Edition 2026-11-04

Message queues. Data to decide.

Asynchronous delivery for workers, webhooks and background jobs.

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Editorial editionGeneral review: 2026-11-04Not a real-time feed

Message queues 4

4 of 4
Rankname(days)(minutes)
1Cloudflare Queues · Paid$1.20141,440
1SQS · Standard$1.201415
3SQS · FIFO$1.501415
4QStash · Pay as You Go$10.00No dataNo data

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Delivery scenario

USD / M messages · lower rate

  1. Cloudflare Queues · Paid$1.20 (Best value)
  2. SQS · Standard$1.20 (Best value)
  3. SQS · FIFO$1.50
  4. QStash · Pay as You Go$10.00
Source: vendor documentation · 2026-11-04

Max queue retention

days · a spec, not a score

  1. Cloudflare Queues · Paid14
  2. SQS · FIFO14
  3. SQS · Standard14
1 with no data · left out of the chart
Source: vendor documentation · 2026-11-04

Max scheduled delay

minutes · a spec, not a score

  1. Cloudflare Queues · Paid1,440
  2. SQS · FIFO15
  3. SQS · Standard15
1 with no data · left out of the chart
Source: vendor documentation · 2026-11-04

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