AWS Glue

Serverless ETL service for seamless data integration at scale

About AWS Glue

AWS Glue is a fully managed, serverless ETL service that simplifies data integration, discovery, and preparation. It automates infrastructure management, scales resources dynamically, and provides built-in AI assistance for faster pipeline development. Connect to over 100 data sources, manage metadata with a centralized catalog, and build scalable data workflows without manual intervention.

Key features

Fully Managed Infrastructure

AWS Glue eliminates the need to provision or manage servers. The service handles all underlying infrastructure, allowing teams to focus entirely on data processing and transformation tasks.

Automatic Scaling

Resources scale up or down based on workload demands, ensuring optimal performance for jobs ranging from gigabytes to petabytes without manual intervention.

Serverless Architecture

Pay only for the compute and storage resources consumed. The serverless model reduces operational costs and complexity by eliminating server maintenance.

Built-in Data Catalog

A centralized metadata repository automatically indexes and organizes data across sources, improving discoverability and simplifying data governance.

Multi-Source Connectivity

Seamlessly integrate data from Amazon S3, RDS, Redshift, and external databases, supporting diverse ETL and ELT workflows.

Developer-Friendly Tools

Access developer endpoints, AWS SDKs, Boto3, and CLI integration for custom ETL logic. Interactive sessions and notebook support accelerate development and troubleshooting.

Pricing

Full pricing page

Free option

ETL jobs and interactive sessions

$0.44 per month

Billed by the second for crawlers and ETL jobs

Data Catalog

$100 per month

Simplified monthly fee for storing and accessing metadata

DataBrew interactive sessions

$100 usage-based

Billed per session

DataBrew jobs

$48 usage-based

Billed per minute

Data Quality

Custom

Billed based on DPU usage

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Stitch

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Pricing summary

Free tier available

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