Compare RabbitMQ tools
Every RabbitMQ GUI, dashboard and CLI we know of, compared with the same criteria: can it browse messages safely, find and replay dead letters, show live traffic and routing, and what does it cost? We make RabbitGUI, and we try to be fair about where other tools are the better choice.
Best-of lists
Head-to-head comparisons
- RabbitGUI vs RabbitMQ Management UI
- RabbitGUI vs QueueExplorer
- RabbitGUI vs RabbitScout
- RabbitGUI vs RabbitMQ UI (Chrome extension)
- RabbitGUI vs rabbitmqadmin
- RabbitGUI vs Grafana + Prometheus
- RabbitMQ Management UI vs QueueExplorer
- RabbitMQ Management UI vs RabbitScout
- RabbitMQ Management UI vs rabbitmqadmin
- RabbitMQ Management UI vs Grafana + Prometheus
- QueueExplorer vs RabbitScout
Alternatives
All tools, all capabilities
| Capability | RabbitGUI | Management UI | QueueExplorer | RabbitScout | RabbitMQ UI extension | rabbitmqadmin | Grafana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browse messages safelyLook at the messages sitting in a queue without losing them or disturbing consumers. | YesCopies messages to a local store, with requeue or removal, then lets you inspect them at no cost to the broker | Partly"Get messages" consumes messages and optionally requeues them, which changes order and redelivery flags | YesProgressive loading with a configurable limit, streams by offset | PartlyPeek messages with pagination through the management API | PartlySame "Get messages" as the Management UI, with JSON formatting | Partly"get" consumes and optionally requeues, like the Management UI | No |
| Search & filter messagesFind specific messages by body, headers or properties instead of paging through them one by one. | YesSearch and filter extracted messages | NoNo message search or filtering | YesFilter loaded messages, Professional extracts values with JSON, XPath or regex | PartlySorting of peeked messages | No | NoPipe the output to grep or jq | No |
| Replay dead lettersRe-publish failed or dead-lettered messages back to a queue or exchange. | YesRepublish selected messages anywhere, with throttling | PartlyOnly with the shovel plugin ("Move messages"), whole queue at a time | YesInspect dead-letter headers and replay | Not documented | No | PartlyScriptable by hand | No |
| Publish test messagesSend a message with custom headers and properties by hand. | YesVS Code-style JSON editor | YesBasic form with headers and properties | YesEdit or create messages and send them to a queue or exchange | YesTest messages with custom headers | YesRemembers the last message per queue | Yes | No |
| Watch live trafficSee messages as they flow through a queue without consuming them. | YesNon-destructive spy using a temporary shadow queue | No | Not documented | Not documented | No | No | No |
| Visual routing graphSee how exchanges, bindings, dead-letter and alternate exchanges connect. | YesInteractive graph including dead-letter and alternate exchanges | PartlyBindings listed per exchange or queue, no graph | Not documented | PartlyInspect and add bindings, no graph | No | No | No |
| Metrics & chartsMessage rates, queue depth and other time series. | YesTime series explorer with zoom | YesBasic rate and depth charts | PartlyMonitoring is a separate product (QueueMonitor) | YesLive streaming charts and history up to 24h | PartlyManagement UI charts | PartlyRaw numbers, no charts | YesLong-term metrics, dashboards and alerting |
| Backlog drain forecastEstimate when a queue backlog will be empty. | YesDrain-time estimate based on linear regression | No | Not documented | Not documented | No | No | PartlyPossible with PromQL (predict_linear), not built in |
| Many brokers in one placeSwitch between local, staging and production brokers without re-entering credentials. | YesOne-click switching | NoOne broker per browser tab, log in to each | YesServers organized in groups | NoOne broker per deployment | No | PartlyNamed nodes in a config file | YesMany clusters in one Grafana |
| Bulk actionsAct on many queues or messages at once (purge, delete, move). | YesBulk purge and other bulk actions | No | YesCopy, move, delete or save selected messages | Not documented | No | PartlyScriptable | No |
| Policy debuggingUnderstand which policy applies to a queue and why. | YesDedicated policy debugger | PartlyShows the effective policy of each queue, but not why others did not match | Not documented | Not documented | No | PartlyList and declare policies | No |
| Other brokersWorks with message brokers other than RabbitMQ (Azure Service Bus, MSMQ, ActiveMQ…). | NoRabbitMQ only | No | YesAzure Service Bus, MSMQ (Windows only), ActiveMQ | No | No | No | YesAny system with an exporter |