# Amazon SQS vs BullMQ

**Leader by Vioscale score:** BullMQ

| Attribute | Amazon SQS | BullMQ |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 48.2 (64% (medium)) | 60.9 (55% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1,185 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 9,333 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 8,237,365 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A managed service that stores and delivers messages between software components, enabling them to communicate without requiring direct connections or simultaneous availability. | An open source system for queueing and processing background tasks using Redis as the data store, with support for Node.js, Python, Rust, Elixir, and PHP applications. |
| 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":"self","paradigm":"job_queue","persistent_log":true,"managed_offering":false}` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:04:20.771Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://bullmq.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:33:58.453Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/v6.3.0","date":"2026-08-26T16:40:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vex2.2.0","date":"2026-08-26T16:42:21Z","type":"stable","version":"vex2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/v6.2.2","date":"2026-08-25T20:30:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/v6.2.1","date":"2026-08-25T07:11:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vrs1.2.7","date":"2026-08-25T20:34:22Z","type":"stable","version":"vrs1.2.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vpy3.0.6","date":"2026-08-25T20:31:43Z","type":"stable","version":"vpy3.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vpy3.0.5","date":"2026-08-25T02:38:59Z","type":"stable","version":"vpy3.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vnet1.1.1","date":"2026-08-25T20:35:42Z","type":"stable","version":"vnet1.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vex2.1.3","date":"2026-08-25T20:33:24Z","type":"stable","version":"vex2.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vrs1.2.6","date":"2026-08-23T04:34:15Z","type":"stable","version":"vrs1.2.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/v6.2.0","date":"2026-08-21T05:16:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/v6.1.2","date":"2026-08-16T08:08:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vrs1.2.5","date":"2026-08-15T04:26:34Z","type":"stable","version":"vrs1.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vex2.1.2","date":"2026-08-15T19:44:26Z","type":"stable","version":"vex2.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vex2.1.1","date":"2026-08-15T04:25:36Z","type":"stable","version":"vex2.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/v6.1.1","date":"2026-08-14T03:26:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vrs1.2.4","date":"2026-08-13T04:42:57Z","type":"stable","version":"vrs1.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/v6.1.0","date":"2026-08-12T04:03:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vnet1.1.0","date":"2026-08-12T19:30:15Z","type":"stable","version":"vnet1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/releases/tag/vex2.1.0","date":"2026-08-12T19:29:27Z","type":"stable","version":"vex2.1.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 7.5 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=bullmq&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Message Queues)

| Capability | Amazon SQS | BullMQ |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Queue | Job / task queue |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Delivery guarantee | At-least-once | - |
| Ordering guarantee | None | - |
| **Durability** |  |  |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | ✗ | - |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Wire 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 | Self-hosted only |
| **Processing** |  |  |
| Built-in stream processing | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:08:10.251Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*