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What is EMQX?
EMQX is an MQTT-based message broker designed to connect and manage millions of IoT devices in real time. It supports multiple deployment models (cloud-hosted, self-managed, and bring-your-own-cloud), comprehensive protocol support beyond MQTT, and integrations with 50+ external systems for data routing and processing.
EMQX pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From free tier to $234/month managed, or custom enterprise pricing
Serverless
FreeFully managed, pay-as-you-go MQTT broker with generous free monthly quota
- connections
- 1000
- free_monthly_quota
- sessions, traffic, rule actions
- Up to 1000 connections
- TLS/SSL encryption
- Basic monitoring & alerts
- 8/5 support
Dedicated Flex
Single-tenant isolated cluster with hourly billing and included traffic
- tenant_isolation
- dedicated VPC
- traffic_allowance
- included
- Dedicated isolated cluster
- VPC peering & private link
- 40+ integrations
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- 24/7 premium support
BYOC
Contact salesEMQ-managed service running in your cloud infrastructure
- Deployed in your VPC
- Custom data plane & control plane
- Managed upgrades and observability
- Compliance tailored to your needs
Enterprise
Contact salesSelf-managed deployment for full infrastructure control
- Deploy anywhere (on-prem, edge, cloud)
- Custom plugins & extensions
- Professional services
- Priority feature requests
What EMQX does
The capabilities that matter for realtime messaging infra, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Presence
- -
- Message history replay
- ✓
- Delivery guarantee
- Exactly once
- Global edge network
- ✓
- Scaling model
- Native cluster
- Offline reconnect catchup
- ✓
- Push notification bridge
- -
- Auth model
- -
- Self hostable
- ✓
- Mqtt support
- ✓
- Deployment
- -
- Pricing model
- Connections metered
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (26)
Independently observed- Amazon S3→•
- Azure Blob Storage→•
- Azure•
- 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
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type 1active
- SOC 2 Type 2active
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022active
- ISO/IEC 27701:2019active
- ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018active
- ISO 9001:2015active
- VDA-TISAX AL2active
EMQX FAQ
Common questions about EMQX, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is EMQX?
An enterprise MQTT broker and platform that enables scalable, real-time data collection and routing from IoT devices across edge, cloud, and on-premises deployments. It provides native integrations with AI platforms, databases, and cloud services, along with advanced features like rule engines and flexible authentication. It is indexed under Realtime Messaging Infra.
Source: https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing
Is EMQX free?
EMQX offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $234 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing
What platforms does EMQX support?
EMQX supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing
Can EMQX be self-hosted?
Yes. EMQX can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing
What does EMQX integrate with?
We have confirmed 23 integrations for EMQX, including Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, AWS, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini and ClickHouse, plus 15 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.emqx.com/en/pricing
What security certifications does EMQX have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for EMQX. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as EMQX not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
EMQX alternatives
Other realtime messaging infra we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- PubNubA cloud-based real-time messaging platform that unifies pub/sub messaging with presence, message history, and serverless functions on a global networkmedium · 61%
- AblyManaged realtime infrastructure for interactive applicationsmedium · 73%
- Supabase RealtimeReal-time database change notifications via WebSocketslow · 32%
- HiveMQAn enterprise MQTT platform that streams industrial data reliably across cloud, edge, and on-premises infrastructure to enable real-time operational intelligenchigh · 75%
- Pusher ChannelsAPIs for real-time messaging and collaborative features between applicationsmedium · 61%
- ASP.NET Core SignalRA library that enables real-time bidirectional communication between servers and connected clients in ASP.NET Core applicationslow · 26%
Compare EMQX
Side by side against other realtime messaging infra, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for EMQX, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 85 | 0.12 | 9.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 49 | 0.05 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Mqtt support: Yes · Pricing model: connections-metered · Scaling model: native-cluster · Self hostable: Yes · Delivery guarantee: exactly-once · Global edge network: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 50 | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 50% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.99 | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type 1, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701:2019, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018, ISO 9001:2015 +1 more | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://www.emqx.com/ja/security-and-trust-center | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
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