Solace Platform - Annual Commitment

I describe the main use cases for PubSub+ Platform  as wanting to use it as a messaging queue pipeline for managing the data stream events in our IoT platform while I was working at an IoT-based company.

The best features of PubSub+ Platform  include being highly scalable, allowing us to handle billions and billions of events. Configuring and managing PubSub+ Platform is straightforward and simple while being highly reliable.

The use of PubSub+ Platform has positively impacted my organization because we are using GCP for our systems, so we did not have to go outside of GCP's ecosystem.

Additional in-line information about certain things on PubSub+ Platform could be more beneficial for new users who are just starting to use this technology.

The analytics tools integrated within PubSub+ Platform are good, as it has already integrated with cloud logging and the cloud logging features, making the analytics pretty good already.

I think the stability of PubSub+ Platform is pretty good, and I would rate it at eight.

For my use case, I would rate the scalability of PubSub+ Platform 10 out of 10, but since I have not worked on a huge scale, I cannot comment on that.

I have looked into PubSub+ Platform's support forums to read and understand a few things that I did not understand. If you are talking about Google's team support, I have less idea about it.

In my opinion, the setup of PubSub+ Platform is straightforward.

I do not know about the pricing of PubSub+ Platform because I did not manage the instance.

I have utilized PubSub+ Platform's event replay feature when we were debugging issues, and it definitely helps me understand how or where things broke, quickly enabling us to upgrade the codebase and add additional fixes.

I think the documentation for PubSub+ Platform is pretty good and neat, so I would rate it an eight. I would rate this review an overall eight.

My typical use case for the PubSub+ Platform  is as an event-driven solution for communication between two components.

The best features of the tool include multiple impressive capabilities, such as the multi-level folder structure creation. Users can create a queue or topic in a folder structure under C with program files and software. The performance and scalability of the PubSub+ Platform  are as impressive as Kafka.

The solution's ability to decouple message producers and consumers is exactly what we use these messaging solutions for, allowing us to have high cohesion and low coupling, making it an excellent solution for that purpose.

Regarding improving the PubSub+ Platform, I'm not sure about the pricing aspect, but I heard that it is quite expensive compared to Kafka. That's the only concern I can mention; otherwise, it was as impressive as Kafka, better than Kafka based on my experience working on the Solace and Kafka white paper.

I have more than 4 years of experience working with the PubSub+ Platform solution.

We don't know which deployment model we are using.

The PubSub+ Platform is a stable solution.

The scalability of the platform can be rated 8 out of 10.

We are not administrators, so we never reached out to support for the PubSub+ Platform.

The initial setup of the solution is an administrator setup, and we just use it. For us, using it is straightforward.

I have experience working with Kafka, PubSub+ Platform, and IBM MQ , all three of them.

We are customers, meaning my company uses Solace. We use it and customize it based on our needs.

Based on my experience, I would recommend other people use PubSub+ Platform.

Interested parties can contact me if they have any questions or comments about my review.

I rate the PubSub+ Platform a 9 out of 10.

We use PubSub+ primarily for long processing messages. For instance, we generate customer forms, which take a longer time. We place these requests in queues, process them, and return them to the queues. This ensures that messages are not lost due to the time-consuming nature of such tasks. We also use PubSub+ for audit trails where we intercept requests, apply them, and store them in MongoDB , placing them in the queue before final processing.

PubSub+ has enhanced our asynchronous mode processing, ensuring that messages are not lost and requests are kept until fully processed. This means that messages do not get lost in the network or time out, thus improving reliability and efficiency.

Some valuable features include reconnecting topics, placing queues, and direct connections to MongoDB . The platform provides a dashboard to monitor the status of messages, such as how many have been processed or delivered, which is helpful for tracking performance.

The solution could be improved by enhancing the message pooling size for persistent messages to handle both small and large messages effectively. Additionally, providing a comprehensive dashboard to display metrics such as message throughput, connection rates, latency, and automated alerts would be highly beneficial.

We have been working with Solace for about three to four years.

Stability is generally good, but occasionally we encounter delivery failures. These issues are usually traced back to specific nodes not working correctly.

While I haven't directly explored horizontal or vertical scaling techniques, PubSub+ can process transactions efficiently and scale to handle multiple topics and queues. It supports enterprise-level features and multi-cloud messaging. Our use of internal cloud models assists in scalability, enabling multiple consumers and publishers to use the system simultaneously.

I do not directly interact with customer support, but from what I hear from the admin team, they are responsive and resolve issues quickly.

We have also tried Rabbit MQ . However, the user community for Kafka is larger, offering more discussions and solutions in public forums.

We evaluated Rabbit MQ  and Kafka before deciding to use PubSub+.

I recommend considering Solace due to its enterprise-level features, high throughput, cloud integration, and security. It is a top competitor among similar products and offers significant benefits in reliability and scalability.