# Amazon SQS vs Redpanda

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Redpanda

| Attribute | Amazon SQS | Redpanda |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 51.9 (72% (medium)) | 66.2 (58% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 25 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 12,610 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Amazon Bedrock is a managed AWS service that provides API access to foundation models from providers like Anthropic, Meta, Mistral AI, and Amazon. It supports on-demand and batch inference, model fine-tuning, knowledge bases, agentic retrieval, and data automation for enterprise AI workloads. It is indexed under Message Queues.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_br","question":"What is Amazon SQS?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon SQS is a paid product; published pricing starts at $0.00. It is sold across 3 plans (Standard, Batch and Fine-tuning). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_br","question":"How much does Amazon SQS cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon SQS supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_br","question":"What platforms does Amazon SQS support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon SQS, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_br","question":"Can Amazon SQS be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Amazon SQS, including S3, SharePoint, Confluence and CloudWatch. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_br","question":"What does Amazon SQS integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon SQS. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon SQS not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does Amazon SQS have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Amazon SQS is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_br","question":"Where is Amazon SQS available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A data streaming platform designed to reduce operational costs while maintaining high throughput. Kafka-compatible with support for both managed cloud deployments (Dedicated, BYOC, Serverless) and self-hosted options, featuring tiered storage, built-in data transforms, and governance capabilities for AI agents. It is indexed under Message Queues.","source":"https://www.redpanda.com","question":"What is Redpanda?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Redpanda does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 3 plans (Community Edition, Enterprise Edition and Redpanda Cloud), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.redpanda.com","question":"How much does Redpanda cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Redpanda supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.redpanda.com","question":"What platforms does Redpanda support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Redpanda can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.redpanda.com","question":"Can Redpanda be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Redpanda, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, Apache Iceberg, Snowflake, BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, AWS and Google Cloud Platform, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.redpanda.com","question":"What does Redpanda integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Redpanda. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Redpanda not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.redpanda.com/legal/security","question":"What security certifications does Redpanda have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Amazon Bedrock is a managed AWS service that provides API access to foundation models from providers like Anthropic, Meta, Mistral AI, and Amazon. It supports on-demand and batch inference, model fine-tuning, knowledge bases, agentic retrieval, and data automation for enterprise AI workloads. | A data streaming platform optimized for high performance and developer productivity, offering Kafka-compatible APIs with lower operational overhead. Available as a managed cloud service or self-hosted deployment. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","ordering":"none","paradigm":"queue","message_replay":false,"persistent_log":true,"consumer_groups":true,"managed_offering":true,"dead_letter_queue":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","ordering":"per_partition","paradigm":"log_stream","protocol":"Kafka protocol","message_replay":true,"persistent_log":true,"consumer_groups":true,"geo_replication":true,"kafka_compatible":true,"managed_offering":true,"stream_processing":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 300 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"SharePoint","native":true,"category":"collaboration","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Confluence","native":true,"category":"collaboration","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"CloudWatch","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"MySQL","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amazon S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Databricks Unity Catalog","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS Glue Data Catalog","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Kerberos","native":true,"category":"authentication","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Debezium","category":"data_integration"},{"name":"Schema Registry","category":"schema_management"},{"name":"Apache Spark","category":"data_processing"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Kubernetes","category":"orchestration"},{"name":"ClickHouse","category":"analytics"},{"name":"ScyllaDB","category":"database"},{"name":"Benthos","category":"data_integration"}]` |
| language.primary | - | C++ |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","features":["On-demand inference","Token-based pricing"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"token"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00001,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Batch","features":["Batch inference at 50% discount versus on-demand"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"token"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.000005,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Fine-tuning","features":["Hourly training workflow billing","Token-based on-demand inference after training"],"contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Knowledge Base","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"page"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Data Automation","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"page"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Human Evaluation","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"task"},"kind":"per_unit","amount":0.21,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Agentic Retrieval with Custom LLM","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"retrieve API calls"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing. Token-metered inference starting at on-demand rates; batch at 50% discount. Hourly training fees. Add-ons: Knowledge Base and Data Automation at $0.01/page. Human evaluation $0.21/task.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_br","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T11:08:16.979Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"token","amount":0.000005,"currency":"USD"}}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","summary":"Free, BSL license","description":"Free, source-available under BSL","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Edition","summary":"Contact for pricing","description":"Commercially supported self-managed deployment","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Redpanda Cloud","summary":"Contact for pricing","description":"Fully-managed cloud service with Dedicated, BYOC, and Serverless options","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier (Community Edition). Cloud and Enterprise plans available via quote.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.redpanda.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:13:12.076Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.000005,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 6 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.2.2","date":"2026-08-22T00:45:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.17","date":"2026-08-20T00:03:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v25.3.17","date":"2026-08-20T00:04:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v25.3.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.16","date":"2026-08-13T19:25:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v25.3.16","date":"2026-08-13T19:13:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v25.3.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.15","date":"2026-08-07T03:37:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.2.1","date":"2026-07-28T17:59:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.14","date":"2026-07-24T11:39:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.13","date":"2026-07-17T02:23:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.12","date":"2026-06-28T05:05:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.11","date":"2026-06-25T23:58:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.10","date":"2026-06-12T15:46:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v25.3.15","date":"2026-06-04T21:12:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v25.3.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.9","date":"2026-05-22T12:40:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.8","date":"2026-05-14T12:16:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.7","date":"2026-05-08T12:48:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.6","date":"2026-04-22T01:35:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v25.3.14","date":"2026-04-16T14:42:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v25.3.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.5","date":"2026-04-15T14:20:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/tag/v26.1.4","date":"2026-04-11T15:29:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.1.4"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active","auditor":"Barr Advisory","evidenceUrl":"https://www.redpanda.com/blog/soc-2-compliance-data-streaming-cloud"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.5 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc | https://www.redpanda.com/blog/soc-2-compliance-data-streaming-cloud |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fredpanda-data%2Fredpanda%2Fsrc%2Fgo%2Frpk&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Message Queues)

| Capability | Amazon SQS | Redpanda |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Queue | Log / streaming |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Delivery guarantee | At-least-once | At-least-once |
| Ordering guarantee | None | Per-partition |
| **Durability** |  |  |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Wire protocol | - | Kafka protocol |
| Kafka-protocol compatible | - | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Partitioned horizontal scaling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Geo / cross-region replication | - | ✓ |
| **Consumption** |  |  |
| Consumer groups / competing consumers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dead-letter queue | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Managed cloud offering exists | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Processing** |  |  |
| Built-in stream processing | - | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:59:07.762Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*