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AWS Glue

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

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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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Awards & Recognition

AWS Glue won the following awards in the Data Integration category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

AWS Glue Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

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98 Plan to Renew

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77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AWS Glue?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

Batch Integration

Metadata Management

Administrative Features

Data Security

Synchronization and Replication

Data Virtualization

Multi Channel Support

Real Time Integration

Exception Handling and Notifications

iPaaS

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

AWS Glue Reviews

Anilkumar R.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jun 2024

Big use and big product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Glue from other similar products?

Easy of use and large community of ecosystem and support

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Different products available for etl environments spark jobs , python shells, notebooks, metadata catalog etc...

What do you dislike most about this product?

Slow while creating notebooks and excessive run makes high cost

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easy to use for data engineers or non data engineer ETL / big data processing

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Amir M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Serverless ETL with Glue

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AWS Glue from other similar products?

Glue is serverless, we pay for what we use. ETL with glue is easy to use and implement.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Orchestration of Glue is great for building data pipelines. Integration with different data sources and auto scaling makes its easier and efficient.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Supports only Python and Scala

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Recommended for ETL on cloud to minimise costs only for what you use

Pros

Efficient Service
Caring
Security Protects
Continually Improving Product

Allen J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS Glue from other similar products?

AWS Glue stands out from other ETL and data integration solutions in several key ways, driven by its architecture, features, and integration with the AWS ecosystem. Here are the primary differentiators: Serverless Architecture AWS Glue is fully serverless, meaning that users do not have to provision, configure, or manage any servers. This eliminates a significant amount of the administrative burden associated with setting up and maintaining infrastructure, allowing developers and data engineers to focus more on the application logic rather than the underlying hardware.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Scalability and Flexibility The serverless nature of AWS Glue means that it automatically scales the computing resources needed to run ETL jobs, depending on the workload. This automatic scaling not only optimizes the processing time but also helps manage costs by allocating resources efficiently, without user intervention.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing Model Complexity AWS Glue's pricing model is based on a combination of factors, including the number of Data Processing Units (DPUs) consumed by jobs and the duration those jobs run. Understanding how many DPUs your jobs will require and estimating the cost can be complex and not always straightforward, particularly for new users or for complex ETL jobs.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Understand the Pricing Model Before diving into AWS Glue, take the time to understand its pricing model. Know how charges are calculated based on Data Processing Units (DPUs) and job run times. Use the AWS pricing calculator to estimate costs and experiment with different scenarios to see how changes in your data processes might affect your bills.

Pros

Trustworthy
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

AWS Glue

What is AWS Glue?

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

AWS Glue Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love AWS Glue?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing Includes data cleansing, reconciliation, and profiling across multiple sources in batch mode.

Batch Integration Includes ability to schedule integration processes to run on a periodic basis to control the movement of data from a source to target.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Administrative Features Includes basic aspects of data extraction, transformation, and loading. Administrative console and process viewing, interruption, restart, cancel, and rollback.

Data Security Includes ability to hide sensitive data by masking with special characters or anonymous information.

Synchronization and Replication Includes the ability to accurately catch, reflect, and correct changes in data across multiple data stores.

Data Virtualization Includes ability to create views joining disparate data sources without the need for persistence.

Multi Channel Support The ability to support and connect with channels including Cloud Services, Big Data Platforms, web, mobile, social, IoT, wearables, etc.

Real Time Integration Able to integrate data in near-real time and handle movement of data from a source to target. Monitoring for changes in a data source in a non-invasive manner.

Exception Handling and Notifications Ability to catch, report, and handle exceptions; includes transaction logging and event viewing.

iPaaS Includes iPaaS (Cloud hosting) features and other advanced integration capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

AWS Glue Reviews

Anilkumar R.

Big use and big product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Amir M.

Serverless ETL with Glue

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Allen J.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Data Quality Profiling and Cleansing

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Data Virtualization

Multi Channel Support

Real Time Integration

Exception Handling and Notifications

iPaaS

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Ease of IT Administration

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