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Compare Amazon MQ and Apache Kafka 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.3% of reviews)
Enterprise (47.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Amazon MQ
Star Rating
(18)3.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon MQApache Kafka
Star Rating
(126)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Apache KafkaAmazon MQ vs Apache Kafka
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Apache Kafka easier to use and set up. However, Amazon MQ is easier to administer. Reviewers agreed that both vendors make it equally easy to do business overall.
- Reviewers felt that Apache Kafka meets the needs of their business better than Amazon MQ.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon MQ is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Apache Kafka over Amazon MQ.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon MQ
No pricing availableApache Kafka
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon MQ
No trial information availableApache Kafka
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.3
13
8.9
90
Ease of Use
7.7
13
8.6
91
Ease of Setup
6.9
6
8.0
29
Ease of Admin
8.6
6
7.8
24
Quality of Support
8.5
13
7.8
81
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
6
8.3
20
Product Direction (% positive)
7.3
13
8.8
87
Features by Category
Data
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
8.7
35
Not enough data
8.9
35
Not enough data
9.0
35
Analytics
Not enough data
8.3
31
Functionality
7.0
9
8.9
52
7.2
9
8.5
49
7.2
9
8.3
45
7.5
8
8.1
49
Integration
7.8
9
8.8
51
8.0
9
8.4
47
7.4
9
8.1
46
Management
7.4
9
8.2
42
7.9
8
8.0
42
7.1
8
8.3
43
Agentic AI - Message Queue (MQ)
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Building Reports
Not enough data
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Platform
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon MQ and Apache Kafka are categorized as Message Queue (MQ)
Unique Categories
Amazon MQ has no unique categories
Apache Kafka is categorized as Event Stream Processing and Stream Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon MQ
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Apache Kafka
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Financial Services
20.0%
Information Technology and Services
13.3%
Computer Software
13.3%
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
6.7%
Hospitality
6.7%
Other
40.0%
Computer Software
24.8%
Information Technology and Services
18.2%
Financial Services
8.3%
Banking
5.8%
Retail
4.1%
Other
38.8%
Alternatives
Discussions
Amazon MQ has no discussions with answers
What is Apache Kafka used for?
2 Comments
RS
I am using Apache Kafka for event Processing. We use it to capture the new events generated by our application in our database. Currently, Kafka streams is...Read more
What is the maximum limit of the number of partitions in a Kafka topic?
1 Comment
CT
The answer is closely related to the version of the Kafka broker that you are running. A reasonably up to date cluster can hold up to 4,000 partitions per...Read more
What is Apache Kafka used for?
1 Comment
DV
It used this Mnemonic to remember what kafka is and what it is used for -
S - Stream Data in Real-Time:
Handles and processes live data (e.g., Uber car...Read more
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