Comparison

RabbitMQ vs ZeroMQ

No clear leader: RabbitMQ (64.6) and ZeroMQ (59.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. 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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RabbitMQ65
ZeroMQ60
Score
Vioscale score
RabbitMQ65 / 100low · 38%
ZeroMQ60 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
Model
RabbitMQcommercial
Price level
RabbitMQlow
ZeroMQfree
Transparent
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
Integrations
Count
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ11
Adoption
Dependent repos
RabbitMQ3
ZeroMQ2,003
Github stars
RabbitMQ13,807
ZeroMQ10,972
Package downloads weekly
RabbitMQ3,179,580
Activity
Commits last 30d
RabbitMQ100
ZeroMQ19
Release
Cadence days
RabbitMQ9
ZeroMQ114
History
RabbitMQ20 items
ZeroMQ13 items
License
Spdx
RabbitMQBSD-3-Clause
ZeroMQMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
RabbitMQJavaScript
ZeroMQC++

Capabilities

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

Core
Messaging paradigm
RabbitMQQueue
ZeroMQPub/sub
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
RabbitMQAt-least-once
ZeroMQ-
Ordering guarantee
RabbitMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Durability
Durable replayable log
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ-
Message replay / rewind
RabbitMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Interop
Wire protocol
RabbitMQAMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP
ZeroMQZMTP/3.1
Kafka-protocol compatible
RabbitMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ-
Geo / cross-region replication
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ-
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ-
Dead-letter queue
RabbitMQ-
ZeroMQ-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
Hosting
RabbitMQCloud + self-hosted
ZeroMQSelf-hosted only
Processing
Built-in stream processing
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ-

What each one is

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

RabbitMQ

A powerful, enterprise-grade open-source messaging and streaming broker that enables efficient, reliable and versatile communication for distributed microservices, real-time data, and IoT applications.

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.

RabbitMQ

HybridFree tier

Free open source, with commercial Tanzu RabbitMQ offering available

  • Open SourceFree
  • Tanzu RabbitMQContact sales
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
Web
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
Android
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
macOS
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
Windows
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
Linux
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
CLI
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
Self-hosted
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ
On-premise
RabbitMQ
ZeroMQ

Integrations

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

RabbitMQ

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.