Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon MQ
Learn how Amazon SQS Standard differs from Amazon MQ.
| Amazon SQS Standard | Amazon MQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Scaling | nearly unlimited |
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 | no |
yes |
| Delivery guarantee | at least once |
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 |
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 EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events)
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
- Amazon SQS Standard versus Amazon MSK
- Amazon SQS Standard versus AWS IoT Core
- Amazon SQS FIFO versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon SNS Standard versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon SNS FIFO versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events) versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon MSK versus Amazon MQ
- Amazon MQ versus AWS IoT Core