NATS VS RabbitMQ

Compare NATS vs RabbitMQ and see what are their differences.

RabbitMQ

Open source RabbitMQ: core server and tier 1 (built-in) plugins (by rabbitmq)
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NATS RabbitMQ
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14,561 11,489
2.4% 1.4%
9.8 10.0
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NATS

Posts with mentions or reviews of NATS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-20.

RabbitMQ

Posts with mentions or reviews of RabbitMQ. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-03.
  • A Developer's Journal: Simplifying the Twelve-Factor App
    9 projects | dev.to | 3 Dec 2023
    Messaging/Queueing Systems (Amazon SQS, RabbitMQ, Beanstalkd)
  • FastStream: Python's framework for Efficient Message Queue Handling
    11 projects | dev.to | 16 Oct 2023
    Later, we discovered Propan, a library created by Nikita Pastukhov, which solved similar problems but for RabbitMQ. Recognizing the potential for collaboration, we joined forces with Nikita to build a unified library that could work seamlessly with both Kafka and RabbitMQ. And that's how FastStream came to be—a solution born out of the need for simplicity and efficiency in microservices development.
  • The Complete Microservices Guide
    17 projects | dev.to | 21 Sep 2023
    Inter-Service Communication: Middleware provides communication channels and protocols that enable microservices to communicate with each other. This can include message brokers like RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, RPC frameworks like gRPC, or RESTful APIs.
  • Project Structure Review [.Net] [Console]
    2 projects | /r/PinoyProgrammer | 19 Sep 2023
    This is an implementation of pub/sub. The publisher is on a separate project. The message broker is Azure Service Bus. We use NServiceBus for code implementation. I use rabbitMQ broker for local tests. Nothing I can do about the tech stack. This is more of a high level single project structure review 😅
  • The Role of Queues in Building Efficient Distributed Applications
    4 projects | dev.to | 10 Aug 2023
    RabbitMQ is a robust and highly configurable open-source message broker that implements the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP).
  • Should I chain calls in backend?
    2 projects | /r/node | 30 Jun 2023
    When using third-party services, especially within a "transaction", it's often a good idea to use a persistent Message Queue (MQ) system like RabbitMQ. Go through all their tutorials to get a really good understanding of how message queues work and how they can be used to solve your problem.
  • Node still seems better than python after all this time for web server speed but..
    3 projects | /r/node | 20 Jun 2023
  • Delayed events pattern, no more crons
    2 projects | dev.to | 8 Jun 2023
    The best technical solution to provide the event queues is to use a message-broker technology like RabbitMQ.
  • Exploring Async PHP
    6 projects | dev.to | 31 May 2023
    The use of queues such as Amazon SQS, RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka has been a widely accepted solution for some time.
  • Best way to schedule events and handle them in the future?
    9 projects | /r/golang | 25 May 2023
    You're better off with something really, really straightforward, like AWS Simple Queue Service or SQS or RabbitMQ, which are two very popular message queues. (The "MQ" part means Message Queue, in case that wasn't obvious). There are a lot of these out there, including ActiveMQ, IronMQ, and others. Pick the one that makes the most sense to you.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing NATS and RabbitMQ you can also consider the following projects:

celery - Distributed Task Queue (development branch)

redpanda - Redpanda is a streaming data platform for developers. Kafka API compatible. 10x faster. No ZooKeeper. No JVM!

mosquitto - Eclipse Mosquitto - An open source MQTT broker

ZeroMQ - ZeroMQ core engine in C++, implements ZMTP/3.1

Apache ActiveMQ - Mirror of Apache ActiveMQ

MediatR - Simple, unambitious mediator implementation in .NET

nsq - A realtime distributed messaging platform

Apache Kafka - Mirror of Apache Kafka

BeanstalkD - Beanstalk is a simple, fast work queue.

rq - Simple job queues for Python