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

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Red Hat are both solutions in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.0, while Red Hat is ranked #13. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 8.2% mindshare in MQ, compared to Red Hat’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Amazon SQS

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93% willing to recommend

Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Amazon SQS and Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon SQS

Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

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

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of Amazon SQS is 8.2%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Message Queue (MQ) Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon SQS	8.2%
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS	0.6%
Other	91.2%

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Featured Reviews

Hari Prakash Pokala

Senior Java Engineer at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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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Akran Ruiz

System Administrator at BH Bank

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…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With SQS, we can trigger events in various cloud environments. It offers numerous benefits for us."

"I am able to find out what's going on very easily."

"One of the most valuable features of Amazon SQS is its event-driven invocation."

"We use the tool in interface integrations."

"The dead-letter queue is very helpful in maintaining the messages that come into the queue."

"We used SQS for the Kapolei system to ensure that certain tasks were executed precisely once. The first-in, first-out (FIFO) capability was a great feature for us. Additionally, its redundancy out of the box meant we didn't have to worry about missing messages. It provided peace of mind and automatically instilled trust, relieving us of any concerns."

"The solution is easy to scale and cost-effective."

"We use SNS as the publisher, and our procurement service subscribes to those events using SQS. In the past, we relied on time-based or batch-based processes to send data between services on-premises. With SQS, we can trigger actions based on real-time changes in business processes, improving reliability."

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"JBoss is easy to use, and we have a good partner here in Tunisia to provide local support."

Cons

"Sending or receiving messages takes some time, and it could be quicker."

"I cannot send a message to multiple people simultaneously. It can only be sent to one recipient."

"The current visibility timeout of five minutes is okay. However, I'd like to explore the possibility of extending it for specific use cases."

"There are some issues with SQS's transaction queue regarding knowing if something has been received."

"The search should be more user-friendly, allowing me to search for a longer period of time and return results faster."

"Improvement is needed in terms of troubleshooting and logs."

"There is room for improvement in handling large-scale data."

"It would be easier to have a dashboard that allows us to see everything and manage everything since we have so many queues."

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"JBoss could add more automation."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's quite expensive."

"Compared to EC2 and other services, Amazon SQS' pricing is cheaper."

"Amazon SQS is more affordable compared to other solutions."

"Amazon SQS is moderately priced."

"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 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."

"SQS's pricing is very good - I would rate it nine out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	14

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon SQS?

It is stable and scalable.

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What needs improvement with Amazon SQS?

There is nothing I can remember that I would want as new features for Amazon SQS.

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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.

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Overview

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.

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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

To respond to business demands quickly and efficiently, you need a way to integrate the applications and data spread across your enterprise. Red Hat JBoss A-MQ—based on the Apache ActiveMQ open source project—is a flexible, high-performance messaging platform that delivers information reliably, enabling real-time integration and connecting the Internet of Things (IoT).

Red Hat JBoss A-MQ for xPaaS extends the capabilities to our Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution, Red Hat OpenShift, for messaging services in the cloud.

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