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Best IBM MQ alternatives

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1
RabbitMQ
Free OSS · open source
Medium effort
~15 wks →
2
NATS
Free (open source) · open source
Medium effort
~15 wks →
3
Redpanda
Free OSS / Enterprise · open source
Medium effort
~15 wks →
4
Confluent Platform
Subscription / CKU · commercial
High effort
~18 wks →
5
TIBCO EMS
Per-core license · commercial
High effort
~18 wks →
6
Apache Kafka
Free (self-managed) · open source
High effort
~18 wks →
7
Solace PubSub+
Per-broker / subscription · commercial
High effort
~18 wks →
8
Apache Pulsar
Free (self-managed) · open source
High effort
~18 wks →