Comparison

ActiveMQ vs ZeroMQ

No leader: the top candidate ActiveMQ has only 0.22 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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ActiveMQ67
ZeroMQ60
Score
Vioscale score
ActiveMQ67 / 100low · 22%
ZeroMQ60 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
Model
ActiveMQcommercial
Price level
ActiveMQfree
ZeroMQfree
Transparent
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
Integrations
Count
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ11
Adoption
Dependent repos
ActiveMQ7,528
ZeroMQ2,003
Github stars
ActiveMQ2,451
ZeroMQ10,972
Package downloads weekly
ActiveMQ
Activity
Commits last 30d
ActiveMQ39
ZeroMQ19
Release
Cadence days
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ114
History
ActiveMQ18 items
ZeroMQ13 items
License
Spdx
ActiveMQApache-2.0
ZeroMQMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
ActiveMQJava
ZeroMQC++

Capabilities

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

Core
Messaging paradigm
ActiveMQPub/sub
ZeroMQPub/sub
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
ActiveMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Ordering guarantee
ActiveMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Durability
Durable replayable log
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ-
Message replay / rewind
ActiveMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Interop
Wire protocol
ActiveMQAMQP, STOMP, MQTT, JMS
ZeroMQZMTP/3.1
Kafka-protocol compatible
ActiveMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ-
Geo / cross-region replication
ActiveMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
ActiveMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Dead-letter queue
ActiveMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
Hosting
ActiveMQCloud + self-hosted
ZeroMQSelf-hosted only
Processing
Built-in stream processing
ActiveMQ-
ZeroMQ-

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

ZeroMQ

ZeroMQ is a messaging library that enables asynchronous communication through socket abstractions, supporting multiple communication patterns, message subscriptions, and access to various transport protocols.

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 verify ↗

ZeroMQ

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Android
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
macOS
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
Windows
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
Linux
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
CLI
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ
Self-hosted
ActiveMQ
ZeroMQ

Integrations

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

ActiveMQ

Not documented yet.

ZeroMQ

11 total
  • Microsoft
  • Samsung
  • AT&T
  • Spotify
  • Facebook
  • Digital Ocean
  • Auth0
  • Bitcoin
  • Jupyter
  • Mongrel2
  • Jina
Independently observed

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