Well, a couple things. For one, this is just a simple queue with no routing capabilities. It's a much simpler tool. For two, and more importantly, it's built

Well, a couple things. For one, this is just a simple queue with no routing capabilities. It's a much simpler tool. For two, and more importantly, it's built into your application and introduces no additional operational dependency. You could probably achieve a pretty similar API with a custom AMQP library, though!