Kafka vs. RabbitMQ #2: Head-To-Head

August 11, 2022

As dealing with microservice-based systems, we often encounter the ever-repeating question , “Should I use RabbitMQ or Kafka?” For some reason, many developers view these technologies as interchangeable. While this is true for some cases, there are various underlying differences between these platforms.

As a result, different scenarios require a different solution, and choosing the wrong one might severely impact your ability to design, develop, and maintain your software solution.

Part 1 of this series explains the internal implementation concepts of both RabbitMQ and Apache Kafka. This part continues to review notable differences between these two platforms, differences that we should note as software architects and developers.

Then, it proceeds to explain the architecture patterns we usually try to implement with these tools and assess when to use each.

Kafka vs. RabbitMQ #1

August 10, 2022

As dealing with microservice-based systems, we often encounter the ever-repeating question , “Should I use RabbitMQ or Kafka?” For some reason, many developers view these technologies as interchangeable. While this is true for some cases, there are various underlying differences between these platforms.

As a result, different scenarios require a different solution, and choosing the wrong one might severely impact your ability to design, develop, and maintain your software solution.

The goal of this piece is first to introduce the basic asynchronous messaging patterns. Then, it continues to present both RabbitMQ and Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) and their internal structures and highlights the critical differences between these platforms, their various advantages and disadvantages, and how to choose between the two.