Comparison

Amazon SQS vs RabbitMQ

On the evidence we track, RabbitMQ leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon SQS48
RabbitMQ65
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon SQS48 / 100medium · 64%
RabbitMQ65 / 100low · 38%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Model
Amazon SQSfreemium
RabbitMQcommercial
Price level
Amazon SQSlow
RabbitMQlow
Transparent
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Fedramp
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Gdpr
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Hipaa
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Pci
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Scorecard
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ5.8
Reliability
Status page
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ3
Github stars
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ13,807
Package downloads weekly
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ3,179,580
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ100
Release
Cadence days
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ9
History
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQJavaScript
Market
Availability
RabbitMQ

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for message queues. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Messaging paradigm
Amazon SQSQueue
RabbitMQQueue
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
Amazon SQSAt-least-once
RabbitMQAt-least-once
Ordering guarantee
Amazon SQSNone
RabbitMQ-
Durability
Durable replayable log
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Message replay / rewind
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ-
Interop
Wire protocol
Amazon SQS-
RabbitMQAMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP
Kafka-protocol compatible
Amazon SQS-
RabbitMQ-
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Geo / cross-region replication
Amazon SQS-
RabbitMQ
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Dead-letter queue
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Hosting
Amazon SQSCloud only
RabbitMQCloud + self-hosted
Processing
Built-in stream processing
Amazon SQS-
RabbitMQ

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon SQS

A managed service that stores and delivers messages between software components, enabling them to communicate without requiring direct connections or simultaneous availability.

Independently observed

RabbitMQ

Leader

A powerful, enterprise-grade open-source messaging and streaming broker that enables efficient, reliable and versatile communication for distributed microservices, real-time data, and IoT applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon SQS

Usage-basedFree tier
as of verify ↗

RabbitMQ

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free open source, with commercial Tanzu RabbitMQ offering available

  • Open SourceFree
  • Tanzu RabbitMQContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Linux
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
CLI
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
Self-hosted
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ
On-premise
Amazon SQS
RabbitMQ

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.