Compare HiveMQ and Portainer 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (42.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (82.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
$0.00 3 Nodes Per Month
HiveMQ
Star Rating
(75)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (42.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
Learn more about HiveMQPortainer
Star Rating
(290)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (82.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00 3 Nodes Per Month
Learn more about PortainerHiveMQ vs Portainer
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Portainer easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Portainer overall.
- Reviewers felt that HiveMQ meets the needs of their business better than Portainer.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that HiveMQ is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Portainer over HiveMQ.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
HiveMQ
HiveMQ Self-Managed Editions
Free Trial
MQTT messaging solution that runs anywhere
Choose from:
-Community Edition
-Starter Edition
-Professional Edition
-Enterprise Edition
- 24/7 Support available
- Clustering for high availability and scalability
- Essential security features
Portainer
Portainer Business - 3 Nodes Free
$0.00
3 Nodes Per Month
Portainer Business is our fully featured, fully supported business product. It is used by some of the largest organizations in the world to deliver a powerful Kubernetes and Docker container management experience for DevOps and IT teams. With more than 650,000 active users, Portainer is proven to be the simplest and most effective way of adopting and managing Kubernetes, and Docker/Swarm environments.
- https://www.portainer.io/take-3
Free Trial
HiveMQ
Free Trial is available
Portainer
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
67
9.3
241
Ease of Use
9.0
67
9.5
244
Ease of Setup
8.8
59
9.5
195
Ease of Admin
8.8
20
9.6
178
Quality of Support
9.1
65
9.0
153
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
20
9.5
136
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
66
9.8
234
Features by Category
Functionality
9.0
32
Not enough data
9.1
28
Not enough data
9.5
29
Not enough data
9.2
31
Not enough data
Integration
9.4
30
Not enough data
9.3
29
Not enough data
9.1
29
Not enough data
Management
9.1
30
Not enough data
9.3
29
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Message Queue (MQ)
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
9.3
34
Not enough data
8.6
33
Not enough data
9.1
32
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Reporting
9.0
28
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Systems Management
8.7
13
9.2
6
9.4
11
10.0
6
8.8
10
9.7
5
8.7
9
9.4
6
8.9
11
9.3
5
9.4
11
9.4
6
IoT Capabilities
8.8
11
8.6
6
8.8
10
8.9
6
Feature Not Available
9.4
6
8.3
10
9.3
5
8.3
8
9.4
6
9.0
8
9.4
6
8.8
8
8.6
6
9.0
8
8.6
6
Agentic AI - Industrial IoT
Not enough data
Not enough data
Edge
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Operations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Simplification - Internal Developer Platform
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
8.8
20
Automation - Internal Developer Platform
Not enough data
8.5
20
Not enough data
9.0
20
Fleet & Lifecycle Management - Enterprise Kubernetes Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Day-2 Operations & Reliability - Enterprise Kubernetes Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Identity & Access Management - Enterprise Kubernetes Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance, Policy & Compliance - Enterprise Kubernetes Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
App Delivery & Platform Integrations - Enterprise Kubernetes Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
9.3
186
Not enough data
9.2
175
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Organization
Not enough data
9.0
173
Not enough data
9.2
195
Not enough data
9.1
177
Development
Not enough data
8.7
143
Not enough data
9.1
169
Not enough data
8.8
140
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
HiveMQ and Portainer are categorized as Industrial IoT
Unique Categories
HiveMQ is categorized as Message Queue (MQ) and IoT Connectivity Management
Portainer is categorized as Internal Developer Platforms, IoT Edge Platforms, Container Management, and Enterprise Kubernetes Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
HiveMQ
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Portainer
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
Computer Software
25.4%
Information Technology and Services
15.5%
Industrial Automation
4.2%
Marketing and Advertising
4.2%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
2.8%
Other
47.9%
Information Technology and Services
21.0%
Computer Software
19.6%
Computer & Network Security
7.1%
Computer Networking
3.2%
Program Development
3.2%
Other
45.9%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is HiveMQ open source?
1 Comment
JH
Hi there! HiveMQ has a Community Edition as well as a public MQTT broker.
You can find the details here: https://www.hivemq.com/developers/community/ Read more
How much does HiveMQ cost?
1 Comment
JH
Kindly visit the page: https://www.hivemq.com/pricing/Read more
What is HiveMQ broker?
1 Comment
Official Response from HiveMQ
HiveMQ has evolved from an MQTT Broker to an Industrial Data Platform for Agentic AI. Built on the MQTT standard and a distributed edge-to cloud...Read more
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