The Options, Side by Side
Each page puts the real choices on the same criteria and says which one wins under which conditions — including when the answer is not us.
- 9 Comparisons
- RabbitMQ
- Kafka
- Redis
- Support
- VMware
Message Broker Support Options Compared
Who supports RabbitMQ, Kafka, IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, Pulsar, Redpanda, Azure Service Bus, SQS and Pub/Sub in production: vendor, cloud and independent options.
- 3 options compared
- 9 criteria
Managed RabbitMQ Options Compared
Four ways to have someone else run RabbitMQ, compared on where brokers live, who picks the version, plugin freedom, incident ownership, residency and exit.
- 4 options compared
- 8 criteria
Managed Kafka Options Compared
Confluent Cloud, Amazon MSK, self-managed with support and operated-for-you Kafka, compared on version control, connectors, incidents, cost shape and exit.
- 4 options compared
- 8 criteria
Managed Redis Options Compared
ElastiCache, Azure Managed Redis, Memorystore, Redis Cloud and self-managed Redis compared, plus the Azure Cache for Redis retirement dates.
- 3 options compared
- 8 criteria
Open Source and Vendor Support Windows Compared
How long vendors and projects support each version of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Grafana, Splunk, Kong, Airflow and more, from their own policies.
- 3 options compared
- 21 criteria
VMware Renewal Options Compared
The four things you can do when a VMware subscription comes up for renewal, compared on the same criteria: entitlement and patches, cost shape, risk, who qualifies, and how long a quote takes.
- 4 options compared
- 7 criteria
1-Year vs 3-Year vs 5-Year VMware Subscriptions
One, three and five-year VMware subscription terms compared: how the annual rate moves, what you lock in, when each term is the right call, and what happens at the end of it.
- 3 options compared
- 8 criteria
Third-Party VMware Support vs a Broadcom Subscription
Independent VMware support on perpetual licences compared with a current Broadcom subscription, and the hybrid of the two: patches, versions, adding hosts, audits, cost shape, and the exit path from each.
- 3 options compared
- 8 criteria
VMware Renewal Partner Types Compared
The kinds of organisation that can quote a VMware renewal — Broadcom direct, national reseller, managed-service provider, licensing specialist — compared on who they serve, sizing help, turnaround, tier advice and what happens after the order.
- 4 options compared
- 7 criteria
The services behind comparisons
Every page on this shelf is written by the engineers who do the work. These are the engagements they come from.
- 24/7 RabbitMQ support15-minute emergency SLA, versions back to 3.8.x
- Managed RabbitMQ servicesWe run the brokers, on your infrastructure or hosted
- RabbitMQ consultingArchitecture, migration and remediation from senior engineers
- RabbitMQ health checkEngineer-led assessment with a prioritised fix list
- Extended LTS support for RabbitMQ 3.xCVE backports for versions the community no longer patches
- RabbitMQ commercial licensingTanzu RabbitMQ licences from an authorized Broadcom partner
- RabbitMQ troubleshootingLive incidents and recurring faults
- RabbitMQ upgrades3.x to 4.x, planned and executed in your window
- RabbitMQ migrationsFrom IBM MQ, Kafka, cloud brokers or older RabbitMQ
- RabbitMQ implementation and architectureCluster design, DR and go-live
- RabbitMQ corporate trainingAdmin and developer courses taught by working engineers
- 24/7 Kafka supportSelf-managed, MSK or Confluent Platform
- Kafka consultingPartition strategy, sizing, security and migration
- RabbitMQ supportIf the estate runs both brokers
- Kubernetes and container servicesKafka on Kubernetes, operated with your team
- Enterprise MQ supportOne contract across Kafka, RabbitMQ and IBM MQ
- Enterprise support plansSLA tiers and what each covers
- Enterprise MQ consultingMulti-broker architecture and migration
- 24/7 Redis supportOpen-source Redis, Redis Stack and Valkey
- Redis consultingLatency, memory, replication and failover design
- Valkey supportProduction cover for the Linux Foundation fork
- Valkey consulting and licensingTanzu Valkey from an authorized Broadcom partner
- Enterprise support plansSLA tiers and what each covers
- Kubernetes and container servicesRedis on Kubernetes, operated with your team
- RabbitMQ supportIf Redis and RabbitMQ run together