- Simple queuing service
- Up to 256kb message size, sqs extended client library uses s3 to increase this
- Ensures delivery at least once
- Supports multiple readers and writers
- Single queue can be used by multiple components
- FIFO is supported, no dupes
- Any region
- Retention for 14 days
- Long polling supported, cost the same as regular requests
- Priority can be achieved with multiple queues