Comparison

Amazon SQS vs Temporal

On the evidence we track, Temporal leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon SQS48
Temporal71
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon SQS48 / 100medium · 64%
Temporal71 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Model
Amazon SQSfreemium
Temporalcommercial
Price level
Amazon SQSlow
Temporallow
Transparent
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Integrations
Count
Amazon SQS
Temporal2
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Fedramp
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Gdpr
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Hipaa
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Pci
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Scorecard
Amazon SQS
Temporal5.7
Soc2
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon SQS
Temporal99.9
Status page
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon SQS
Temporal30
Github stars
Amazon SQS
Temporal22,544
Package downloads weekly
Amazon SQS
Temporal7,338,116
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon SQS
Temporal100
Release
Cadence days
Amazon SQS
Temporal4
History
Amazon SQS
Temporal20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon SQS
TemporalMIT
Language
Primary
Amazon SQS
TemporalGo

Capabilities

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

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

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

Temporal

Leader

A platform that enables applications to automatically recover from failures by maintaining execution state and resuming operations without manual intervention or data loss.

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 ↗

Temporal

Leader
from $0.00/moHybridFree tier90-day trial

Free open-source self-hosted. Cloud from $0.000025 per action. 90-day free trial with $1,000 credits.

  • Open SourceFree
    • Full durable execution capabilities
    • Self-hosted deployment
    • Community support
  • Temporal Cloud Pay-as-You-Go$0.00 per action
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
Temporal
CLI
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon SQS
Temporal
Self-hosted
Amazon SQS
Temporal

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon SQS

Not documented yet.

Temporal

Leader
2 total
  • Google ADK
  • OpenAI Agents SDK
Independently observed

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