// Managed RabbitMQ
Managed RabbitMQ, run where you run it.
Not RabbitMQ hosting. We operate the brokers you already own.
OSSeva Operate is a managed RabbitMQ service for the clusters you run yourself: our engineers monitor, patch and upgrade your brokers around the clock on your own servers, cloud account or Kubernetes, and OSSeva does not host them. That is the difference from RabbitMQ hosting such as CloudAMQP or Amazon MQ, where the provider runs the broker inside its own service. Coverage spans RabbitMQ 3.8.x to 4.3.x and the Erlang/OTP runtime underneath, with a 15-minute P1 response and one contract priced per cluster.
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Why teams want RabbitMQ managed on their own infrastructure
A hosted broker is the simple answer for many teams. These are the reasons others keep RabbitMQ where it is and hand over the operations instead.
The broker sits next to systems that cannot move
Brokers often live beside mainframes, factory systems or databases in a data centre, or inside a cloud account with private networking that security has already signed off. Moving the broker into a provider's service changes that network boundary for every producer and consumer.
The version or feature you use is not on offer
Amazon MQ supports RabbitMQ 3.13, 4.2 and 4.3, and its documentation states that it does not support streams. A cluster on 3.8 to 3.12, or one built around streams, needs an upgrade or a redesign before it can move there.
Changing operators should not mean moving queues
Leaving a hosted service later is a migration: new endpoints, new credentials and a cutover for every queue. When the clusters stay in your account, a change of operator is a change of contract and access, while the data stays put.
Someone still has to answer the pager
Memory alarms, network partitions, stuck consumers and Erlang upgrades do not wait for office hours. Many platform teams have the skills to run RabbitMQ but not the on-call rota to do it every night of the year.
The dates that matter
2024-09-30
Community support for RabbitMQ 3.13 ends. Later 3.13 fixes go to commercial licence holders only.
2025-04-30
Community support for RabbitMQ 4.0 ends.
2026-01-31
Community support for RabbitMQ 4.1 ends.
2026-07-31
Community support for RabbitMQ 4.2 ends. OSSeva keeps 4.0 to 4.2 patched.
2027-01-31
Community support for RabbitMQ 4.3, the current line, is scheduled to end.
What OSSeva delivers
24/7 operations for your clusters
Monitoring of queue depth, memory headroom, Erlang process counts and federation link health, with runbooks written for your clusters before we take the pager. P1 incidents get a 15-minute response, a named senior engineer knows your estate, and there is an escalation path to RabbitMQ core contributors.
Patched brokers and Erlang/OTP
Signed builds for RabbitMQ 3.8.x to 4.3.x, including the 3.x and 4.0 to 4.2 lines the community no longer fixes, plus the Erlang/OTP runtime they run on. OSSeva Operate patches Critical CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9.0) within 48 hours and High within 7 days.
Upgrades and the move to quorum queues
Rolling upgrades done node by node, major version upgrades run with your team, capacity planning and quarterly reviews. For 3.x estates that includes the move from classic mirrored queues to quorum queues before 4.x.
Your options, compared
| Option | What you get | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Hosted RabbitMQ (CloudAMQP) | The provider installs and manages RabbitMQ clusters for you on the cloud you pick, with a free plan to try and dedicated multi-node plans. | The broker runs inside the provider's service, versions and settings follow its options, and leaving later means moving clients and queues. |
| Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ | AWS manages setup, maintenance and version upgrades in your maintenance window, with CloudWatch metrics. | AWS only. Supports RabbitMQ 3.13, 4.2 and 4.3, and does not support streams. |
| Run it yourself | Full control and no third party. | Your team carries the on-call rota, the patching and every upgrade, Erlang/OTP included. |
| OSSeva Operate | 24/7 operations and patched builds for 3.8.x to 4.3.x on your servers, cloud account or Kubernetes. | You keep owning and paying for the infrastructure. Priced per cluster. |
Support dates from rabbitmq.com release information. Amazon MQ facts from the Amazon MQ Developer Guide, CloudAMQP facts from cloudamqp.com. Checked 9 October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Do you host RabbitMQ for us?
No. OSSeva does not host RabbitMQ. We operate the clusters you run on your own servers, VMs, cloud account or Kubernetes, through the access you grant, and the account and its data stay yours. If you want no infrastructure at all, a hosted service such as CloudAMQP or Amazon MQ is the simpler choice.
What is the difference between RabbitMQ hosting and managed RabbitMQ from OSSeva?
With RabbitMQ hosting, the provider runs the broker inside its own service and you connect to it. With OSSeva Operate, the broker stays on your infrastructure with the community binaries and full access, and OSSeva takes on monitoring, incident response, patching and upgrades.
When is a hosted RabbitMQ service the better fit?
When you would rather not own servers at all, your workload fits the versions and settings the provider offers, and you are happy for the broker to sit in the provider's service. Amazon MQ, for example, supports RabbitMQ 3.13, 4.2 and 4.3 and does not support streams, so check that list against what you run.
Which RabbitMQ versions can OSSeva Operate run?
RabbitMQ 3.8.x to 4.3.x. The community no longer fixes 3.8.x to 3.13.x or 4.0.x to 4.2.x, and OSSeva ships patched builds for those lines, together with the Erlang/OTP runtime underneath. 4.3.x, the current line, is covered too.
How fast are RabbitMQ CVEs patched under managed operations?
OSSeva Operate patches Critical CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9.0) within 48 hours and High within 7 days. Fixes arrive as signed builds of the version you already run, and our engineers roll them out in your maintenance windows, cluster by cluster.
Can you take over our existing RabbitMQ clusters without a migration?
Yes. Support takeover with no migration is the normal starting point: you keep the binaries, data and topology you run today. We inventory the clusters and write the runbooks first, take over monitoring and incident response once onboarding is complete, and move you to patched OSSeva builds on your schedule.
Do you run RabbitMQ on Kubernetes?
Yes, on clusters you run on premises or in the cloud. Patched builds are also published as container images and Helm charts, so operators and GitOps pipelines keep working.
How is managed RabbitMQ from OSSeva priced?
OSSeva Operate is priced per cluster, so the price does not change with the size of the hosts underneath. RabbitMQ and any other technology you add sit on one contract with one renewal date. Book a discovery call for a quote.
Keep your brokers. Hand us the pager.
Discovery call, cluster inventory, then a quote priced per cluster.