IBM MQ
IBM MQ is messaging middleware that simplifies and accelerates the integration of diverse applications and data across multiple platforms.
Market Share of IBM MQ
Current Customer(s)
4222
Market Share (Est.)
5.90%
Ranking
#3
Top Competitors and Alternatives of IBM MQ
The top three of IBM MQ’s competitors in the Queueing, Messaging And Background Processing category are Apache Kafka with 39.53%, RabbitMQ with 28.33%, Apache ActiveMQ with 5.79% market share.
| Technology | Domains | Market Share (Est.) | Versus page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Kafka | 28301 | 39.53% | IBM MQ vs Apache Kafka |
| RabbitMQ | 20283 | 28.33% | IBM MQ vs RabbitMQ |
| Apache ActiveMQ | 4144 | 5.79% | IBM MQ vs Apache ActiveMQ |
| Realtime Framework | 4052 | 5.66% | IBM MQ vs Realtime Framework |
| Microsoft Azure Service Bus | 3344 | 4.67% | IBM MQ vs Microsoft Azure Service Bus |
| Google Cloud Messaging | 2830 | 3.95% | IBM MQ vs Google Cloud Messaging |
| Ably Realtime | 979 | 1.37% | IBM MQ vs Ably Realtime |
| ZeroMQ | 969 | 1.35% | IBM MQ vs ZeroMQ |
| NServiceBus | 774 | 1.08% | IBM MQ vs NServiceBus |
| Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF) | 379 | 0.53% | IBM MQ vs Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF) |
| Gearman | 372 | 0.52% | IBM MQ vs Gearman |
| Hornetq | 260 | 0.36% | IBM MQ vs Hornetq |
| Eclipse Paho | 175 | 0.24% | IBM MQ vs Eclipse Paho |
| NATS | 173 | 0.24% | IBM MQ vs NATS |
| CloudAMQP | 110 | 0.15% | IBM MQ vs CloudAMQP |
| NSQ | 61 | 0.09% | IBM MQ vs NSQ |
| Apache Qpid | 59 | 0.08% | IBM MQ vs Apache Qpid |
| Iron.io | 47 | 0.07% | IBM MQ vs Iron.io |
| Sidekiq Pro | 13 | 0.02% | IBM MQ vs Sidekiq Pro |
| CloudKarafka | 13 | 0.02% | IBM MQ vs CloudKarafka |
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Top Competitors and Alternatives of IBM MQ
The top three of IBM MQ’s competitors in the Queueing, Messaging And Background Processing category are Apache Kafka with 39.53%, RabbitMQ with 28.33%, Apache ActiveMQ with 5.79% market share.
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Customers of IBM MQ
Around the world in 2026, over 4156 companies have started using IBM MQ as Queueing, Messaging And Background Processing tool.
| Customers | Employee Range | City | Region | Country | Social Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insight Global | 10,000+ | Atlanta | Georgia | United States |     |
| The Home Depot | 10,000+ | Atlanta | Georgia | United States | |
| Regions Bank | 10,000+ | Birmingham | Alabama | United States | |
| CVS Pharmacy | 10,000+ | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | United States | |
| Men's Wearhouse | 10,000+ | Houston | Texas | United States | |
| The Timken Company | 10,000+ | North Canton | Ohio | United States | |
| Singapore Airlines | 10,000+ | Singapore | Central Singapore | Singapore | |
| Coles For Business | 10,000+ | Hawthorn East | Victoria | Australia | |
| Allegis Group | 10,000+ | Hanover | Maryland | United States | |
| UPS | 10,000+ | Atlanta | Georgia | United States | |
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IBM MQ Customers by Products and Services
The top three products and services offering customers that use IBM MQ for Queueing, Messaging And Background Processing are Asset Management (256), Insurance (247), Wealth Management (245).
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IBM MQ Customers by Employee Size
The majority of IBM MQ's customers for the queueing-messaging-and-background-processing category fall in the company size of 10,000+ employees (1078 companies), 1,000 - 4,999 employees (833 companies), 100 - 249 employees (607 companies).
Employee Size
IBM MQ Customers by Geography
The top three geographies of IBM MQ for queueing-messaging-and-background-processing are the United States with 1605(55.10%), United Kingdom with 251(8.62%), India with 209(7.17%) customers respectively.
Customers
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Who are the top IBM MQ competitors?
IBM MQ’s Top competitors in the queueing-messaging-and-background-processing category are Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ. You can view a full list of IBM MQ competitors here. 6sense uses advanced data mining and AI algorithms to track customers and competitors of IBM MQ and 40,000 other technologies on the internet. You can also compare IBM MQ and its feature with top competitors here : IBM MQ vs Apache Kafka IBM MQ vs RabbitMQ IBM MQ vs Apache ActiveMQ.
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