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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (62.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
IBM MQ
Star Rating
(174)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (62.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Browse all 4 pricing plansVisual Studio
Star Rating
(3,796)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Visual StudioIBM MQ vs Visual Studio
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Visual Studio easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Visual Studio overall.
- Reviewers felt that Visual Studio meets the needs of their business better than IBM MQ.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, IBM MQ and Visual Studio provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Visual Studio over IBM MQ.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
IBM MQ
No pricing availableVisual Studio
No pricing availableFree Trial
IBM MQ
No trial information availableVisual Studio
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
123
9.1
3,080
Ease of Use
8.2
125
8.7
3,099
Ease of Setup
8.2
91
8.6
753
Ease of Admin
8.0
87
8.5
545
Quality of Support
8.3
118
8.3
2,670
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
85
8.8
510
Product Direction (% positive)
8.0
116
8.9
2,988
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
816
Not enough data
9.0
805
Not enough data
8.9
715
Not enough data
8.7
793
Not enough data
8.7
779
Not enough data
8.6
780
Not enough data
8.7
787
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
509
Not enough data
8.9
507
Not enough data
8.9
466
Not enough data
8.8
498
Not enough data
8.8
496
Not enough data
8.7
498
Not enough data
8.7
494
Functionality
9.0
78
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
8.5
59
Not enough data
8.2
73
Not enough data
Integration
8.7
75
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.1
68
Not enough data
Management
8.5
69
Not enough data
8.6
65
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Message Queue (MQ)
6.7
6
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
Risk
8.3
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
Recovery
7.9
15
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Activity Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
396
Not enough data
9.1
391
Not enough data
9.0
370
Not enough data
8.9
391
Not enough data
8.7
380
Not enough data
8.7
386
Not enough data
9.0
384
Agentic AI - Mobile Development Platforms
Not enough data
8.6
39
Not enough data
8.2
39
Not enough data
8.5
39
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
IBM MQ and Visual Studio share no categories
Unique Categories
IBM MQ is categorized as Message Queue (MQ) and Business Activity Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
IBM MQ
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Visual Studio
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
Banking
20.3%
Information Technology and Services
15.2%
Financial Services
10.1%
Insurance
6.3%
Hospital & Health Care
5.1%
Other
43.0%
Computer Software
31.0%
Information Technology and Services
22.6%
Higher Education
2.9%
Financial Services
2.5%
Internet
2.3%
Other
38.7%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is IBM MQ used for?
2 Comments
AS
Messaging and monitoring Read more
Is IBM MQ free?
1 Comment
DA
IBM offers both server and client packages.
The clients are free and readily available to download from https://ibm.com, but are not usable on their own,...Read more
IBM MQ has no more discussions with answers
What is the use of Visual Studio?
6 Comments
KS
Visual Studio is user friendly IDE tool used for developing code with lots of plugins available.Read more
can i use visual studio with mysql database? is it the best compatibility
5 Comments
JU
Yes, you can go ahead, MS Visual Studio is efficiently compatible with both MSSql and Mysql.Read more
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