Adrienne Cohea
05/01/2026, 6:35 AMmq.t3.micro is only available for ActiveMQ. For RabbitMQ, the instance types start at large, on either the m5 or m7g generations.
aws mq describe-broker-instance-options --engine-type ACTIVEMQ | jq -r '.BrokerInstanceOptions[] | .HostInstanceType'
mq.m5.2xlarge
mq.m5.2xlarge
mq.m5.4xlarge
mq.m5.4xlarge
mq.m5.large
mq.m5.large
mq.m5.xlarge
mq.m5.xlarge
mq.t3.micro
aws mq describe-broker-instance-options --engine-type RABBITMQ | jq -r '.BrokerInstanceOptions[] | .HostInstanceType'
mq.m5.2xlarge
mq.m5.4xlarge
mq.m5.large
mq.m5.xlarge
mq.m7g.12xlarge
mq.m7g.16xlarge
mq.m7g.2xlarge
mq.m7g.4xlarge
mq.m7g.8xlarge
mq.m7g.large
mq.m7g.medium
mq.m7g.xlargeAdrienne Cohea
05/01/2026, 6:36 AMmicro should only be selected for a demo or testing purposes. While lower cost, it shouldn't run production applications or be in the path of application teams.