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Director at Tibco
Real User
Send and receive messages across applications on a stable solution with no setup time
Pros and Cons
  • "There is no setup just some easy configuration required."
  • "The solution is not available on-premises so that rules out any customers looking for the messaging solution on-premises."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case of this solution is to send and receive messages across applications.

What is most valuable?

Sending and receiving messages is the most valuable feature.

What needs improvement?

The solution is not available on-premises so that rules out any customers looking for the messaging solution on-premises. The price is on the high end and has room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used the solution for a couple of years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

To the extent necessary, we have been able to scale the solution. We have less than 100 people using the solution.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is very good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

There is no setup just some easy configuration required.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing cost is publicly available on the AWS page. Amazon SQS is quite expensive and is at the highest price point compared to other solutions.

The price is based on the number of messages sent and received.

What other advice do I have?

I give the solution a nine out of ten.

For people who don't want any infrastructure and managing overhead, I recommend Amazon SQS.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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Professor at Remo Engenharia
Real User
An affordable, easy-to-scale solution that is simple to deploy and maintain
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is easy to scale and cost-effective."
  • "I do not think that this solution is easy to use and the documentation of this solution has a lot of problems and can be improved in the next release. Most of the time, the images in the document are from older versions."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case of this solution is for collecting event data for analytic purposes.

In our case, when a user selects a function in our app, the information is collected. Analytics is performed on the data to determine the functionalities that clients use the most. 

Additionally, the data can tell us the most popular service demands such that resources can be assigned accordingly.

What needs improvement?

Documentation of this solution can be improved. Sometimes, the images in the document are from older versions.
 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have never had a problem with the stability of the solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is easy to scale and cost-effective.

How was the initial setup?

The profile management of this solution is difficult to set up. 

However, after the initial setup, it is easy to deploy, maintain, and test.

What other advice do I have?

The security of a cloud solution is very important and attention must be given to profile management, key generation, and key protection.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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Software Developer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Top 5
Stable and well-priced solution with lots of features
Pros and Cons
  • "SQS is very stable, and it has lots of features."
  • "There are some issues with SQS's transaction queue regarding knowing if something has been received."

What is most valuable?

SQS is very stable, and it has lots of features.

What needs improvement?

There are some issues with SQS's transaction queue regarding knowing if something has been received.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

SQS is very stable.

How are customer service and support?

Amazon's technical support could be more responsive.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

SQS's pricing is very good - I would rate it nine out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I would give SQS a rating of nine out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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