SQS Pricing Calculator - Standard & FIFO Queue Costs
SQS pricing calculator for Standard and FIFO queues. Estimate Amazon SQS monthly costs with tiered request pricing, fair queue charges, data transfer across all AWS regions.
Reference pricesExample monthly cost in US East (N. Virginia)
100 million requests a month to a standard SQS queue with 64 KB payloads and 100 GB transferred out, priced by this calculator at AWS list prices.
Estimated total: $49.00 per month
| Breakdown | Monthly cost |
|---|---|
| Transfer Out (100 GB) | $9.00 |
| ↳ 100 GB @ $0.09/GB (Tier 1) | $9.00 |
| Standard Queue Requests (64KB) | $40.00 |
| ↳ 100M @ $0.40/M (Tier 1) | $40.00 |
Priced on 15 Oct 2026 from CloudBurn's AWS price data. Prices in USD, excluding tax.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Standard and FIFO queues?
Standard Queues offer best-effort ordering, at-least-once delivery, and nearly unlimited throughput at $0.40 per million requests. FIFO Queues guarantee exactly-once processing and strict message ordering at $0.50 per million requests (25% more expensive). Choose FIFO when message order matters or duplicates would cause issues.
How are SQS requests metered?
Every SQS API action counts as one request. SQS charges per 64 KB chunk of payload. A message with 1 MiB payload counts as 16 requests. The maximum message size is 1 MiB (or up to 2 GB with the SQS Extended Client Library using S3).
How can I reduce SQS costs with batch operations?
Use SendMessageBatch and DeleteMessageBatch to process up to 10 messages per request (max 1 MiB total payload). This counts as a single request, potentially reducing costs by up to 90%. For example, sending 10 million 1 KB messages individually costs $4, but batched costs only $0.40.
What are Fair Queue charges?
Fair Queues are Standard queues that use message group IDs. These requests incur an additional $0.10 per million charge on top of standard rates. The charge ensures fair processing across message groups. If you don't need message grouping, avoid using message group IDs.
How is SQS data transfer charged?
Data transfer within the same AWS region is free. Cross-region data transfer and data transferred to the internet are charged at standard AWS rates ($0.09/GB for the first 10 TB). Most SQS workloads stay within a single region and incur no data transfer charges.
How does SQS tiered pricing work?
SQS offers volume discounts: Standard queues cost $0.40/M for the first 100 billion requests, $0.30/M for the next 100 billion, and $0.24/M for over 200 billion. FIFO queues follow a similar pattern with higher base rates. This calculator automatically applies the appropriate tier based on your request volume.
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