Difference between ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ | ActiveMQ Vs RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ are two of the widely used message queues used in the software industry.

In this article, we will be the differences between the two technologies.

ActiveMQ:

• ActiveMQ is used in enterprise projects to store multiple instances and supports clustering environments.
• ActiveMQ is programmed in Java
• ActiveMQ is developed by the Apache Software Foundation
• ActiveMQ supports C, C#, Haxe, Node.js, Perl, Racket, Python, and Ruby on Rails.
• OpenWire, Stomp, WSIF, WS, AUTO, AMQP and MQTT are the applied protocols in ActiveMQ.
• It can be implemented with two brokers along with P2P architecture.
• It is a multi-protocol-supported message broker.
• PUB-SUB and message queues are available message patterns.

RabbitMQ:

• RabbitMQ is a message broker which is executed in low-level AMQP protocol and acts as an intermediator between two applications in the communication process.
• RabbitMQ is written in Erlang or OTP language.
• RabbitMQ is developed by Pivotal Software under the Mozilla Public License.
• RabbitMQ supports multiple languages such as Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl Rust, Go, JavaScript, C, and C++.
• HTTP, MQTT, STOMP, and AMQP are the implemented protocols in RabbitMQ
• One broker is required.
• RabbitMQ works on the management plugin.
• It has general message patterns such as Message Queue, PUB-SUB and RPC, and Routing.