Proceeding of the Faculty of technical Sciences, Novi Sad

Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering

Vol. 40 No. 12 (2025): Proceedings of the Faculty of Technical Sciences

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF NATS, RABBITMQ AND APACHE ROCKETMQ MESSAGE BROKERS

  • Ognjen Kuzmanović
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24867/33BE20Kuzmanovic
Submitted
January 18, 2026
Published
2026-02-18

Abstract

This paper compares the basic characteristics and performance of NATS, RabbitMQ and Apache RocketMQ message brokers. Performance is measured through message lattency and message throughput. Tests were conducted on the Azure cloud platform. The configuration of each test was obtained by combining several different message sizes and numbers. To ensure objective comparison, a custom Python-based tool was developed.

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