Azure Event Hubs vs. Azure Service Bus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Event Hubs
Score 6.3 out of 10
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Event Hubs is a managed, real-time data ingestion service that’s used to stream millions of events per second from any source to build dynamic data pipelines and respond to business challenges. Users can continue to process data during emergencies using the geo-disaster recovery and geo-replication features. It can be integrated with other Azure services to unlock insights. Existing Apache Kafka clients and applications can be allowed to talk to Event Hubs without any code changes, producing a…N/A
Azure Service Bus
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Microsoft offers Azure Service Bus as a reliable cloud messaging as a service (MaaS) and simple hybrid integration solution.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Skyvia
Skyvia
Score 10.0 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Astera Data Pipeline Builder (Centerprise)
Astera Data Pipeline Builder (Centerprise)
Score 8.9 out of 10
Anypoint Platform
Anypoint Platform
Score 7.8 out of 10
Enterprises
Control-M
Control-M
Score 9.3 out of 10
Anypoint Platform
Anypoint Platform
Score 7.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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User Testimonials
Azure Event HubsAzure Service Bus
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Large IoT data ingestion which needs to be processed as batches or data which requires certain time to process in such scenario Azure Event Hubs is working very effective.
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Microsoft
If you need a cloud-based service bus or a simple to use queue/topic/routing/pub-sub service, then Azure Service Bus is a very good choice at a reasonable price and performance. Typically on-premise we'd use RabbitMQ because it "just works", but if you're building a "cloud-first" application, then this is the one to go with. It's especially easy to integrate with if you're already embedded in the Microsoft ecosystem.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • message queuing
  • data processing for notification.
  • Handling large volumes of data from multiple sources.
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Microsoft
  • Acting as a basic queuing service it works very well.
  • One of the best parts is that Azure Service Bus can work over HTTPS which helps in strict firewall situations. There is a performance hit if you choose to use HTTPS.
  • The routing capabilities are quite good when using topics and subscriptions. You can apply filters using a pseudo-SQL-like language though the correlation filters are quick and easy options.
  • Costs are very reasonable at low-ish volumes. If you're processing 10's of millions of messages a month... it may be a different story.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • pricing should be less
  • integration with the services should be enhanced.
  • Deduplication functionality should be there in Azure Event Hubs
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Microsoft
  • The SqlFilter could be a little easier to use, but it's not terrible.
  • The performance while using HTTPS for the connection is a little slow compared to direct connections using AMQP ports.
  • There is a size limit to the message - unlike RMQ for instance, Azure Service Bus caps messages to 256kb on the standard tier.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
All platforms are good, costing wise it is effective, scalable is being managed by Azure Event Hubs only so only configuration is being required to do, also provides the encrypted, reliable and secure solution .
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Microsoft
RabbitMQ is simple and awesome... but so is Azure Service Bus. Both accomplish the same thing but in different environments. If you're building a cloud-native application - especially one that is serverless by design - Azure Service Bus is the only real choice in Azure. It works well, it's performance, and it's reasonably priced in the Standard tier. From our testing, RMQ is more performant, but it's hard to compare service-based implementations vs RMQ installed on VMs.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • reducing the cost as you don't need to create a solution which is scalable
  • increasing the productivity of the solution.
  • customer satisfaction can be increased by integrating it as a solution.
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Microsoft
  • Compared to open-source free software like RMQ, Azure Service Bus does have some costs to it. But the cost is reasonable.
  • Also unlike RMQ, Azure Service Bus doesn't require you to stand up any hardware - so it's very easy to use and saves time/money from that perspective.
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