EMQX vs NATS

EMQX

5.8 #16 in Message Broker Software

About EMQX

NATS

7.2 #13 in Message Broker Software

About NATS
EMQXNATS
Free planYesYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from$234/moFree
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsWebapi, Linux, self-hosted
Free planYes—
Paid from234 /mo—
Deployment modelhybridhybrid
Delivery guaranteesconfigurableconfigurable
Maximum message size1 MB—
Supported protocolsMQTT, MQTT-SN, STOMP, CoAP, LwM2M, OCPP, GB/T 32960, JT/T 808, NATSNATS, MQTT, WebSocket

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