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What is AWS Glue?
AWS Glue is a serverless data integration service that makes data preparation simpler, faster, and cheaper. You can discover and connect to over 70 diverse data sources, manage your data in a centralized data catalog, and visually create, run, and monitor ETL pipelines to load data into your data lakes. AWS Glue is a fully managed extract, transform, and load (ETL) service that makes it easy for customers to prepare and load their data for analytics.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend
98 Plan to Renew
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78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Effective Service
- Caring
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AWS Glue Reviews

Dwarkesh B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Insurance
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jun 2023
user-friendly but cost can go up in no time.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Glue from other similar products?
-> The connection with all the necessary storage services with ease of integration and management makes it unique. -> Crawler is best product which can can crawl the data near real time which is an add on.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
With AWS Glue, you only pay for the time that your ETL job takes to run , no upfront, Serverless and Scalable. AWS Glue integrates well with other AWS services and tools, such as Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, and AWS Lambda which is the best thing because every service is serverless and ease to use.
What do you dislike most about this product?
AWS Glue is a complex service, and it may have a steep learning curve for those who are not familiar with AWS or ETL concepts. AWS Glue is tightly integrated with other AWS services. While this can be advantageous for organizations already using AWS extensively, it may become a limitation for those who prefer or need to use different cloud providers or on-premises infrastructure.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Before jumping to glue one should be clear with data sources which are to be integrated , complexity to transform and extract data using own logic. Familiarize with glue basic concepts to start to additional charges and wastage of time.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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Digambar J.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted May 2023
easy to learn & use both also scales fantastic!!!!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Glue from other similar products?
serverless, cloud based , easy to implement, native connectors with Redshift & other AWS stack of services. JDBC support . Also extremely cost effective
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
serverless
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing to dislike as such
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Just go for it
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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Evans F.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Shipping
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Feb 2025
Powerful integration tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Glue from other similar products?
Fully Managed Service: AWS Glue is a fully managed ETL service, requiring minimal setup and infrastructure management compared to other tools, which makes it ideal for users looking to avoid complex configurations. Serverless Architecture: It automatically scales based on your data processing needs, meaning you don’t have to manage servers or worry about provisioning resources, offering high flexibility and cost efficiency. Tight Integration with AWS Ecosystem: AWS Glue integrates seamlessly with other AWS services like S3, Redshift, and Athena, providing a unified data processing and analytics solution within the AWS cloud.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of AWS Glue is its serverless architecture, which eliminates the need for manual resource management, allowing you to focus on data processing without worrying about scaling or infrastructure.
What do you dislike most about this product?
What I dislike most about AWS Glue is its complexity in setup and configuration, especially for users who are new to the AWS ecosystem or ETL processes, which can make the learning curve steep.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Familiarize yourself with AWS services to take full advantage of Glue’s integration with other AWS tools. Start with simple ETL jobs to get comfortable with the platform before scaling up. Utilize AWS documentation and support to help navigate the setup process and troubleshoot effectively.
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
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