Kafka vs RabbitMQ: Choose the Right Broker for Your Use Case

Architecture and delivery semantics

Log vs queue: what each broker really stores
At-most-once and at-least-once, worked through both brokers (sign-in required)
Exactly-once claims: Kafka transactions vs RabbitMQ patterns
Checkpoint: delivery semantics

Ordering, throughput and routing

Partitions, consumer groups and ordering limits
Throughput, latency and backpressure compared
Routing and topology: exchanges, bindings and topics
Checkpoint: ordering, throughput and routing

Choosing the broker for a real use case

Operations, scaling and retention in production
Ecosystem fit: Kafka Streams, Connect and Spring AMQP
Worked decision walkthroughs: four use cases and a 2026 cost check (paid)
Checkpoint: broker selection (paid)

Course cheatsheet (paid)

Checkpoint: ordering, throughput and routing