Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events)
Learn how Amazon SQS Standard differs from Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events).
| Amazon SQS Standard | Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events) | |
|---|---|---|
| Scaling | nearly unlimited | not disclosed (default soft limit depends on region; e.g., 10,000 msg/sec in eu-west-1) |
| Max. message size | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| Persistence | up to 14 days | archiving is possible |
| Replication | Multi-AZ | Multi-AZ |
| Order guarantee | no | no |
| Delivery guarantee | at least once | at least once |
| Pricing | per message | per message |
| Protocols | AWS Rest API | AWS Rest API |
| AWS Integrations | Lambda | Lambda, SQS, SNS, and many more |
| License | AWS only | AWS only |
| Encryption at rest | yes | yes |
| Encryption in transit | yes | yes |
Further reading
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon SQS FIFO
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon SNS Standard
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon SNS FIFO
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon MSK
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon SQS Standard versus AWS IoT Core
- Amazon SQS FIFO versus Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events)
- Amazon SNS Standard versus Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events)
- Amazon SNS FIFO versus Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events)
- Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events) versus Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events) versus Amazon MSK
- Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events) versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events) versus AWS IoT Core