How does ActiveMQ Classic compare to JBossMQ

There are some similarities between the two; they both support JMS 1.1 and run inside JBoss 4.x.

However ActiveMQ Classic does offer some specific differences and advantages (at least from our perspective)

ActiveMQ Classic works great in any JVM not just inside the JBoss application server
ActiveMQ Classic comes complete with a large number of Cross Language Clients
ActiveMQ Classic supports many different Protocols such as Ajax, REST, Stomp, OpenWire, XMPP
ActiveMQ Classic supports a large number of advanced features like Message Groups, Exclusive Consumer, Composite Destinations, Advisory Message support
ActiveMQ Classic supports reliable connections with configurable automatic reconnection
ActiveMQ Classic has great Spring Support
ActiveMQ Classic supports distributed destinations across networks
ActiveMQ Classic is very fast; often 10x faster than JBossMQ.

Performance guides

If you’re not convinced by performance reports then please do try running performance tests yourself. You might wanna check out our overview of Performance or try using out the ActiveMQ Classic Performance Module Users Manual

Commercial providers may also be able to help diagnose performance issues, suggest changes, etc…