Amazon SQS FIFO versus Amazon MQ

31 May 2023

Learn how Amazon SQS FIFO differs from Amazon MQ.

	Amazon SQS FIFO	Amazon MQ
Scaling	3000 msg/sec (batch write)	80 msg/sec; can be increased with a network of brokers
Max. message size	256 KB	limited by disk space
Persistence	up to 14 days	forever (up to 200 GB)
Replication	Multi-AZ	Multi-AZ (optional)
Order guarantee	yes	yes
Delivery guarantee	exactly-once possible	exactly once; supports distributed (XA) transactions
Pricing	per message	per broker hour + used storage
Protocols	AWS Rest API	JMS, AMQP, MQTT, STOMP, OpenWire
AWS Integrations	Lambda	Lambda
License	AWS only	open source (Apache ActiveMQ)
Encryption at rest	yes	yes
Encryption in transit	yes	yes

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