There are differences, the biggest of which is throughput. Kafka can handle incredible load. The messaging semantics are also a bit different. Here's a pretty g

There are differences, the biggest of which is throughput. Kafka can handle incredible load. The messaging semantics are also a bit different. Here's a pretty good comparison: http://www.quora.com/RabbitMQ-vs-Kafka-which-one-for-durable-messaging-with-good-query-features http://www.quora.com/RabbitMQ-vs-Kafka-which-one-for-durable...