Pro Edition for Eclipse Mosquitto
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What is Pro Edition for Eclipse Mosquitto
Pro Edition for Eclipse Mosquitto is a commercial distribution of the Eclipse Mosquitto MQTT broker used to route publish/subscribe messages between IoT devices and applications. It targets teams that want Mosquitto compatibility with enterprise-oriented packaging, support, and operational tooling for production deployments. The product focuses on MQTT-based messaging rather than general-purpose event streaming or broad integration-platform capabilities. It is commonly used for device telemetry ingestion, command-and-control messaging, and lightweight edge-to-cloud messaging.
MQTT-native broker foundation
It builds on Eclipse Mosquitto, a widely used MQTT broker implementation, which helps organizations standardize on MQTT for IoT messaging. MQTT’s lightweight protocol characteristics fit constrained devices and intermittent networks. For MQTT-centric use cases, this can reduce protocol and client complexity compared with broader integration suites. It also supports common IoT patterns such as retained messages and last-will messaging (subject to configuration).
Commercial support and packaging
The Pro Edition provides a commercial path for organizations that need vendor-backed support for Mosquitto-based deployments. This can simplify procurement, escalation, and long-term maintenance compared with relying solely on community support. Enterprise packaging typically helps with repeatable installation and upgrades across environments. It is relevant for regulated or mission-critical deployments where support SLAs matter.
Lightweight operational footprint
Mosquitto is generally deployed with a relatively small resource footprint, which can be advantageous for edge gateways and smaller server instances. This can lower infrastructure requirements for MQTT brokering compared with heavier platforms designed for multi-protocol integration or large-scale event streaming. The simpler broker model can also shorten time-to-deploy for straightforward pub/sub routing. It fits well when the primary requirement is MQTT message distribution rather than complex stream processing.
MQTT-focused feature scope
The product centers on MQTT brokering and does not aim to provide the breadth of capabilities found in general integration platforms (e.g., extensive connectors, orchestration, API management). Organizations needing multi-protocol mediation, transformation pipelines, or enterprise service bus patterns may need additional components. For event-streaming use cases that require partitioned logs, replay semantics at scale, or complex consumer group behavior, a dedicated streaming platform may be a better fit. This can increase architectural complexity when requirements extend beyond MQTT.
Scaling and clustering tradeoffs
MQTT brokers vary in their approaches to horizontal scaling, clustering, and high availability, and Mosquitto-based deployments often require careful architecture to meet large-scale HA requirements. Achieving multi-node resilience, session persistence, and consistent routing at high connection counts can require additional design and operational effort. Some MQTT broker alternatives emphasize built-in clustering and management features more strongly. Buyers should validate HA, persistence, and failover behavior against their workload and topology.
Management tooling may be limited
Compared with platforms that include extensive administrative consoles, policy management, and observability features, Mosquitto-based solutions can rely more on configuration files and external monitoring stacks. This can make governance, auditing, and day-2 operations more manual depending on the edition and deployment model. Organizations may need to integrate third-party tooling for metrics, tracing, and fleet-level configuration management. The operational experience can vary significantly by how the Pro Edition packages these capabilities.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| S | Price not listed on Cedalo pricing page ("Try free" / contact sales) | Max clients: 30; RAM: 2 GB; Included traffic: 30 GB/mo; Additional traffic: €0.117 per GB (annual billing) / €0.147 per GB (monthly billing) — USD equivalents shown on site: $0.128 (annual) / $0.160 (monthly); High Availability optional; billed monthly or annually (annual saves 20%). |
| M | Price not listed on Cedalo pricing page ("Try free" / contact sales) | Max clients: 300; RAM: 4 GB; Included traffic: 60 GB/mo; Additional traffic: same as above; HA optional; billed monthly or annually. |
| L | Price not listed on Cedalo pricing page ("Try free" / contact sales) | Max clients: 3,000; RAM: 4 GB; Included traffic: 100 GB/mo; Additional traffic: same as above; HA optional; billed monthly or annually. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing (Get a quote) | Max clients: 3,000+; resources and traffic: individual agreement; individual SLA and billing; contact sales for a quote. |
Additional official details from Cedalo pricing page (no third-party sources used):
- The pricing page lists resource limits (max clients, RAM) and included traffic per tier but does not display explicit subscription prices for the S/M/L tiers; Enterprise is by quote.
- Traffic overage charges (hosted by Cedalo) are stated as $0.128 (€0.117) per GB for annual billing, and $0.160 (€0.147) per GB for monthly billing. (FAQ on the same official pricing page.)
- Cedalo offers a free tier (Cedalo MQTT Platform Free Tier) for a single connected Mosquitto broker (no cost for a single connected broker) as announced on the official Cedalo blog.
- Cedalo’s paid Open Source Mosquitto support offering (separate from Pro Edition product subscription) states prices start at USD 275 / EUR 249 per month (billed annually).
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