Best Message Broker Software in 2026
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38 message broker software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
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4 Oct 2026last checked
| # | Platform | Score | Why | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Amazon MQ | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | No | — | cloud | View |
| 27 |  Apache Qpid Broker-J | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 28 |  Faye | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 29 |  Mochi MQTT | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 30 | NanoMQ | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 31 |  NATS | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | hybrid | View |
| 32 | NSQ | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 33 |  TIBCO FTL | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | hybrid | View |
| 34 |  VerneMQ | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | No | — | self_hosted | View |
| 35 |  ZeroMQ | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | self_hosted | View |
| 36 | JoramMQ | 4.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | No | — | self_hosted | View |
| 37 |  Apache Kafka | 4.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | View |
| 38 |  Apache RocketMQ | 4.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | View |
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