G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon MQ vs. Ably Realtime

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon MQ

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Ably Realtime

by Ably Realtime

Overall rating3.64.8
Review count1867
Ease of use8.09.1
Ease of setup7.49.0
Quality of support8.79.7
Meets requirements8.69.4
NPS089.552239
Small Business50.0%44.8%
Mid-Market33.3%28.4%
Enterprise16.7%26.9%
Total page views114213
Total LLM citations1138,692

Amazon MQ

Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ that makes it easy to set up and operate message brokers in the cloud.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Security Protection
  • Data Management
  • Integrations
  • Cloud Storage

Ably Realtime

Ably helps teams deliver resilient AI UX and high-performance live experiences that stay fast and in sync worldwide. We provide the global realtime layer for AI agents, chat, notifications, live dashboards, and collaboration - engineered to handle peak demand without self-managed infrastructure. Teams like HubSpot and Intercom use Ably to avoid the cost and complexity of building and operating realtime systems, while still getting predictable performance at serious scale, handling 2T+ API operations per month.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Easy Integrations
  • Reliability
  • Fast Communication
  • Integrations