Amazon SQS pricing
5 plans read from aws.amazon.com
Free TierFree monthly1 million Amazon SQS requests per month · unused usage does not roll over Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Standard queuesPriced on request Usage-based pricing · At-least-once delivery · Best-effort ordering Read 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
FIFO queuesPriced on request Usage-based pricing · Exactly-once processing · Ordered message groups Read 20 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Amazon SQS Free TierFree 1 million requests per monthFree usage calculated monthly across Regions except GovCloud · Unused free usage does not roll over Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pay-as-you-goPrice not published per request; no minimum feestandard, FIFO and fair-queue request charges · 64 KB payload chunks count as requests · data-transfer charges may apply Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- Amazon SQS has a free plan (Free Tier).
- 2 plans are priced on request (Standard queues, FIFO queues).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudAMQP | $19/mo | Yes | Yes |
| EMQX | $234/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Apache ActiveMQ | — | Yes | No |
| Apache RocketMQ | — | Yes | No |
| Faye | — | Yes | No |
| Amazon SNS | $0.06/mo | Yes | No |
| RabbitMQ | — | Yes | No |
| HiveMQ MQTT Broker | $299/mo | Yes | Yes |