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Amazon SQS vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 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
7.2
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is cost-efficient, stable, and valuable, offering high uptime without needing open-source alternatives.
Using Amazon SQS has led to increased productivity and reduced man-hour costs.
I have seen a return on investment with VMware Tanzu Data Solutions because of its speed and the robustness of the environment.
 

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
6.6
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions' customer service is mixed, with varying experiences in response times and technical support effectiveness.
They meet their tasks effectively.
Customer support for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions has been good with me and with VMware, including Broadcasts.
 

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
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions offer scalability and adaptability but face challenges with complexity and resource limitations under high workloads.
I can easily scale up or down with Amazon SQS without any issues.
Amazon SQS is highly scalable, automatically managing itself based on the load.
Most of our functions or jobs are queued due to that.
 

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
7.0
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is stable for most users but experiences performance issues under heavy loads or specific configurations.
With Amazon SQS, such maintenance is not needed, making it more reliable and secure.
The stability of Amazon SQS is very good, as I find it to be very stable.
I have faced stability issues, mainly due to the storage my organization has, though I am not sure if it's specifically due to the tool.
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon SQS users seek better documentation, integrations, security, pricing, UI, performance, message handling, and monitoring tools.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions need stability, scalability, and performance improvements, better integration, and alignment with PostgreSQL features.
It would be beneficial if there was a provision to configure and retain messages for longer than a week.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions can be improved as it is better and faster for administration and clusters, Dockers, and Kubernetes.
 

Setup Cost

Amazon SQS offers a cost-effective pay-as-you-use model, but high-scale usage can increase costs compared to alternatives.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions offers cost-effective open-source options with competitive pricing for enhanced features and optional support.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, I would rate the pricing as one.
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is that it is a bit expensive.
 

Valuable Features

Amazon SQS enables scalable, reliable messaging with easy AWS integration, supporting FIFO and standard queues for efficient processing.
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is praised for its scalability, integration, speed, security, and advanced analytics capabilities.
If there's a failure in the system after consuming a message, SQS's settings ensure the message is not deleted until confirmation.
If we compare with other solutions such as RabbitMQ for messaging, Amazon SQS is easier to use and easier to create the queue.
The principal aspect is the creation of Kubernetes clusters.
The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views.
 

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
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (7th), Relational Databases Tools (15th), Data Warehouse (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of Amazon SQS is 7.8%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 6.0%, down from 9.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon SQS7.8%
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions6.0%
Other86.2%
Message Queue (MQ) Software
 

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…
Sushma Polavarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Create essential reporting scripts with simplicity but has some operational challenges
We mainly create functions and scripts required for reporting The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views. It's just simple to use. There is general room for improvement. I have been using it for five years. I have faced stability issues, mainly…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
5%
 

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 Business30
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise49
 

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...
How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?
IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...
What do you like most about VMware RabbitMQ?
RabbitMQ provides access to SDKs for development and the ability to raise and log tickets if we encounter issues. We can integrate RabbitMQ using various languages like Java or Python using the pro...
 

Also Known As

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Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres
 

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Sample Customers

EMS, NASA, BMW, Capital One
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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