Apache Kafka vs EMQX

Apache Kafka

4.8 #36 in Message Broker Software

About Apache Kafka

EMQX

5.8 #10 in Message Broker Software

About EMQX
Apache KafkaEMQX
Free planNoYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from—$234/mo
Open sourceNoNo
Platforms—Web
Free plan—Yes
Paid from—234 /mo
Deployment model—hybrid
Delivery guarantees—configurable
Maximum message size—1 MB
Supported protocols—MQTT, MQTT-SN, STOMP, CoAP, LwM2M, OCPP, GB/T 32960, JT/T 808, NATS

Both are listed in Best Message Broker Software, Best Message Queue (MQ) Software. On Inferse, EMQX scores higher on our published basis.