Protocol summary and comparison
A summary and comparison of the various protocols is now given. It should be noted that there are exceptions to some of these categories. For example, while MQTT offers no built-in security provisioning, it can be layered at the application level. In all cases, there are exceptions and the table is built from the formal specifications:
MQTT | MQTT-SN | CoAP | AMQP | STOMP | HTTP/RESTful | |
Model |
MOM pub/sub |
MOM pub/sub |
RESTful |
MOM |
... |