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Giordan R.
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Giordan R.
Art Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to use if you are familiar with apache or learn quickly."
3.5/5
What do you like best about Apache ActiveMQ?

I learn tech things pretty quickly but was unfamiliar with Apache. What I really liked is that I could google how to do things under this program incredibly easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache ActiveMQ?

What I disliked about this program is that there could be features that would make it more user-friendly for those that do not use apache as much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos M.
CM
Carlos M.
Lider de proyecto
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Apache ActiveMQ Nice"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Apache ActiveMQ?

First of all, it has a graphical interface for administration, it is based on Open Source, it is compatible with several applications with very well-known programming languages like Java, PHP, Ruby, Python, etc. I recommend it for creating distributed applications and services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache ActiveMQ?

Although it has good performance and features, they lost stability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brooke D.
BD
Brooke D.
Web Specialist
Broadcast Media
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Perfect for using remotely"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Apache ActiveMQ?

It has a nice user interface for administration, it is Open Source based, it is suitable with numerous applications with programming languages. Apache ActiveMQ is the best MQ for developing dispersed services and applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache ActiveMQ?

It could be more stable... and it would be nice to be a little bit more inexpensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Giuseppe D.
GD
Giuseppe D.
IT Security Consultant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The perfect MQ for distribuited services"
5/5
What do you like best about Apache ActiveMQ?

Apache ActiveMQ is the perfect MQ for create distributed service and applications. You can connect multiple applications with your prefered programming languages (Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, etc).

Apache ActiveMQ reduce the complexity and maintenance cost of you application. You can create a micro services and daemons for manage your business workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache ActiveMQ?

Is not easy to manage the SSL/TLS connection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent messaging software with rock solid failover technology"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Apache ActiveMQ?

I find the failover feature very impressive. It's pretty easy to setup two nodes in a failover cluster and it's easy for the clients (we are mainly using the .NET client libraries) to just use a failover connection string instead of one that just contains one node. When we kill the AMQ process on one node, our client software can send and receive messages without even noticing that one node went down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache ActiveMQ?

We sometimes have issues where one queue just keeps building up messages and stops delivering them to the subscribers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
UT
Verified User in Telecommunications
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Apache AMQ"
5/5
What do you like best about Apache ActiveMQ?

the best of apache active mq, is their scalabilitry based on "networks brokers", that allow increase the numbers of queue in an imperceptible way for the final user. Anotherer stronger points is that is based on Open Source and have an graphic interface for management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache ActiveMQ?

Depends of Api's for converge whith other applications based on PHP, C/C++, .Net, Ruby, this significantly reduces the level of coupling between components of our system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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