ✗

Confluent Cloud✓

Windows

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✗

Linux

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✗

CLI

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✓

Self-hosted

ActiveMQ✓

Confluent Cloud✗

Hybrid

ActiveMQ✗

Confluent Cloud✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

ActiveMQ

Not documented yet.

Confluent Cloud

Leader

10 total

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Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.