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Amazon SQS vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 28, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Amazon SQS enhances performance and reliability, increasing productivity by reducing programming effort and labor costs, despite initial investment.
Sentiment score
5.5
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform provides ROI through cost efficiency, reduced maintenance expenses, and enabling reuse in enterprises and smaller businesses.
Using Amazon SQS has led to increased productivity and reduced man-hour costs.
IT Specialist with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Amazon SQS customer service satisfaction varies, influenced by purchased support level, with premium options offering improved experiences.
Sentiment score
6.7
MuleSoft Anypoint has highly-rated support with fast response times, though documentation and response times need improvement.
They meet their tasks effectively.
IT Specialist with 51-200 employees
I would probably rate the support for MuleSoft Anypoint Platform a nine on a scale from one to ten.
Senior Validation Engineer at Weir Group PLC
The support team is responsive and helpful.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The Salesforce team offers different levels of support.
Senior Consultant at Radiotechnologies
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Amazon SQS excels in scalability and integration, though users note configuration needs and potential message duplicates.
Sentiment score
7.3
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform offers scalable, flexible solutions for enterprises, though automated scalability and data demands can be limiting.
I can easily scale up or down with Amazon SQS without any issues.
Senior Data & AI Engineer at Imprint
Amazon SQS is highly scalable, automatically managing itself based on the load.
IT Specialist with 51-200 employees
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is quite scalable, and it meets our use cases with no issues preventing implementation.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
MuleSoft provides the ability to scale, yet it is costly to do so.
Integration Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Users highly trust Amazon SQS for its stability, reliability, and performance, often preferring it over RabbitMQ and Kafka.
Sentiment score
7.7
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is stable, though users report occasional connector issues and variability in scalability and performance.
With Amazon SQS, such maintenance is not needed, making it more reliable and secure.
IT Specialist with 51-200 employees
The stability of Amazon SQS is very good, as I find it to be very stable.
Senior Data & AI Engineer at Imprint
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon SQS users seek better documentation, integrations, security, pricing, UI, performance, message handling, and monitoring tools.
MuleSoft users seek faster updates, improved support, better pricing, enhanced UI, and expanded Anypoint MQ and integration capabilities.
It would be beneficial if there was a provision to configure and retain messages for longer than a week.
IT Specialist with 51-200 employees
MuleSoft is considered expensive, so pricing is a major concern.
Integration Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Currently, it uses other standards, but adopting OpenAPI, the standard in the market, would be beneficial.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
When dealing with multiple transactions or trading, the system can lose control, and tracking becomes hectic.
Senior Consultant at Radiotechnologies
 

Setup Cost

Amazon SQS offers a cost-effective pay-as-you-use model, but high-scale usage can increase costs compared to alternatives.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is costly, best for larger organizations, offering workload reduction but requires careful cost planning.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, I would rate the pricing as one.
IT Specialist with 51-200 employees
MuleSoft is considered one of the more expensive products in the market.
Integration Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
I do not know the specific costs, but given that it is part of MuleSoft, I suspect it is not cheap.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The platform reduces manual workload in maintaining infrastructure, but it does come with some cost considerations.
Senior Consultant at Radiotechnologies
 

Valuable Features

Amazon SQS enables scalable, reliable messaging with easy AWS integration, supporting FIFO and standard queues for efficient processing.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform excels in API management, seamless integration, user-friendly design, scalability, and connectivity for hybrid environments.
If there's a failure in the system after consuming a message, SQS's settings ensure the message is not deleted until confirmation.
IT Specialist with 51-200 employees
If we compare with other solutions such as RabbitMQ for messaging, Amazon SQS is easier to use and easier to create the queue.
Senior Data & AI Engineer at Imprint
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform helps to standardize data integration approaches, making it easier to implement integration projects.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature is the full lifecycle management, including Anypoint Designer and Exchange, as well as Discofolio API.
Integration Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The platform is integrated with Salesforce, making it preferable when using Salesforce products.
Senior Consultant at Radiotechnologies
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon SQS
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (1st), Workload Automation (5th), Cloud Data Integration (4th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of Amazon SQS is 8.3%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is 8.1%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon SQS8.3%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform8.1%
Other83.6%
Message Queue (MQ) Software
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2281650 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist with 51-200 employees
Efficient data retention and high scalability drive significant productivity improvements
The features of Amazon SQS that I find most valuable include its data retention capabilities and message durability. The retention of data is crucial, as other systems like RabbitMQ or ActiveMQ require management. Furthermore, if there's a failure in the system after consuming a message, SQS's settings ensure the message is not deleted until confirmation. Additionally, generating FIFO and standard queues based on use cases is a helpful feature.
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Senior Validation Engineer at Weir Group PLC
Integration workflows have become transparent and secure while error tracking is streamlined
The best features in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform for me are transparency between logging in or deploying and using different environments. Managing different environments for the transparency of error logins or how to trace traceability is very important. It's very easy to use and sort, so you can see where everything has gone right and everything has gone wrong. I'm aware of the drag-and-drop interface in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, and it's very, very quick. It's very time-saving and very efficient. The security features on MuleSoft Anypoint Platform help maintain data integrity in my organization; I would say it's second to none. It's one of the best out there that I have worked with because of the encryption and decryption, and there are a lot of security aspects. I would assess the platform's data mapping and transformation capabilities as amazing. Automation has been straightforward; the transformation and mapping have been easy to use, easy to source, and from the source to the target. I would say it has been very good.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise30
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon SQS?
There is nothing I can remember that I would want as new features for Amazon SQS.
What is your primary use case for Amazon SQS?
If you need a messaging service to help decouple your application, Amazon SQS would be a smart choice because it's easy to use and very easy to manage.
What advice do you have for others considering Mule Anypoint Platform?
I architected solutions using Oracle SOA/OSB, Spring Boot, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes; What I see is though if you are an enterprise and have enough money th...
How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...
What can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?
This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

EMS, NASA, BMW, Capital One
VMware, Gucci, MasterCard, Target, Time Inc, Hershey's, Tesla, Spotify, Office Depot, Intuit, CBS, Amtrak, Salesforce, Gap, Ralph Lauren
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