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RabbitMQ vs. Kafka vs. ActiveMQ: A Battle of Messaging Brokers
Here are the top differences between RabbitMQ, Kafka, and ActiveMQ:
| Dimension | RabbitMQ | Kafka | ActiveMQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Smart broker, dumb consumer. Routes via exchanges and queues. | Distributed commit log. Dumb broker, smart consumer. | Classic JMS broker with queues and topics. |
| Built on | Erlang | Scala and Java (JVM) | Java (JVM) |
| Message model | Queue based. Exchanges route to queues. | Append only log. Topics split into partitions. | JMS queues (point to point) and topics (pub/sub). |
| Protocol support | AMQP 0.9 |
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