Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Learn how Amazon SQS Standard differs from Amazon Kinesis Data Streams.
| Amazon SQS Standard | Amazon Kinesis Data Streams | |
|---|---|---|
| Scaling | nearly unlimited | 1 MB or 1000 msg/sec per shard; up to 500 shards; you need to manually add/remove shards |
| Max. message size | 256 KB | 1 MB |
| Persistence | up to 14 days | up to 365 days |
| Replication | Multi-AZ | Multi-AZ |
| Order guarantee | no | within a shard |
| Delivery guarantee | at least once | at least once |
| Pricing | per message | per shard hour |
| Protocols | AWS Rest API | AWS Rest API |
| AWS Integrations | Lambda | Lambda |
| License | AWS only | AWS only |
| Encryption at rest | yes | yes |
| Encryption in transit | yes | yes |
Further reading
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon SQS FIFO
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- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events)
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon MSK
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon SQS Standard versus AWS IoT Core
- Amazon SQS FIFO versus Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon SNS Standard versus Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon SNS FIFO versus Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events) versus Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams versus Amazon MSK
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams versus AWS IoT Core