Feature Comparison
This page lists features supported across different deployment types in detail.
Core / Enterprise Features
| Features | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| MQTT 5.0 Broker |  | | | Complete MQTT 5.0 protocol implementation |
| MQTT over QUIC | | | | Globally Poineering Support In development for Cloud |
| MQTT Add-ons | |  | | Shared subscription Exclusive subscription Delayed publish Auto-subscription Topic rewrite More customization options |
| Multi-protocol Gateways | | | | More industry device access |
| Multi-tenancy | | | | Higer system flexibility and utilization (Coming soon) |
| Cluster Linking | | | | Seamless connection of devices and application data |
| Event History | | | | Client fault diagnosis and behavioral audit |
| Message Queuing | | | | Unified architecture for data transmission and analysis (Coming soon) |
| Stream Processing | | | | Higher reliability and disaster recovery capabilities (Coming soon) |
| Data Persistence | Built-in RocksDB backend or external databases | N/A | N/A | Improved stability and reliability |
| Schema Registry | | | | Schema Registry ensures data consistency and compatibility |
| Message Codec | | | | Flexible message format conversion for: JSON Avro Protobuf Custom codec (HTTP/gRPC) |
| Schema Validation | | | | Ensuring integrity and legality of messages |
| Rule Engine | | | | SQL-based built-in Rule Engine and real-time data processing |
| Flow Designer | | | | Easy orchestration of data integration |
| File Transfer | | | In product roadmap | Unified platform data transmission |
| Kafka Integration | | | | Stream MQTT Data into Apache Kafka |
| Enterprise Data Integrations | 40+ | | 40+ | Accelerate business development and delivery speed |
| Troubleshooting | | | | Log Trace Slow Subscriptions |
| Cloud-Native & K8s | | N/A | N/A | Reduce system deployment and management costs |
| Edge Computing | | | | Reduce data transmission latency and costs Neuron NanoMQ |
Scalability and Performance
| Scalability/Performance | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| Scalability | Up to 100 nodes cluster Up to 100 million MQTT connections per cluster | 1000 auto scale | 1000 - unlimited | Reaching 100M MQTT connections with EMQX 5.0 |
| Availability | Core-Replica cluster | Masterless cluster | Masterless cluster | |
| Reliability | Data persistence in RocksDB with highly available replication | Session persistence | Session persistence | Highly Reliable MQTT Data Persistence Based on RocksDB |
| Performance | 5M+ MQTT messages per second | 1000 MQTT messages per second | 5M+ MQTT messages per second | |
| Latency | 1~5 millisecond | 1~5 millisecond | 1~5 millisecond | |
| SLA | N/A | 99.9% uptime | Up to 99.99% uptime | |
Clustering Architecture
| MQTT & Connectivity | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | |||
| MQTT 3.x | | | | ||
| MQTT 5.0 | | | | ||
| MQTT Retainer | | | | ||
| MQTT over TCP | | | | ||
| MQTT over TLS | | | | ||
| MQTT over WebSocket | | | | ||
| MQTT over QUIC | | | | EMQX is now the only MQTT broker in the world that supports QUIC transport. | |
| LB (Proxy Protocol) | | | | Proxy protocol v1, v2 | |
| LB (Custom) | | | | GmSSL Smooth connection migration | |
| IPv6 Support | | | | ||
| Multi-protocol Gateway | | | | ||
| MQTT-SN | | | | ||
| STOMP | | | | ||
| CoAP | | | | ||
| LwM2M | | | | ||
| ExProto | | | | ||
| OCPP | | | | ||
| JT/808 | | | | ||
| GB/T 32960 | | | | | |
MQTT and Connectivity
| MQTT & Connectivity | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| MQTT 3.x | | | | |
| MQTT 5.0 | | | | |
| MQTT Retainer | | | | |
| MQTT over TCP | | | | |
| MQTT over TLS | | | | |
| MQTT over WebSocket | | | | |
| MQTT over QUIC | | | | EMQX is now the only MQTT broker in the world that supports QUIC transport. |
| LB (Proxy Protocol) | | | | Proxy protocol v1, v2 |
| LB (Custom) | | | | GmSSL Smooth connection migration |
| IPv6 Support | | | | |
| Multi-protocol Gateway | | | | |
| MQTT-SN | | | | |
| STOMP | | | | |
| CoAP | | | | |
| LwM2M | | | | |
| ExProto | | | | |
| OCPP | | | | |
| JT/808 | | | | |
| GBT32960 | | | | |
Security
| Security | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| TLS/SSL | | | | Protect data transmission security: TLS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 |
| QUIC | | | | Enhance efficiency of weak network and mobile network data transmission |
| OCSP Stapling | | | | Provide more flexible security practices |
| Flapping Detect | | | In product roadmap | Detect and intercept frequent online and offline connections |
| Audit Logs | | | | Support audit tracing for important operations |
| Dashboard SSO | | | | Secure and simplified authentication processes |
| Dashboard/REST API RBAC | | | | Minimize permissions to ensure system security |
| Black Duck Analysis | | N/A | N/A | Secure and simplified authentication processes |
Authentication and Authorization
| Authentication/Authorization | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| Username/Password | | | | Password-Based Authentication |
| JWT | | | | JWT Authentication |
| MQTT 5.0 Enhanced Authentication | | N/A | N/A | MQTT 5.0 Enhanced Authentication |
| LDAP Authentication | | | In product roadmap | |
| PSK Authentication | | | | Enable PSK Authentication |
| X.509 Certificates | | Managed by EMQX Cloud | | |
| Fine-grained Access Control | | | | |
| Authentication Database Backends | | | | |
| ACL Database Backends | | | | |
Data Integration
As EMQX evolves, it supports an expanding range of data integrations, including but not limited to those listed below.
| Data Integration | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| MQTT Bridge | | | | |
| Webhook/HTTP Server | | | | |
| Aliyun Tablestore | | | | |
| Apache Kafka/Confluent | | | | |
| Apache IoTDB | | | | |
| Apache Pulsar | | | | |
| AWS Kinesis | | | | |
| AWS S3 | | | | |
| Azure Event Hubs | | | | |
| Azure Blob Storage | | | | |
| Cassandra | | | | |
| ClickHouse | | | | |
| Couchbase | | | | |
| DynamoDB | | | | |
| Elasticsearch | | | | |
| GCP PubSub | | | | |
| GreptimeDB | | | | |
| HStreamDB | | | | |
| InfluxDB | | | | |
| Microsoft SQL Server | | | | |
| MongoDB | | | | |
| MySQL | | | | |
| OpenTSDB | | | | |
| Oracle Database | | | | |
| PostgreSQL | | | | |
| RabbitMQ | | | | |
| Redis | | | | |
| RocketMQ | | | | |
| Snowflake | | | | |
| Syskeeper | | | | |
| TDengine | | | | |
| TimeScaleDB | | | | |
Rule Engine
| Rule Engine | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | |||
| Schema Registry | | | | Ensure data format consistency | |
| JSON Codec | | | | ||
| Avro Codec | | | | ||
| Protobuf Codec | | | | ||
| Sparkplug B Codec | | | | ||
| JSON Schema Validation | | | | ||
| Avro Validation | | | | ||
| ProtoBuf Validation | | | | ||
| Built-in Functions | | | | Functions available in SQL statements, rich built-in libraries, support custom extensions | |
| jq Functions | | | | Efficient JSON data processing | |
| Event Trigger | | | | Client events, event-driven business development | |
| Schema Validation | | | | | |
| Message Transformation | | | | | |
Extensibility
| Extensibility | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| Hooks | | N/A | N/A | Hooks |
| Plugins | | N/A | N/A | Plugins |
| Plugin Hot Loading | | N/A | N/A | |
| Plugin Hot Configuration | | N/A | N/A | |
| Gateways | | N/A | N/A | |
| ExHooks/gRPC | | N/A | N/A | |
Operability
| Operability | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| Dashboard | | | | EMQX dashboard is feature-rich. Configs can be hot udpated through dashboard. |
| Configuration | HOCON | N/A | N/A | The HOCON format is simple and concise. |
| HTTP API | | | | |
| CLI | | | | |
| Config Hot Updates | | N/A | N/A | |
| Operational Auditing | | | | |
Observability
| Observability | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| Dashboard | | | | Monitor clusters in real time with an elegant dashboard |
| Metrics | | | | Node metrics |
| Grafana | | | | |
| Prometheus | | | | |
| Datadog | | | In product roadmap | |
| OpenTelemetry | | | In product roadmap | |
| Cluster Metrics | | N/A | N/A | |
| Alarm Alerts | | | | |
| Slow Subscription Monitoring | | | In product roadmap | |
| Topic Monitoring | | | In product roadmap | |
| Client Monitoring | | | | |
| Log Trace | | | | |
Cloud Native and K8S
| Cloud Native & K8s | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| Docker | | N/A | N/A | emqx - Official Image | Docker HubDocker |
| Kubernetes Operator | | N/A | N/A | EMQX Kubernetes Operator |
| Terraform | | N/A | N/A | EMQX Terraform |
Cloud Platform Availability
| Cloud Platform | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| AWS Marketplace | | | | EMQX is available on AWS Marketplace. AWS Marketplace: EMQX Enterprise on Ubuntu 20.04 |
| Azure Marketplace | | | | |
| GCP Marketplace | | | | |
| AWS | | | | |
| Azure | | | | |
| GCP | | | | |
MQTT Tools and SDKs
| MQTT Tools & SDKs | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| MQTT Desktop Client | | | | MQTT X - The best tool for learning MQTT. MQTTX: Your All-in-one MQTT Client Toolbox |
| MQTT CLI | | | | MQTTX CLI: A Powerful and Easy-to-use MQTT CLI Tool |
| MQTT Web Tool | | | | Feature-rich and Easy-to-use. MQTTX Web: Easy-to-use MQTT Websocket Client Tool |
| MQTT Benchmark | | | | GitHub - emqx/emqtt-bench: Lightweight MQTT benchmark tool written in Erlang |
| MQTT Load Testing | XMeter | | | XMeter - The world’s #1 MQTT load testing tool |
| MQTT & JMeter | XMeter | | | GitHub - emqx/mqtt-jmeter: MQTT JMeter Plugin |
| MQTT SDK for C | NanoSDK | | | GitHub - nanomq/NanoSDK: NanoSDK - MQTT 5.0-compliant SDK with QUIC support in NNG flavor |
| MQTT Erlang SDK | | | | GitHub - emqx/emqtt: Erlang MQTT 5.0 Client |
| MQTT iOS SDK | | | | GitHub - emqx/CocoaMQTT: MQTT 5.0 client library for iOS and macOS written in Swift |
| MQTT QUIC Client | | | | GitHub - emqx/quic: QUIC protocol for Erlang & Elixir |
Support Services
| Support Services | Self-Hosted | MQTT as a Service | Notes and Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMQX Enterprise | EMQX Serverless | EMQX Dedicated | ||
| Technical Support | 5*8, 7*24 Global Support | 5*8 Global Support | 5*8, 7*24 Global Support | |
| Architecture Consulting | | | | |
| Project Integration | | | | |
| Custom Development | | | | |