What makes EMQX Enterprise's unified messaging platform different from using MQTT and Kafka/RabbitMQ separately?

EMQX Enterprise unifies real-time MQTT pub/sub with durable message queuing into a single, integrated platform. This eliminates the need to deploy and manage separate systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ for persistent messaging. The key benefits are a 50% reduction in infrastructure costs, a single operational interface for both real-time and asynchronous messaging, and a simplified architecture for building reliable IoT and AI applications.

How does the Message Queue feature work with MQTT protocols?

EMQX Enterprise's native message queue layer works seamlessly with standard MQTT topics. When devices publish to topics like `sensors/temperature`, the system automatically routes messages either to real-time subscribers or to queue topics (prefixed with `$q/`, such as `$q/sensors/temperature`). Messages in queues are persistently stored until consumed, even when subscribers are offline. The platform supports flexible dispatch strategies including random, round-robin, and least-in-flight routing, along with last-value semantics to maintain only the latest state per key. This ensures zero data loss and maximum reliability for mission-critical IoT applications.

Can EMQX Enterprise integrate with AI and LLM services?

Yes, EMQX Enterprise offers native integration with leading AI models including OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini. The platform can stream IoT data directly to LLMs for real-time intelligent processing, enabling use cases such as anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and automated decision-making. IoT data payloads can be processed on-the-fly, generating intelligent alerts and triggering automated actions without requiring external middleware. This makes EMQX Enterprise ideal for building AI-driven IoT applications at scale.

What kind of scale and performance can EMQX Enterprise handle?

EMQX Enterprise features a horizontally scalable architecture proven to support over 200 million concurrent connections in a single cluster. The platform delivers sub-millisecond latency for real-time pub/sub messaging while maintaining high throughput and predictable performance. It includes shared subscriptions for load balancing across multiple subscribers. The distributed and replicated storage layer, powered by RocksDB and Raft consensus, ensures reliability even at massive scale, making it suitable for the most demanding enterprise IoT deployments.

How does EMQX Enterprise ensure data security and compliance?

EMQX Enterprise provides comprehensive enterprise-grade security features including TLS/mTLS encryption, X.509 certificate-based authentication, and integration with existing identity systems. The platform offers fine-grained access control through ACL/RBAC policies and maintains full audit logs for compliance tracking. EMQX Enterprise is SOC 2, ISO 27001, TISAX certified, and GDPR compliant, meeting the stringent security and regulatory requirements of industries such as automotive, healthcare, finance, and manufacturing.

What enterprise systems and cloud services can EMQX Enterprise integrate with?

EMQX Enterprise provides native data integration with over 50 cloud services and enterprise systems out of the box. Supported integrations include Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, MySQL, AWS S3, Azure services, Google Cloud, SAP systems, and various time-series databases like InfluxDB and TimescaleDB. The platform includes a built-in SQL-based rule engine, schema registry, message codec, and visual Flow Designer for on-the-fly data transformation, allowing you to extract, filter, enrich, and route IoT data to downstream systems without custom development.

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Unified MQTT & Message Queue

Eliminate infrastructure complexity. Combine real-time MQTT pub/sub with durable message queuing in a single platform.

Reliability for the Real World

Mission-critical performance at scale. 100M+ concurrent connections, millisecond-level latency, durable storage with zero data loss, and 99.99% uptime SLA.

From Edge to AI

Move device data to apps and AI services seamlessly. Run on edge or cloud, stream or queue, with enterprise security and governance.

The Evolution of Enterprise Messaging

EMQX Enterprise delivers a unified MQTT platform for real-time communication and reliable, asynchronous messaging.

One Platform, Two Messaging Paradigms

EMQX unifies real-time MQTT pub/sub with durable message queuing in a single platform. No need for separate systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka.

Native MQTT 5.0 + Message Queue
50% reduction in infrastructure costs
Single operational interface

Zero Data Loss, Maximum Reliability

Built for mission-critical applications. Durable storage ensures messages persist even when subscribers are offline, with configurable TTL, dispatch strategies, and last-value semantics.

Guaranteed delivery
Persistent message storage
99.99% uptime SLA

Built for AI-Driven Future

Native Integration with LLMs for intelligent data processing. Stream IoT data to AI models, generate insights, and trigger automated actions in real-time

OpenAI, Claude, Gemini Support
Real-time anomaly detection
Intelligent automation workflows

Unified Architecture: Real-Time Meets Reliability

See how EMQX Enterprise seamlessly combines MQTT pub/sub with message queuing, creating a single platform for all your messaging needs

Enterprise Grade Capabilities

Purpose-built features that address the most demanding requirements of modern IoT and AI applications.

Connect Any Device

Connect any device via the open standard protocols MQTT, HTTP, QUIC, and LwM2M/CoAP. Secure communication with TLS/SSL and X.509 certificates.

Real Time Delivery

Real-time, bidirectional data movement with topic-based publish/subscribe messaging at massive scale.

Native Message Queue

Server-side durable storage that captures messages matching specific topic filters, persisting them independently of subscriber availability.

On-the-fly Data Transformation

Extract, filter, enrich, and transform IoT data in real-time using the built-in SQL-based rule engine, schema registry, message codec, and visual flow editor.

LLM-Powered Intelligence

Native integration with leading AI models, including OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini. Process MQTT payloads in real-time, detect anomalies, and generate intelligent alerts.

Enterprise Data Integration

Integrate IoT data seamlessly with 50+ cloud services and enterprise systems, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, AWS S3, MongoDB, Oracle, SAP, and time series databases.

Durable Storage

Ensures ultimate reliability for mission-critical IoT data with a built-in distributed and replicated storage layer powered by RocksDB and Raft consensus.

Proven At-Scale Performance

Horizontally scalable architecture proven to support 200+ million concurrent connections in a single cluster and high throughput with predictable low latency.

Observability & Control

Monitor per-topic metrics, client metrics, and end-to-end tracing to spot hotspots and tune message delivery in real time.

Enterprise Security

Integrate with your identity systems. Use TLS/mTLS, certificate-based auth, pluggable backends, fine-grained ACL/RBAC, and full audit logs.

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IoT technologies to enable Industrial digitalization

The manufacturing industry is fast evolving to digital transformation. EMQ’s cloud-edge collaboration solution interchanges production data, opens up information isolated islands, and closes gaps between the edge and the cloud. It helps enterprises realize the data connection, exchanging, processing and analysis in a collaborated way, and realizes the digitalization, network, and intelligentization of new manufacturing.

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EMQ in the Intelligent Energy & Utilities

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EMQ’s IoT infrastructure software solution provides efficient, stable, and secure IoT cloud-edge integrated data collection, transmission, processing, and analysis for critical procedures in the petroleum and petrochemical industry. Key areas include exploration, production, storage and transportation, and processing. Benefits include improved production efficiency, reduced operating costs, and the injection of new vitality into the petroleum and petrochemical industry with leading Internet of Things technology.

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The Fundamentally changed Transportation industry in the IoT Era

Like many industries, the transportation industry is one of the fields where IoT technologies are applied. IoT has seen immense success in this industry and many applications are now changing our life. To name a few: the toll and ticket system, fleet management, parking systems, connected cars, public transport management, traffic congestion systems, and traveler information systems. EMQ provides IoT infrastructure software for the transportation industry.

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Financial Services

Future-proof fintech and banking with IoT

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EMQ boosts innovations for technology companies

EMQ’s IoT infrastructure software helps technology companies extend their IoT data access capability both at the edge and on the cloud and integrate their existing business system with the IoT Platform. With EMQ’s products, technology companies can extend their IT business advantages to the IoT industry and keep growing with a new innovative driving force.

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EMQ connects the retailer and consumers

The retail business is experiencing a seismic change with the evolution of IoT. EMQ provides the IoT infrastructure software for smart retail. IoT applications connected by EMQ’s IoT infrastructure software help retailers optimize business processes and resource management, improve customer experience and reduce operating costs.

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Why EMQX Enterprise

	Traditional MQTT	Message Queues (RabbitMQ/Kafka)	EMQX Enterprise 6.0
Features
Real-time Pub/Sub
Durable Message Queue
Last-Value Semantics		Limited
100M+ Connections
Multi-Tenancy with Namespaces
Native LLM Integration
Infrastructure Complexity	Medium	High	Low

Traditional MQTT
Features
Real-time Pub/Sub
Durable Message Queue
Last-Value Semantics
100M+ Connections
Multi-Tenancy with Namespaces
Native LLM Integration
Infrastructure Complexity
Medium
Message Queues (RabbitMQ/Kafka)
Features
Real-time Pub/Sub
Durable Message Queue
Last-Value Semantics
Limited
100M+ Connections
Multi-Tenancy with Namespaces
Native LLM Integration
Infrastructure Complexity
High
EMQX Enterprise 6.0
Features
Real-time Pub/Sub
Durable Message Queue
Last-Value Semantics
100M+ Connections
Multi-Tenancy with Namespaces
Native LLM Integration
Infrastructure Complexity
Low

50%

Reduction in Infrastructure Costs

10x

Faster Time to Market

99.99%

Uptime SLA Guarantee

24/7

Enterprise Support

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