--- title: Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Reviews meta\_title: 'Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 146 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 146 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Customer Service url: https://www.g2.com/categories/customer-service --- # Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) but has limited features. Are you part of the Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables the decoupling and scaling of microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. It allows developers to send, store, and receive messages between software components at any volume, ensuring reliable communication without the need to manage underlying infrastructure. Key Features and Functionality: - Queue Types: SQS offers two types of queues: - Standard Queues: Provide high throughput, at-least-once delivery, and best-effort ordering, making them suitable for applications where occasional duplicate messages and out-of-order delivery are acceptable. - FIFO Queues: Ensure exactly-once processing and preserve the exact order of messages, ideal for applications where the order of operations is critical. - Scalability: Automatically scales to handle any volume of messages, processing thousands to millions of messages per second without manual intervention. - Reliability: Messages are redundantly stored across multiple servers and Availability Zones, ensuring high availability and durability. - Security: Supports server-side encryption (SSE) using AWS Key Management Service (KMS) to protect the contents of messages. - Integration: Seamlessly integrates with other AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, ECS, SNS, and EventBridge, facilitating the development of complex, event-driven architectures. - Cost-Effectiveness: Operates on a pay-per-use model, eliminating the need for upfront costs and capacity planning, thus reducing operational overhead. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Amazon SQS simplifies the process of building scalable and reliable distributed systems by decoupling application components. It eliminates the complexity of managing message-oriented middleware, allowing development teams to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure maintenance. By providing a secure, durable, and highly available message queuing service, SQS ensures that messages are reliably delivered between components, even in the face of varying workloads and system failures. This leads to increased application reliability, improved scalability, and faster development cycles. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Community](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-simple-queue-service-sqs/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Rachel Richardson Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 8 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-simple-queue-service-sqs/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![OneSignal](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "OneSignal") OneSignal 4.7/5(1,228) ](https://www.g2.com/products/onesignal/reviews) [ ![Text-Em-All](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Text-Em-All") Text-Em-All 4.8/5(824) ](https://www.g2.com/products/text-em-all/reviews) [ ![DialMyCalls](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "DialMyCalls") DialMyCalls 4.7/5(999) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dialmycalls/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-simple-queue-service-sqs/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 146 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Integrations (2) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-simple-notification-service-sns/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") AWS Lambda ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness") TH Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/26/2023 "One year" 3/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? Comprehensive features and easy to use functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? High cost factor at large scale and less control over performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Management of huge data ingestion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Allie K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Allie K.") AK Allie K. Biomedical Devices Researcher Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/2/2018 "SQS review" 3/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? I like that SQS is so simple and easy to set up and use. As someone who is a great friend of a multiplayer app developer, it is actually nice when you want to keep an order! sending messages at once between different software components, while keeping all your messages! It can deliver messages reliably and safely, excellent for a multiplayer app developper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? One of the thing I really don't like in SQS is the fact that after you reach that 120K allowed messages, you keep requesting an increase! they should just let people stay in-flight- even if you go above! Contacting account manager to make sure you get n increase is so inconvenient. Also, the fact you can't flush a queue in SQs when you are so backed up, you would need to delete this queue which remove your setting! the price too is not easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? App Design, I believe the tool was veery useful when I used it, even though it's been a while back, i can't really complain much about it. Inf act, it has been improved for the ;ast few years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/30/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![David O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "David O.") DO David O. Cloud Architect - Digital Transformation, Infrastructure/Platforms Migration, Systems Integration Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/18/2018 "Amazon SQS" 3/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? Ability to hold messages, forward to new queues or other AWS resources through CloudWatch events notification. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? Having to manually poll queue for new messages and delete them. It is not like RabbitMQ. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS): Great product if you're looking for something to hold messages for replays and wouldn't mind manually deleting them afterwards or waiting for expiration. If you have multiple consumers, it's a great service too. But if you want to consume once and discard, you'll need to do some programming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Event notifications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Government Administration](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Government Administration") UG Verified User in Government Administration Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/17/2018 "Amazon SQS Review" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? It's great to be able to send and receive messages without needing other services to be available. Being able to store messages and maintain recording quality is also very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? There are other services that are able to do similar things, at a better price point... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS): There may be better options available. This is something that you should shop around for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? This helped us ensure that message queues were in order, and that they were only sent and processed once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Harshvardhan S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Harshvardhan S.") HS Harshvardhan S. Software Developer Education Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/17/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Helpful for payment transactions messages" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? can be used at any scale from small to large. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? Complicated protocols or steps to use this service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? processing payment information Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Insurance](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Insurance") AI Verified User in Insurance Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/17/2018 "Aws review & opinion" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? The power it offers and its flexibility when developing anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? How difficult it can be to set it up at first, but then everything runs smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? I have solved algorithmic problems and simplified the use of functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/17/2018 "Good Service" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? I really like how easy it is to use this application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? I wish there were more features included. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? We use it to create serverless applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Medical Devices](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Medical Devices") UM Verified User in Medical Devices Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/18/2018 "Different" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? A little bit different than the usual software out ther. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? Nothing in particular. Some time needed to get familiar with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Time saver Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Government Administration](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Government Administration") EG Verified User in Government Administration Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/24/2016 "No fuss hosted queue" 3/5 What do you like best about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? Amazon SQS is a really a super simple queue system. It is almost too simple, but it works well for what is advertised. You hooked an application up to listen to the queue for tasks and away it works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? The payload size for items in the queue is too low in our opinion, which forced us to be creative in workarounds. Other than the guarantee of completing a task, it doesn't offer much more. All the complexities have to be worked into the application layer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Emails from SES are buffered into an SQS queue for processing (relay) by a worker task that lives on ec2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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