Which is cheaper, AWS SQS or GCP Pub/Sub?

AWS is cheaper in 5 of 5 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 99.2%.

How do AWS SQS and GCP Pub/Sub compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSGCP

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

GCP Wins

Ties

AWS wins 5 of 5 price comparisons, averaging 99.2% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.004900/hr to $52.26/hr across comparable tiers.

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

Comparing AWS SQS and GCP Pub/Sub across 5 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS SQS	GCP Pub/Sub	Diff	Cheapest
Low Volume (100K msg/mo)	$0.0000/hr SQS 100K ($0.00/mo)	$0.0052/hr Pub/Sub 100K ($3.80/mo)	+100.0%	AWS
Medium (10M msg/mo)	$0.0049/hr SQS 10M ($3.58/mo)	$0.5226/hr Pub/Sub 10M ($381.50/mo)	+99.1%	AWS
High Volume (100M msg/mo)	$0.0542/hr SQS 100M ($39.57/mo)	$5.2256/hr Pub/Sub 100M ($3,814.69/mo)	+99.0%	AWS
Very High (1B msg/mo)	$0.5474/hr SQS 1B ($399.60/mo)	$52.2561/hr Pub/Sub 1B ($38,146.95/mo)	+99.0%	AWS
FIFO High (50M msg/mo)	$0.0336/hr SQS FIFO 50M ($24.53/mo)	$2.6128/hr Pub/Sub 50M ($1,907.34/mo)	+98.7%	AWS