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Best IronMQ Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from message broker software ranked against IronMQ on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Lightstreamer Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free6.8
    IronMQ vs Lightstreamer
  2. 2
    EMQX Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $234/mo6.6
    IronMQ vs EMQX
  3. 3
    Faye Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.6
    IronMQ vs Faye
  4. 4
    TIBCO FTL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    IronMQ vs TIBCO FTL
  5. 5
    Apache Artemis Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    IronMQ vs Apache Artemis
  6. 6
    Apache RocketMQ Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    IronMQ vs Apache RocketMQ
  7. 7
    Eclipse Mosquitto Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    IronMQ vs Eclipse Mosquitto
  8. 8
    HiveMQ MQTT Broker Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin $299/mo6.5
    IronMQ vs HiveMQ MQTT Broker
  9. 10
    RabbitMQ Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    IronMQ vs RabbitMQ
  10. 11
    ZeroMQ Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    IronMQ vs ZeroMQ
  11. 12
    Amazon SNS Free plan apiWeb $0.06/mo6.4
    IronMQ vs Amazon SNS
  12. 13
    Amazon SQS Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    IronMQ vs Amazon SQS
  13. 14
    Apache ActiveMQ Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.4
    IronMQ vs Apache ActiveMQ
  14. 15
    CloudAMQP Free plan apiWeb $19/mo6.4
    IronMQ vs CloudAMQP
  15. 16
    Google Cloud Pub/Sub Free plan apiWeb $40/mo6.4
    IronMQ vs Google Cloud Pub/Sub
  16. 17
    JORAM Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.4
    IronMQ vs JORAM
  17. 18
    Upstash QStash Free plan apiWeb $1/mo6.4
    IronMQ vs Upstash QStash
  18. 19
    Aedes Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.3
    IronMQ vs Aedes
  19. 20
    Azure App Service Free plan LinuxWebWin Free6.3
    IronMQ vs Azure App Service
  20. 21
    Mochi MQTT Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.3
    IronMQ vs Mochi MQTT

IronMQ alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Lightstreamer6.8Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2EMQX6.6Free plan$234/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
3Faye6.6Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4TIBCO FTL6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Apache Artemis6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
6Apache RocketMQ6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7Eclipse Mosquitto6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
8HiveMQ MQTT Broker6.5Free plan$299/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
10RabbitMQ6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11ZeroMQ6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
12Amazon SNS6.4Free plan$0.06/moAPI, Web
13Amazon SQS6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
14Apache ActiveMQ6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
15CloudAMQP6.4Free plan$19/moAPI, Web
16Google Cloud Pub/Sub6.4Free plan$40/moAPI, Web
17JORAM6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
18Upstash QStash6.4Free plan$1/moAPI, Web
19Aedes6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
20Azure App Service6.3Free planFreeLinux, Web, Windows
21Mochi MQTT6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
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Questions about IronMQ alternatives

What is the best alternative to IronMQ?

Lightstreamer, number 1 in message broker software with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: EMQX, Faye, TIBCO FTL and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to IronMQ?

Lightstreamer is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 20 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.