vioscale
Comparison

Eclipse Mosquitto vs EMQX

On the evidence we track, EMQX leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Eclipse Mosquitto full profile →EMQX full profile →
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Eclipse Mosquitto40
★EMQX54
Score
Vioscale score
Eclipse Mosquitto40 / 100low · 16%
EMQX54 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tier
Eclipse Mosquitto✓
EMQX✓
Model
Eclipse Mosquittocommercial
EMQXfreemium
Price level
Eclipse Mosquittofree
EMQXlow
Transparent
Eclipse Mosquitto–
EMQX✗
Integrations
Count
Eclipse Mosquitto–
EMQX50
Security
Disclosure policy
Eclipse Mosquitto✓
EMQX✓
Gdpr
Eclipse Mosquitto–
EMQX✓
Iso27001
Eclipse Mosquitto–
EMQX✓
Soc2
Eclipse Mosquitto–
EMQX✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Eclipse Mosquitto–
EMQX99.99
Adoption
Dependent repos
Eclipse Mosquitto0
EMQX–
Github stars
Eclipse Mosquitto11,158
EMQX–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Eclipse Mosquitto13
EMQX–
Language
Primary
Eclipse MosquittoC
EMQX–
Market
Availability
Eclipse Mosquitto–
EMQXAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for realtime messaging infra. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Presence
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Message history replay
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Delivery guarantee
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Global edge network
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Scaling model
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Offline reconnect catchup
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Push notification bridge
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Auth model
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Self hostable
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Mqtt support
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Deployment
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-
Pricing model
Eclipse Mosquitto-
EMQX-

What each one is

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

Eclipse Mosquitto

Not documented yet.

EMQX

Leader

An MQTT-based infrastructure platform that enables real-time communication between numerous IoT devices and cloud systems, with built-in data processing, 50+ integrations to enterprise backends, and AI agent capabilities for autonomous device monitoring and control.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Eclipse Mosquitto

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

EMQX

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Tiered subscription model with different SLA levels (99.9% and 99.99%). Pricing not transparently displayed.

  • Standard-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Eclipse Mosquitto✗
EMQX✓
macOS
Eclipse Mosquitto✓
EMQX✗
Windows
Eclipse Mosquitto✓
EMQX✗
Linux
Eclipse Mosquitto✓
EMQX✓
CLI
Eclipse Mosquitto✓
EMQX✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Eclipse Mosquitto✗
EMQX✓
Self-hosted
Eclipse Mosquitto✓
EMQX✓
On-premise
Eclipse Mosquitto✗
EMQX✓

Integrations

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

Eclipse Mosquitto

Not documented yet.

EMQX

Leader
23 total
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Oracle Cloud
  • AWS
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google Gemini
  • ClickHouse
  • Snowflake
  • Kafka
  • Pulsar
  • RabbitMQ
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • InfluxDB
  • TDengine
  • TimescaleDB
  • BigQuery
  • S3
  • Azure Blob
  • Confluent Cloud
  • Webhook
Independently observed

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