HiveMQ MQTT Broker

Name: HiveMQ MQTT Broker
Price: 299 USD

HiveMQ MQTT Broker is ranked #3 of 38 in message broker software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $299/mo.

HiveMQ MQTT Broker plans and pricing

All plans

Lab Not published 100 connections · 100 msgs/sec based on a normalized message size of 5 KB hivemq.com · 20 Sept 2026

Launch $299/mo $299/month 1 broker deployment · 10,000 connections · 500 msgs/sec (normalized message size 5 KB) · Community support hivemq.com · 4 Oct 2026

Run $499/mo $499/month 1 broker deployment · 10,000 connections · 1,000 msgs/sec (normalized message size 5 KB) · Silver support hivemq.com · 4 Oct 2026

Self-Managed Enterprise Not published Self-managed · Multi-broker and multi-site deployments · Custom capacity hivemq.com · 20 Sept 2026

Serverless Not published 100 connections · 10 GB/month traffic hivemq.com · 20 Sept 2026

Starter Not published From $0.34/hour+ $0.80/million messages 10,000 connections · 1 MB/sec · 99.95% Uptime SLA · Silver support hivemq.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on message broker software

Free plan: Yes
Deployment model: hybrid
Delivery guarantees: configurable
Dead-letter queues: Yes
Maximum message size: 256 MB
Supported protocols: MQTT 3.1, MQTT 3.1.1, MQTT 5, TCP, TLS, WebSocket

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HiveMQ MQTT Broker

Purpose: HiveMQ Broker provides reliable, event-driven MQTT messaging between connected devices and enterprise systems.
Scale: The maker describes the broker as scaling to millions of connections and billions of messages.
MQTT support: The broker supports MQTT 3.1.1 and MQTT 5.0.
Reliability: Features include persistent messaging stored to disk, offline message queuing, and QoS support.
Clustering: Dynamic clustering supports adding or removing broker nodes without downtime, and the cluster can grow or shrink at runtime.
Integrations: HiveMQ extensions integrate with streaming services, databases, data warehouses, and security services; the maker lists Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, and Google Pub/Sub extensions.
Security: The broker page lists TLS 1.2/1.3, mutual TLS, fine-grained access control, pluggable authentication such as OAuth 2.0 and LDAP, and audit logging.
Compliance: HiveMQ states that it is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type II compliant.
Deployment: The self-managed broker can run on private, hybrid, and public clouds, with pre-built images for Kubernetes, OpenShift, and DC/OS.
Evaluation limit: The self-managed broker starts in evaluation mode without a valid license and supports up to 25 client connections in that mode.
Support: The maker offers Community, Silver, Gold, and Platinum support options; Gold and Platinum support are available up to 24×7.
Intended users: HiveMQ describes the broker as built for mission-critical enterprise operations and large-scale IoT deployments.
Founded: 2012
Headquarters: Landshut, Germany
Price from: $299/mo

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Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Message Broker Software in 2026#3 of 38
Best Message Queue (MQ) Software in 2026#5 of 27

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Sources

hivemq.com/products/mqtt-broker/· checked 4 Oct 2026
hivemq.com/products/extensions/· checked 4 Oct 2026
hivemq.com/solutions/technology/hivemq-security/· checked 4 Oct 2026
docs.hivemq.com/hivemq/latest/user-guide/install-hivemq· checked 4 Oct 2026
hivemq.com/company/support/· checked 4 Oct 2026
hivemq.com/pricing/· checked 20 Sept 2026