We performed a comparison between AWS AppSync and AWS Glue based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), MuleSoft, Matillion and others in Cloud Data Integration."Support for multiple data sources and formats is a fantastic feature."
"AWS Glue's best features are scalability and cloud-based features."
"The solution is serverless so it allows us to transform data while optimizing the cost and performance of Spark jobs."
"One of the best features of the solution is its ability to easily integrate with other AWS services."
"The most valuable features currently are glue studio, jobs, and triggers."
"The facility to integrate with S3 and the possibility to use Jupyter Notebook inside the pipeline are the most valuable features."
"The solution helps organizations gain flexibility in defining the structure of the data."
"Glue is a NoSQL-based data ETL tool that has some advantages over IIS and ISAs."
"We have found it beneficial when moving data from one source to another."
"Moving to other clouds is impossible without significantly rearchitecting your applications."
"In terms of improvement, the performance of AWS Glue could be faster."
"The setup and installation is a bit complex without advanced knowledge or training."
"The product is expensive for data streaming. This area needs improvement."
"AWS Glue would be improved by making it easier to switch from single to multi-cloud."
"I would like to see a more robust interface on the no-code side. This would be nice to be able to split cells."
"The mapping area and the use of the data catalog from Glue could be better."
"I haven't looked into Glue in terms of seeking out flaws. I've not come across missing features."
"The monitoring is not that good."
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AWS AppSync is ranked 25th in Cloud Data Integration while AWS Glue is ranked 1st in Cloud Data Integration with 37 reviews. AWS AppSync is rated 9.0, while AWS Glue is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of AWS AppSync writes "Innovative, works well with GraphQL, and can connect to any type of data source". On the other hand, the top reviewer of AWS Glue writes "Provides serverless mechanism, easy data transformation and automated infrastructure management". AWS AppSync is most compared with Oracle Integration Cloud Service, Workato and Perspectium DataSync, whereas AWS Glue is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, SSIS and Talend Open Studio.
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