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Amazon SQS vs Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon SQS
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of Amazon SQS is 8.1%, down from 10.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Hari Prakash Pokala - PeerSpot reviewer
Valuable AWS services enhance data analysis yet could benefit from flexible data streams
I am using multiple services such as AWS Lambda, S3, EC2, ECS, and the SNS SQS services, along with QuickSight reports and some of the VPC concepts.  We have an email notification system integrated with Spring Branch. Once a batch job completes, SNS and SQS trigger events, sending notification…
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It's scalable and easy to use, and we have local support here in Tunisia
We have an application-presentation layer, and we use JBoss to communicate with the application layer. The interceptors use Active MQ.  JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support.  JBoss could add more automation. We have been using JBoss for five…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Overall, I would rate Amazon SQS as ten out of ten."
"I think the tool is very reliable."
"The dead-letter queue is very helpful in maintaining the messages that come into the queue."
"All Amazon Web Services resources are easy to configure."
"SQS is very stable, and it has lots of features."
"One of the useful features is the ability to schedule a call after a certain number of messages accumulate in the container. For example, if there are ten messages in the container, you can perform a specific action."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to decouple components."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon SQS is the interface."
"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement by making use of Kafka services to create more flexible data streams."
"For Amazon SQS, in particular, I think AWS Management Console has shortcomings. AWS Management Console should be a better pluggable option to help users with some integrations."
"It would be easier to have a dashboard that allows us to see everything and manage everything since we have so many queues."
"A feature I would like to see in Amazon SQS is the ability to view the content of messages without removing them from the queue."
"Packages sometimes have delays in dropping, indicating reliability issues."
"I do not think that this solution is easy to use and the documentation of this solution has a lot of problems and can be improved in the next release. Most of the time, the images in the document are from older versions."
"The search should be more user-friendly, allowing me to search for a longer period of time and return results faster."
"The retention period for messages could be improved. Currently, messages are retained for four or seven days."
"JBoss could add more automation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of Amazon SQS is reasonable. The first million requests are free every month, and after, it's cost 40 cents for every million requests. There are not any additional fees."
"Compared to EC2 and other services, Amazon SQS' pricing is cheaper."
"Amazon SQS is moderately priced."
"Amazon SQS offers a generous free tier, beyond which it remains very cost-effective. The cost per million messages is less than a dollar, making it an economical choice."
"Amazon SQS is quite expensive and is at the highest price point compared to other solutions."
"The pricing model is pay-as-you-use. It depends on your usage and configuration."
"Amazon SQS is more affordable compared to other solutions."
"Compared to the other options and based on what I have heard, Amazon SQS is relatively more expensive, but it is not insanely expensive."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon SQS?
The retention period for messages could be improved. Currently, messages are retained for four or seven days. It would be beneficial if there was a provision to configure and retain messages for lo...
What is your primary use case for Amazon SQS?
I primarily use Amazon SQS ( /products/amazon-sqs-reviews ) for asynchronous messaging. It is part of our distributed system design, where we use it for asynchronous communication by posting a mess...
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