Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. SQS eliminates the complexity and overhead associated with managing and operating message oriented middleware, and empowers developers to focus on differentiating work. Using SQS, you can send, store, and receive messages between software components at any volume, without losing messages or requiring other services to be available. Get started with SQS in minutes using the AWS console, Command Line Interface or SDK of your choice, and three simple commands.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Amazon SQS | 8.3% |
| IBM MQ | 22.9% |
| ActiveMQ | 22.7% |
| Other | 46.1% |
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| Category | Message Queue (MQ) Software | Dec 29, 2025 | Download |
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| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
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| MuleSoft Anypoint Platform | 4.0 | 8.1% | 92% | 60 interviewsAdd to research |
| IBM MQ | 4.2 | 22.9% | 94% | 174 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
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| Small Business | 13 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 4 |
| Large Enterprise | 13 |
| Company Size | Count |
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| Small Business | 94 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 89 |
| Large Enterprise | 217 |
SQS offers two types of message queues. Standard queues offer maximum throughput, best-effort ordering, and at-least-once delivery. SQS FIFO queues are designed to guarantee that messages are processed exactly once, in the exact order that they are sent.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| IT Specialist with 51-200 employees | 5.0 | I primarily use Amazon SQS for asynchronous messaging in our distributed system. Its data retention, message durability, and queue generation features are valuable. Compared to RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ, SQS offers better reliability and reduced management overhead, enhancing productivity. |
| Senior Data & AI Engineer at Imprint | 5.0 | I find Amazon SQS easy to use, highly stable, and effortlessly scalable. It's simpler than alternatives like RabbitMQ, requires little management, and comes with great customer support. I confidently rate it a 10 and recommend it. |
| AWS Academy Accredited Instructor - ACF & CCA at APU | 4.5 | No summary available |
| AWS Architect at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees | 4.5 | I've used Amazon SQS for over four years in serverless, decoupled solutions. SQS excels in handling large data scales and integrates well with other AWS services. However, it has a message size limit and uses a pull-based system. |
| AWS Authorized Instructor at Next Step Foundation | 4.5 | No summary available |
| Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS at Bytedance | 3.5 | I have been using Amazon SQS for ten years as part of AWS for asynchronous data transitions between systems. Its event-driven invocation is valuable. However, its handling of large-scale data could improve, especially compared to Kinesis. |
| Senior Java Engineer at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | 3.5 | I use AWS services like Lambda, S3, EC2, ECS, and SNS SQS for tasks like our email notification system. I find AWS Lambda, ECS, and QuickSight valuable, but I believe integrating Kafka could improve data streaming flexibility. |
| DevOps and Software Developer at Mettpay | 5.0 | I've been using Amazon SQS for over three years on AWS. The excellent documentation helps in setup and scaling, but support could be improved. There's no need to worry about licenses as Amazon SQS manages scalability efficiently. |
