# Amazon SQS

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/amazon-sqs
- **Category:** Message Queues
- **Homepage:** https://aws.amazon.com/sqs
- **Also known as:** amazon-sqs
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T13:30:35.372Z

## Vioscale score

**52.4 / 100**, confidence 30% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 0.047 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 0.175 | 8.8 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 67.1 | 0.07 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 0.094 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 5 | 0.129 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 25 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-05, [verify at source](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs). Independently observed._

Usage-based · Free tier

## About

Message queuing service that lets you send, store, and receive messages between software components at any volume without losing messages or requiring other services to be available.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Message Queues. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Messaging paradigm | Queue |
| **Correctness** | |
| Delivery guarantee | At-least-once |
| Ordering guarantee | FIFO |
| **Durability** | |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | - |
| **Interop** | |
| Wire protocol | - |
| Kafka-protocol compatible | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Partitioned horizontal scaling | ✓ |
| **Consumption** | |
| Consumer groups / competing consumers | ✓ |
| Dead-letter queue | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Geo / cross-region replication | - |
| **Deployment** | |
| Managed cloud offering exists | ✓ |
| Hosting | Cloud only |
| **Processing** | |
| Built-in stream processing | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.aws.amazon.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/sqs) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/amazon-sqs). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*