# Amazon SQS vs Temporal

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Temporal

| Attribute | Amazon SQS | Temporal |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 51.9 (72% (medium)) | 71.5 (76% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 30 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 23,468 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 8,455,032 |
| 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":"Temporal is a durable execution platform that automatically captures and persists application state, allowing workflows to recover from failures and resume exactly where they left off. It eliminates manual reconciliation code and enables building AI agents, orchestrations, and complex business processes across multiple programming languages. It is indexed under Message Queues.","source":"https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update","question":"What is Temporal?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Temporal offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $100 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update","question":"Is Temporal free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Temporal supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update","question":"What platforms does Temporal support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Temporal can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update","question":"Can Temporal be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for Temporal, including Google ADK, OpenAI Agents SDK, AWS Lambda, AWS RDS and GCP Cloud SQL. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update","question":"What does Temporal integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Temporal. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Temporal not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://temporal.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Temporal have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Temporal is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal","question":"Is Temporal open source?","confidence":0.99},{"answer":"Temporal is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update","question":"Where is Temporal available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| 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 durable execution platform that simplifies building resilient distributed systems by automatically managing workflow state, retries, and recovery. It eliminates the need for custom failure handling, reconciliation logic, and infrastructure like message queues or schedulers. |
| 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","paradigm":"durable_exec","protocol":"gRPC","message_replay":true,"persistent_log":true,"geo_replication":true,"managed_offering":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 3 |
| 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":"Google ADK"},{"name":"OpenAI Agents SDK"},{"name":"AWS Lambda","native":true,"category":"compute"},{"name":"AWS RDS","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"GCP Cloud SQL","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Vercel's AI SDK","native":true,"category":"ai"},{"name":"Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)","native":true,"category":"ai"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":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":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Paygo with Developer Support","summary":"$0/mo minimum, $0.000025 per action","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"action"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.000025,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-as-you-go consumption-based pricing with developer support included","contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $0.000025 per action with $0/mo minimum. Free trial available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://temporal.io/blog/introducing-pay-as-you-go-pricing-for-temporal-cloud-on-the-aws-marketplace","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T10:05:08.415Z","freeTrialDays":90,"startingPrice":{"unit":"action","amount":0.000025,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.000005,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":0.000025,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 3 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.7","date":"2026-09-18T00:08:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.31.3","date":"2026-09-18T20:31:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.32.0","date":"2026-09-11T16:10:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.32.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.31.2","date":"2026-07-08T17:10:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.6","date":"2026-07-08T17:10:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.5","date":"2026-06-15T20:06:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.7","date":"2026-06-12T16:51:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.31.1","date":"2026-06-10T16:46:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.4.1","date":"2026-05-01T22:37:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.31.0","date":"2026-04-29T21:09:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.6.1","date":"2026-05-06T20:41:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.4","date":"2026-04-10T21:06:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.6","date":"2026-04-10T21:07:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.28.4","date":"2026-04-10T21:07:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.3","date":"2026-04-01T17:55:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.5","date":"2026-04-01T17:55:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.28.3.1","date":"2026-03-26T20:05:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.4.1","date":"2026-03-25T17:07:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.2","date":"2026-03-24T22:40:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.28.3","date":"2026-03-18T17:30:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.3"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.7 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc | https://temporal.io/blog/trusting-ai-agents-a-reinsurance-case-study |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":6,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.temporal.io%2Fserver&per_page=100","last_12m":4,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` |

## Capabilities (Message Queues)

| Capability | Amazon SQS | Temporal |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Queue | Durable execution |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Delivery guarantee | At-least-once | At-least-once |
| Ordering guarantee | None | - |
| **Durability** |  |  |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Wire protocol | - | gRPC |
| 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 2026-10-16T20:58:19.665Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*