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Pros

  • I appreciate its ability to effortlessly integrate various data sources. I used it to transform and move data from S3 to Redshift without any hassle.

  • Since AWS Glue comes easily integrable with other AWS Tools, it's easy to set up and looks like a clear choice when dealing with consumption of large amount of data.

  • It can handle basic transformations and it's easy to use. Anyone with a desire to learn it could do so easily.

Cons

  • Rates of data consumption for AWS Glue cannot be easily managed, which leads to data loss and corruption. Also, it can only process data in batches but not real time data.

  • The good thing can sometimes be bad too, AWS Glue provides pre-built templates, there are limits to the customization that can be done.

  • In fact, you'll end up scratching your head many times as you try and work out why things aren't working. You need to really look at it hard and implement logging if you're going to work it out.

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Haniel L. avatar
Haniel L.
Software Development Engineer II
Computer Software, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Features
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
March 24, 2022

"Powerful ETL tool in AWS"

Pros: It is an ETL tool in AWS that you can use for moving the data between different databases and services like S3, data archiving, and transformation. It has got an inbuilt spark code editor where you can write your own customized code.

Cons: It gets complicated very quickly and the whole process of using this tool for complex tasks requires immense effort and time. In terms of pricing, it can get expensive based on the performance you are expecting. Debugging the issues that are related to permissions while using this service is a nightmare and you end up giving full permissions.

Mia G.
Associate software engineer
Computer Software, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
9/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 30, 2024

"Seamless Data Integration Tool"

Pros: I appreciate its ability to effortlessly integrate various data sources. I used it to transform and move data from S3 to Redshift without any hassle.

Cons: The initial setup can be quite complex. It took me a while to configure all the necessary permissions for data integration.

Anis B. avatar
Anis B.
Software Developer
Computer Software, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
3.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
3.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
June 24, 2023

"Easy integration for batch processed data"

Pros: Since AWS Glue comes easily integrable with other AWS Tools, it's easy to set up and looks like a clear choice when dealing with consumption of large amount of data. Also, monitoring and dashboards are easy to maintain for AWS Glue.

Cons: Rates of data consumption for AWS Glue cannot be easily managed, which leads to data loss and corruption. Also, it can only process data in batches but not real time data.

Zie C. avatar
Zie C.
Responsable Projet et Developpement
Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: I used a free trial
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
October 20, 2023

"AWS Glue un ETL Amazone"

Overall: Complexité d'utilisation

Pros: AWS Glue est un ETL(Extract, Transform, Load), gérer par amazone qui est un connecteur de plusieurs source de données

Cons: Dépendances à Amazone, coût de déploiement élevé

Verified Reviewer
Research Engineer
Airlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
March 15, 2023

"The Complete ETL Service"

Pros: A good thing about it is that you don't have to worry about managing the servers, scaling or anything related to the infrastructure.

Cons: The good thing can sometimes be bad too, AWS Glue provides pre-built templates, there are limits to the customization that can be done.

Alternatives Considered: Stitch, Apache Spark, Dataflow Clarity and PowerCenter
Switched From: Apache Spark
Verified Reviewer
Senior Data Engineer
Information Technology and Services, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
7/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
February 22, 2023

"Execute python code more efficiently using Glue !"

Overall: The entire ETL jobs written in python are currently scheduled in Glue with the s3 trigger attached , I should say it works so seamlessly !

Pros: The AWS glue give you the power to integrate/migrate any data sources and build the semantic layer for reporting and other data analytical purposes . The crawler of Glue works brilliantly well to scan the source files to perform initial validations to move the data across the next stage .

Cons: The scheduler of the glue could have been better , Since its currently misses out in lot of features . Even the job dependencies cannot be set at present .

Angel C. avatar
Angel C.
Empleado
Food & Beverages, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
October 30, 2022

"Organizacion e integraciónes de calidad"

Overall: Yo y mi organización llevamos algunos años utilizando este software para el análisis, integración y limpieza de datos de nuestra empresa y puedo decir de primera mano que es perfecta y permite ahorrar meses de trabajo y resultados increíbles.

Pros: Este software sin duda es mas potente en cuanto análisis, integración de datos y limpieza, permitiendo ahorrar mucho tiempo y observar las tareas perfectamente dando lugar a resultados fantásticos para mi trabajo.

Cons: No tiene nada negativo, todos los aspectos del software son imprescindibles y beneficiosos.

David W. avatar
David W.
IT Manager
Financial Services, 51-200 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
3.0
Ease of Use
2.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
3.0
Likelihood to Recommend
5/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
April 10, 2022

"Powerful, but complex"

Overall: We ultimately found AWS Glue quite complex to achieve the things we wanted, and ended up switching to a different product.

Pros: AWS Glue offers a lot of functionality and fits in well with other AWS products. In our case, we wanted to migrate data from a bunch of different AWS RDS databases and products to a data warehouse. AWS DMS got us only so far, whereas Glue looked like it would help us take deltas in S3 buckets and merge them together and transform them. So, in that regard, it's great as an all-in-AWS solution that can work with AWS S3, DMS, QuickSight, IAM, etc.

Cons: It's not easy to set up or debug. In fact, you'll end up scratching your head many times as you try and work out why things aren't working. You need to really look at it hard and implement logging if you're going to work it out. However, frustratingly, only a small amount of its power is available within the GUI. For instance, you can do parquet file formats in the GUI and need to use JSON or the CLI.

Alternatives Considered: Hevo
Reasons for Choosing AWS Glue: We didn't; we ended up going with Hevo.
Parth P. avatar
Parth P.
DevOps Engineer
Computer Software, 501-1,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
8/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
December 4, 2021

"ETL Application :AWS Glue"

Pros: AWS glue is a wonderful ETL apparatus by AWS. It is a server less and end client don't have to deal with any infrastructure simply foster the pipeline utilizing paste studio or custom python prearrange and execute it exceptionally quick simple to learn and easy to execute .

Cons: If the at first beginning up an ideal opportunity for cluster turn up could be diminished it would be an extraordinary help to deal with.

Laura R.
Database Engineer
Religious Institutions, 10,001+ employees
Used the software for: 6-12 months
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
2.0
Features
3.0
Value for Money
3.0
Likelihood to Recommend
6/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
December 8, 2022

"Not my favorite ETL tool, but it's great for small jobs"

Overall: It's a decent ETL tool for the price. It can handle basic transformations and it's easy to use. Anyone with a desire to learn it could do so easily.

Pros: It's very easy to use. It seems like it's meant for first time ETL engineers. There is enough documentation to learn it on your own, and the costs isn't so bad.

Cons: It's too simplistic. It doesn't handle complex transformations very well.

Reasons for Choosing AWS Glue: We were already hosting our data in AWS, so it seemed like a good idea to let AWS glue handle some data wrangling.