Self-hosted brokers cost you operations time; public brokers cost you privacy. ConnectMQ gives you a private, secure MQTT broker without either trade-off.
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Every hour spent on certificates, listeners and upgrades is an hour not spent on your product. ConnectMQ takes the broker off your plate.
TLS, credentials and per-topic permissions are built in instead of assembled from password files, ACL files and certificate renewals.
Leave public sandboxes behind: your isolated broker means nobody else can read your topics or publish to your devices.
ConnectMQ is standard MQTT 3.1.1 and 5. Your firmware and client code stay portable — no proprietary SDK.
| Self-hosted (e.g. Mosquitto) | Free public broker | ConnectMQ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| You install and upgrade the broker | Yes, you do | No | No |
| TLS encryption | You configure it | Varies | Included |
| Authentication | You configure it | None | Included |
| Per-topic access control | ACL files | None | Included |
| Your topics are private | Yes | Anyone can read | Isolated instance |
| WebSockets for browsers | Extra listener | Usually | Included |
| Suitable for real devices | If you run it well | No | Yes |
When you need the broker inside a closed network, have strict on-premises requirements, or have a team that wants to operate the broker. For most cloud-connected products, a managed broker removes that operational work.
Yes. Because ConnectMQ speaks standard MQTT, migrating usually means changing the host, port and credentials in your clients — your topics and payloads stay the same.
For learning and quick experiments, yes. For anything real, no: public brokers have no authentication, no privacy and no guarantees.
Create an account, get your broker credentials and connect your first device — no servers to install, patch or scale.
