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+title: "Choosing a self-hosted MQTT broker"
+date: 2025-01-03 18:40:00 +0200
+comments: true
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+---
+
+# HiveMQ
+
+:thumbsup: readily available official Docker images
+:thumbsdown:
+* community license is limited to 25 connected clients
+* requires an extension for authentication and authorization
+* community edition only has static, file-based authentication and authorization
+
+# Mosquitto
+
+
+:thumbsup:
+* no limitations on community edition
+* offers dynamic authentication and authorization
+:thumbsdown:
+* authentication and authorizt
+* no built-in web dashboard (it's a separate package, Cedalo management center)
+* Cedalo MC official images no longer updated on Docker Hub
+
+# EMQX
+
+:thumbsup:
+* Just Works :tm:
+* official Docker images readily available
+* built-in (Mnesia) database
+* built-in web dashboard
+* built-in dynamic authentication with multiple backends