RabbitMQ
A reliable message broker for distributed systems supporting multiple messaging protocols
- Vendor
- Broadcom
- Also known as
- rabbitmq
Available worldwide
What is RabbitMQ?
An open-source message broker and streaming platform for reliable message exchange in distributed systems. Supports multiple standard protocols including AMQP, MQTT, and STOMP.
RabbitMQ 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.
Open Source
FreeCommercial
Contact salesWhat RabbitMQ does
The capabilities that matter for message queues, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Messaging paradigm
- Queue
- Delivery guarantee
- At-least-once
- Ordering guarantee
- FIFO
- Durable replayable log
- ✓
- Message replay / rewind
- ✓
- Wire protocol
- AMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP
- Kafka-protocol compatible
- -
- Partitioned horizontal scaling
- ✓
- Geo / cross-region replication
- ✓
- Consumer groups / competing consumers
- ✓
- Dead-letter queue
- ✓
- Managed cloud offering exists
- ✓
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Built-in stream processing
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
RabbitMQ FAQ
Common questions about RabbitMQ, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under Message Queues.
Source: https://www.rabbitmq.com
Is RabbitMQ free to use?
RabbitMQ is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the BSD-3-Clause licence. Paid editions are also offered: Tanzu RabbitMQ, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.rabbitmq.com
What platforms does RabbitMQ support?
RabbitMQ supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.rabbitmq.com
Can RabbitMQ be self-hosted?
Yes. RabbitMQ can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.rabbitmq.com
Is RabbitMQ open source?
Yes. RabbitMQ is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Source: https://pypi.org/pypi/pika/json
RabbitMQ alternatives
Other message queues we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Confluent CloudA fully managed, serverless cloud platform for Apache Kafka enabling real-time data streaming, processing, and integration at any scalemedium · 73%
- WarpStreamA Kafka-compatible data streaming platform that drastically reduces infrastructure costs while combining cloud convenience with on-premises control.medium · 62%
- TemporalAn open-source platform for building fault-tolerant applications that automatically preserve and recover application state across failures.high · 76%
- NATSCloud-native unified messaging and streaming system for distributed applications, from cloud to edgemedium · 58%
- RedpandaApache Kafka-compatible streaming platform for building real-time data applicationsmedium · 58%
- Apache Pulsarlow · 38%
Compare RabbitMQ
Side by side against other message queues, 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 RabbitMQ, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package downloads | 84 | 0.14 | 11.4 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.06 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 86 | 0.05 | 4.5 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 41 | 0.06 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Security score | 61 | 0.04 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Stars | 78 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Ordering: fifo · Paradigm: queue · Protocol: AMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP · Message replay: Yes · Persistent log: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | JavaScript | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 63% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | BSD-3-Clause | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
| Scorecard | 6.1 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=hex&package_name=amqp_client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-13 · 90% |
| Trust center | https://www.rabbitmq.com/security | mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60% |
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