Amazon SQS Cost Calculator
Pick Standard or FIFO, enter messages/month × requests per message (or raw API requests), average payload KB and the Free Tier toggle. See billable requests after the permanent 1M free, request $, optional Fair Queue surcharge and total. Every API action counts — including empty long-poll receives — and each 64 KB chunk is a request. Rates: AWS Price List us-east-1 as of 2026-11-03; aws.amazon.com/sqs/pricing prevails.
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Region disclaimer: rates from AWS Price List US East (N. Virginia) OnDemand — other regions differ. Free Tier: 1 million requests / month, permanent (all regions except GovCloud; no rollover). Standard:$0.40 / million (first 100B/mo), $0.30 next 100B, $0.24 above 200B. FIFO:$0.50 / million, $0.40, $0.35 (other API actions on FIFO queues bill at Standard rates). Fair Queue (optional): +$0.10 / million on Standard queues using MessageGroupId, in addition to the Standard rate. Metering traps: every API action counts; a batch of up to 10 messages = 1 request if ≤1 MiB; each 64 KB payload chunk = 1 request (1 MiB = 16); empty receives from long polling still count. Smoke: 10M messages × 3 = 30M requests − 1M free → 29M × $0.40 = $11.60 (FIFO $14.50). Out of MVP: Extended Client → S3, KMS, data transfer.
Estimates only. Official list prices as of 2026-11-03 (Asia/Shanghai); the provider's pricing page prevails. Source: Amazon SQS pricing
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How it works
- How much does Amazon SQS cost per million requests?
- In US East (N. Virginia): Standard $0.40 per million (first 100B/mo), then $0.30 and $0.24; FIFO $0.50, then $0.40 and $0.35 (AWS Price List, as of 2026-11-03). Other regions differ.
- What is the SQS Free Tier?
- 1 million requests per month, permanently, in all regions except GovCloud. Unused requests do not roll over.
- What is the worked smoke check?
- 10M messages × 3 requests (send + receive + delete) = 30M requests; minus 1M free = 29M × $0.40/M = $11.60 on Standard, or 29M × $0.50/M = $14.50 on FIFO.
- What metering traps should I watch?
- Every API action is a request; a batch of up to 10 messages is 1 request if ≤1 MiB; each 64 KB payload chunk is a separate request; empty receives from long polling still count.
- What is the Fair Queue surcharge?
- Standard queues using MessageGroupId for fair queuing add $0.10 per million on top of the Standard rate (~$0.50/M effective). Extended Client (S3), KMS and data transfer are billed separately.