Not just cheap per message, but queues themselves are free so there is zero “reserved” cost - it’s pay per message. Add to that, it’s enormously scalable in te

Not just cheap per message, but queues themselves are free so there is zero “reserved” cost - it’s pay per message. Add to that, it’s enormously scalable in terms of throughput and retained messages. And it’s globally available. A single file app is no comparison, really. The value of SQS is in the engineering.