--- title: IBM MQ Reviews meta\_title: 'IBM MQ Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 174 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how IBM MQ works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 174 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: IT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-management --- # IBM MQ Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by IBM MQ but has limited features. Are you part of the IBM MQ team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! IBM MQ connects applications and microservices in private datacenters, across hybrid or multi-cloud environments, and at the edge of the enterprise. It allows businesses, from large enterprises to startups, to ensure every order, every payment, and every customer interaction counts. Messages between applications are delivered reliably once-and-only-once and applications are decoupled to enable rapid response to sudden traffic increases or system outages. Businesses can tap into the value of existing mission-critical data to gain real-time insights and ensure the safety of customer and business data with comprehensive security mechanisms. * * * Seller [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm) Discussions [IBM MQ Community](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-mq/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Pradeep Sudarshan Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 4 months ### Return on Investment 20 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-mq/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![MuleSoft Anypoint Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MuleSoft Anypoint Platform") MuleSoft Anypoint Platform 4.5/5(775) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mulesoft-anypoint-platform/reviews) [ ![Apache Kafka](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Apache Kafka") Apache Kafka 4.5/5(132) ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-kafka/reviews) [ ![RabbitMQ](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "RabbitMQ") RabbitMQ 4.1/5(48) ](https://www.g2.com/products/rabbitmq/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-mq/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 174 real user reviews. Implementation Time 4 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## IBM MQ Integrations (3) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Apache Kafka ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-kafka/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") IBM App Connect ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-app-connect/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") IBM Instana ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-instana/reviews) Show More ![Ali A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ali A.") AA Ali A. Team Leader and Software Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/9/2023 "Provide the application more security" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? Managing the queues and channels in addition to the certificate validation on requests Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? The bulk insert is so complicated and not reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? Replacing batch mode integration between the applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sachin R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sachin R.") SR Sachin R. software engineer Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/15/2023 "Review on ibm mq and it's highly available features" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? Ibm mq is an easy to use message queue. You can use mq to transfer large number of messages from client to server efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? The connectivity between the client and server using channels is low. I found some errors related to channnel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? Transfering large volume of message with least latency and high availability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") AB Verified User in Banking Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/12/2023 "The best middleware in the market" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? Easy to use, multiplatform (includes zOS), resilience, security, scalability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? Some features in MQ for zOS could be implemented in distributed platform (eg. shared queues) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? Integration between plaforms, Scalability, data confidence, security, quick learning for developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/17/2023 "IBM MQ User" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? its easy to use and and managing meassages is easy, by using MQ we are able to handle huge data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? some time its works slow and withourt making administrator it was not working Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? bcoz of MQ its easy to manage the huge data and when user is not active then data is store and missing data also store in deadletter Queue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") UB Verified User in Banking Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/19/2023 "My Experience Using IBM MQ" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? Knowing the queueing messaging and routing it to ur endpoint or broker also the message can be delayed or modified within using thr mq explorer it helps the developer know the path of the message Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? IBM MQ needs specified apps and handeling that is truthfully tricky because it can either easier the way you transferred message nor make it harsh because it can stuck sometimes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? The problem is about send and hold nor handeling the messaging with the broker or datapower depends on the requirements its benefit me tu config the path using mq Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Services") AI Verified User in Information Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/1/2023 "IBM helped with some channel wait issues as well as reporting solutions." 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? Easy to update/upgrade and maintain and support response. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? Sometimes it is hard to get someone on the phone just to ask a simple question/answer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? Buisiness continuity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/26/2023 "Outdated solution" 2.5/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? Well known and widely extended in so many companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? Difficult to implement improvements over MQ solution. It's not aligned with modern solutions and hard to scale Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? Solves some communication requirements like decoupled systems and broadcast messages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") TC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/26/2023 "Used MQ as a software developer to achieve asynchronous processing of requests" 3.5/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? I like flexible deployment choices what it provides and different development and management tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? Logs are sometime very abstract and cannot correlate with actual errors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? It provides a way to achieve asynchronous processing and way to implement event based requirements easily, especially in multicloud environments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/24/2023 "Best Messaging Protocol" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? IBM MQ is an easy to use and is scalable that makes it the best among all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? Everything in IBM MQ is one of the best, no chance of disliking anything Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? Asynchronous Processing, Pub/Sub Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Roshan S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Roshan S.") RS Roshan S. Associate Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/11/2022 "Very Good te learn" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM MQ? To make communication between application to application. And the real-time and secure methods apply SSL Certificates to send and receive transactions via IBM MQ. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM MQ? Queue create and Create Queue Manager under a test environment. Resolve issues by using the IBM MQ to a friend or colleague. In future issues also, we can troubleshoot by using this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM MQ solving and how is that benefiting you? I Work every time live environment. I'm very interested in learning more, resolving the issue, and being a good technical person. And be a good teacher for those who are trying to learn. That's my happiness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about IBM MQ? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about IBM MQ ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-mq/discussions/new) GU Guest User • Last activity over 3 years ago Is IBM MQ free? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-ibm-mq-free) GU Guest User What is IBM MQ used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/ibm-mq-what-is-ibm-mq-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-mq/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 4 months ### Return on Investment 20 months ### Average Discount 17% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-mq/pricing) IBM MQ Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_2879288387f48b3d7b8205fe6d626c9a/rabbitmq.png "Product Avatar Image") RabbitMQ 4.1/5(48) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/ibm-mq-vs-rabbitmq) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_809aa88d3571ee805a47d8fb156ba412/apache-kafka.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Apache Kafka 4.5/5(132) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/apache-kafka-vs-ibm-mq) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_b350900e1c1cde239f398145fc13d8f3/apache-activemq.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Apache ActiveMQ 4.3/5(16) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/apache-activemq-vs-ibm-mq) ##### ##### IBM MQ Features Functionality Asynchronous Messaging Language Support Cloud-based Messaging Integration Application Integration Data Integration Plugins and integrations Management Policies and Controls Security Monitoring Activity Monitoring Risk Internal Compliance [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-mq/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Message Queue (MQ)](https://www.g2.com/categories/message-queue-mq)[Business Activity Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/categories/business-activity-monitoring) ##### Explore More [What is the most affordable video communication software for SMBs?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-most-affordable-video-communication-software-for-smbs)[Which file reader solutions have the easiest setup for non-technical users rated highly by practitioners?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-file-reader-solutions-have-the-easiest-setup-for-non-technical-users-rated-highly-by-practitioners)[Top tools for automating software deployment pipelines](https://www.g2.com/discussions/top-tools-for-automating-software-deployment-pipelines) [What survey platforms come with a solid template library so you are not building every survey from scratch?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-survey-platforms-come-with-a-solid-template-library-so-you-are-not-building-every-survey-from-scratch)[Blytheco vs NexTec Group: which Acumatica consulting partner is better for manufacturing and construction implementations?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/blytheco-vs-nextec-group-which-acumatica-consulting-partner-is-better-for-manufacturing-and-construction-implementations)[Top-rated API management tools for developer portals](https://www.g2.com/discussions/top-rated-api-management-tools-for-developer-portals) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)