What's the Difference Between Amazon MQ and Amazon SQS?
Compare Amazon MQ and Amazon SQS side by side — features, pricing, and ideal use cases to help you choose the right product.
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Amazon MQ
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Amazon SQS
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Category
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Application Integration, Messaging queues |
Application Integration, Messaging queues |
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Description
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Managed message broker service |
Managed message queues |
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Key features
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Pricing model
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Pay per broker instance hour + storage |
Pay per million requests |
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Free tier
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Yes |
Yes |
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Expert take
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“Amazon MQ is for teams migrating existing applications that use standard protocols (JMS, AMQP, MQTT, STOMP). It is a drop-in replacement for on-premises ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ brokers. For new applications without protocol constraints, SQS and SNS are simpler and more cost-effective.” |
“Standard queues give you nearly unlimited throughput with at-least-once delivery. FIFO queues guarantee exactly-once processing and strict ordering but cap at 3,000 messages/second with batching. Pick Standard for throughput, FIFO for correctness.” |
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When to use Amazon MQ or Amazon SQS
Use Amazon MQ when:
- Application migration
- Hybrid messaging
- Enterprise integration
- Legacy app modernization
Use Amazon SQS when:
- Microservices decoupling
- Work queues
- Batch processing
- Event buffering
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