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Amazon SQS vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon SQS
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Ranking in Message Queue (MQ) Software
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (7th), Relational Databases Tools (10th), Data Warehouse (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category, the mindshare of Amazon SQS is 9.1%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 6.5%, down from 12.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Message Queue (MQ) Software
 

Featured Reviews

Ariel Tarayants - PeerSpot reviewer
Powerful queue system facilitates seamless asynchronous operations
A feature I would like to see in Amazon SQS is the ability to view the content of messages without removing them from the queue. Enhanced filtering on the messages would be beneficial, as currently one has to pull all messages out, filter the right one by code, and then re-insert the remaining messages. This solution is not effective with the FIFO queue.
Sushma Polavarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Create essential reporting scripts with simplicity but has some operational challenges
We mainly create functions and scripts required for reporting The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views. It's just simple to use. There is general room for improvement. I have been using it for five years. I have faced stability issues, mainly…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The scale it manages is quite impressive."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon SQS is its scalability."
"I appreciate that Amazon SQS is fully integrated with Amazon and can be accessed through normal functions or serverless functions, making it very user-friendly. Additionally, the features are comparable to those of other solutions."
"Amazon SQS provides faster search through indexing via OpenSearch."
"The most valuable features include the ability to handle a huge number of messages and the presence of a dead letter queue."
"It works consistently and is economical under a standard non-FIFO model."
"I am able to find out what's going on very easily."
"The solution is easy to scale and cost-effective."
"Helps us to achieve large-scale analytics."
"The most valuable feature for me is that it is open source. The licensing costs are really low and they are transparent."
"RabbitMQ will help to remove a lot of the complexities and create a loosely coupled codebase."
"The loading speed is very good."
"Pivotal Greenplum's shared-nothing architecture."
"The product has been stable and I have never faced any kind of problems with it."
"Large amounts of data can be moved pretty fast using the solution."
"The most valuable feature for us is horizontal scaling."
 

Cons

"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."
"I cannot send a message to multiple people simultaneously. It can only be sent to one recipient."
"A primary area of improvement for Amazon SQS is the message size limitation, which is currently restricted to 256 kilobytes per message."
"There is room for improvement in handling large-scale data."
"Sending or receiving messages takes some time, and it could be quicker."
"The tool needs improvement in user-friendliness and discoverability."
"There is room for improvement by making use of Kafka services to create more flexible data streams."
"There could be improvements in the UI for security and scalability."
"they need to interact more with customers. They need to explain the features, especially when there are new releases of Greenplum. I know just from information I've found that it has other features, it can be used to for analytics, for integration with Big Data, Hadoop. They need to focus on this part with the customer."
"It doesn't have any GUI-based monitoring tools."
"Some integration with other platforms like design tools, and ETL development tools, that will enable some advanced functionality, like fully down processing, etc."
"I saw some limitation with respect to the column store, and removing this would be an improvement."
"VMware RabbitMQ needs to create a new queue system."
"Implementing a circuit breaker scenario using RabbitMQ is complicated. This complexity arises because manual intervention is required to manage worker details and handle operations based on worker IP addresses."
"The user interface could be improved."
"There are some security concerns that have been raised with this product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model is pay-as-you-use. It depends on your usage and configuration."
"Amazon SQS is moderately priced."
"Compared to the other options and based on what I have heard, Amazon SQS is relatively more expensive, but it is not insanely expensive."
"Amazon SQS offers a generous free tier, beyond which it remains very cost-effective. The cost per million messages is less than a dollar, making it an economical choice."
"The pricing of Amazon SQS is reasonable. The first million requests are free every month, and after, it's cost 40 cents for every million requests. There are not any additional fees."
"SQS's pricing is very good - I would rate it nine out of ten."
"It's quite expensive."
"Compared to EC2 and other services, Amazon SQS' pricing is cheaper."
"Since the tool is an open-source product, there is no need to pay anything."
"It’s an open-source solution."
"The price is pretty good."
"The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."
"We are using the open-source version of this solution."
"are using the open-source version, which can be used free of cost."
"The pricing is okay."
"On a scale of one to five, with five being the most competitive pricing, I would rate this solution as a four."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon SQS?
AWS provides another messaging service, which is fine for certain purposes. SQS meets the cloud messaging workload requirements. However, combining the features of both products could be an easier ...
What is your primary use case for Amazon SQS?
I primarily use SQL Server for messaging services, and I need to offer loose couplings. SQS is handy for offloading non-urgent tasks that can be reverted later. I use it as a queue management servi...
How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?
IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Tanzu Greenplum?
It’s an open-source solution. There are no expenses for using it.
 

Also Known As

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Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres
 

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Sample Customers

EMS, NASA, BMW, Capital One
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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