Networking · head to head
HiveMQ vs Ivanti
HiveMQ
Networking
Enterprise MQTT broker for industrial IoT with a published self-managed price list
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Ivanti
Networking
Security, service management, and unified endpoint management
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only HiveMQ has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: HiveMQ the Community Edition lacks clustering, persistence extensions, the control centre and all enterprise bridges, so a prototype built on it does not become production by buying support.; Ivanti no pricing information published - enterprise custom pricing required
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which HiveMQ and Ivanti actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Networking).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in HiveMQ
- MQTT 5 and 3.1.1
- Native clustering
- Data Hub
- Extension framework
- Enterprise bridges
- Control centre
Only in Ivanti
Nothing recorded that HiveMQ does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
HiveMQ
- A connected vehicle fleet where devices drop off the network for hours and sessions must survivenot Ivanti
- An industrial plant bridging MQTT telemetry into Kafka without writing and operating the bridgenot Ivanti
- A utility that needs message-level schema validation so one faulty firmware release cannot corrupt the data lakenot Ivanti
- An IoT project that needs a self-managed broker price for a budget submission without entering a sales processnot Ivanti
Ivanti
- Controlling device compliance and patches for remote workforcesnot HiveMQ
- Automating service ticketing and change processes at enterprise scalenot HiveMQ
- Enforcing device compliance before network access in regulated industriesnot HiveMQ
- Prioritizing vulnerability patches by risk levelnot HiveMQ
- Enabling passwordless zero-trust access without VPN infrastructurenot HiveMQ
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
HiveMQ
- The Community Edition lacks clustering, persistence extensions, the control centre and all enterprise bridges, so a prototype built on it does not become production by buying support.
- The entry commercial tiers cap at ten thousand connections, and device fleets grow, so the step to Enterprise capacity pricing arrives sooner than most projects plan for.
- It is a JVM application, so memory tuning and garbage collection behaviour become the operator’s problem at high connection counts, unlike the C-based brokers in this space.
- Extensions are written in Java against HiveMQ’s SPI, which means custom authentication logic is locked to the platform and cannot move to another broker.
- For simple use cases it is substantially heavier and more expensive than Mosquitto or EMQX, and small deployments frequently pay enterprise prices for clustering they never use.
Ivanti
- no pricing information published - enterprise custom pricing required
Pricing, plan by plan
HiveMQ
Free- Community EditionFree
- Apache 2.0 licence
- MQTT 3.1.1 and 5 support
- Single broker, no clustering
- Launch$299/month
- Ten thousand connections
- Five hundred messages per second
- Single broker deployment
- Run$499/month
- Ten thousand connections
- One thousand messages per second
- Single broker deployment
- Enterprise$undefined/year
- Priced by connections and throughput
- Multi-broker and multi-site deployments
- Distributed data intelligence
Ivanti
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Ivanti review.
Which should you pick?
Choose HiveMQ if
- You need mqtt 5 and 3.1.1.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Web.
- You also want native clustering.
Choose Ivanti if
Nothing in the data separates Ivanti from HiveMQ on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is HiveMQ or Ivanti better?
- Neither clearly leads. HiveMQ starts at Free and Ivanti at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, HiveMQ or Ivanti?
- HiveMQ has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for HiveMQ and On request for Ivanti.
- Does HiveMQ or Ivanti run on more platforms?
- HiveMQ runs on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Web. Ivanti runs on Web.
- Can I use HiveMQ for free?
- Yes. HiveMQ has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Ivanti starts at On request.
- What is HiveMQ best used for?
- HiveMQ is most often used for a connected vehicle fleet where devices drop off the network for hours and sessions must survive, an industrial plant bridging mqtt telemetry into kafka without writing and operating the bridge, a utility that needs message-level schema validation so one faulty firmware release cannot corrupt the data lake, an iot project that needs a self-managed broker price for a budget submission without entering a sales process. Of those, a connected vehicle fleet where devices drop off the network for hours and sessions must survive and an industrial plant bridging mqtt telemetry into kafka without writing and operating the bridge are not what Ivanti is typically brought in for.
- What can HiveMQ do that Ivanti cannot?
- HiveMQ covers MQTT 5 and 3.1.1, Native clustering, Data Hub, Extension framework.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
HiveMQ: Is HiveMQ free?
The Community Edition is Apache 2.0 and free, but it has no clustering and none of the enterprise extensions.
Ivanti: How much does Ivanti cost?
Ivanti does not publish pricing on their website. As an enterprise solution, pricing is customized based on organizational needs. Contact Ivanti through their website to request a demo and pricing information.
SourceHiveMQ: What does the commercial version cost?
Self-managed Launch is 299 US dollars a month for ten thousand connections; Run is 499 with higher throughput.
HiveMQ: Does it support MQTT 5?
Yes, both MQTT 5 and 3.1.1, including shared subscriptions and session expiry intervals.
HiveMQ: Can it bridge into Kafka?
Yes, via a commercial enterprise extension, not in the Community Edition.
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