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."
"The solution's technical support is good. Whenever we raise a use case where we face an issue in our company, we get a response from the solution's technical team."
"Transformations are valuable because you can modify or override complex data logic from an open source or Spark to solve issues."
"I like that it's flexible, powerful, and allows you to write your own queries and scripts to get the needed transformations."
"The most valuable features currently are glue studio, jobs, and triggers."
"I like its integration and ability to handle all data-related tasks."
"AWS Glue is a good solution for developers, they have the ability to write code in different languages and other software."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is that it provides a GUI format with a drag-and-drop feature."
"Our entire use case was very easily handled or solved using this solution."
"Moving to other clouds is impossible without significantly rearchitecting your applications."
"Glue could perform better. It sometimes takes too long to test a Glue job. Google Cloud Platform offers more Python scripts than AWS."
"The solution's visual ETL tool is of no use for actual implementation."
"It fails to handle massive databases acquired from various sources."
"AWS Glue would be improved by making it easier to switch from single to multi-cloud."
"In terms of improvement, the performance of AWS Glue could be faster."
"Only people who can code, either in Java or Python, can use the product freely. Those who don't know Java or Python might find using AWS Glue difficult."
"The setup and installation is a bit complex without advanced knowledge or training."
"The solution could be cheaper. The price of the solution is an area that needs improvement."
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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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