Which is cheaper, AWS SQS or Azure Service Bus?

AWS is cheaper in 5 of 5 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 60.5%.

How do AWS SQS and Azure Service Bus compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSAzure

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

Azure Wins

Ties

AWS wins 5 of 5 price comparisons, averaging 60.5% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.004900/hr to $1.10/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Low Volume (100K msg/mo) workloads

Comparing AWS SQS and Azure Service Bus across 5 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS SQS	Azure Service Bus	Diff	Cheapest
Low Volume (100K msg/mo)	$0.0000/hr SQS 100K ($0.00/mo)	$0.0000/hr Service Bus Basic 100K ($0.00/mo)	+100.0%	AWS
Medium (10M msg/mo)	$0.0049/hr SQS 10M ($3.58/mo)	$0.0137/hr Service Bus Std 10M ($10.00/mo)	+64.0%	AWS
High Volume (100M msg/mo)	$0.0542/hr SQS 100M ($39.57/mo)	$0.1090/hr Service Bus Std 100M ($79.57/mo)	+50.3%	AWS
Very High (1B msg/mo)	$0.5474/hr SQS 1B ($399.60/mo)	$1.0953/hr Service Bus Std 1B ($799.57/mo)	+50.0%	AWS
FIFO High (50M msg/mo)	$0.0336/hr SQS FIFO 50M ($24.53/mo)	$0.0542/hr Service Bus Std 50M ($39.57/mo)	+38.1%	AWS