We performed a comparison between AWS Glue and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is scalability."
"The key role for Glue is that it hosts our metadata before rolling out our actual data. This is the major advantage of using this solution and our clients client have been very satisfied with it."
"It's fairly straightforward as a product; it's not very complicated."
"What I like best about AWS Glue is its real-time data backup feature. Last week, there was a production push, and what used to take almost ten days to send out around fifty-six thousand emails now takes only two hours."
"The solution is highly user-friendly, and its features are easy to use. The new addition of AWS Glue Data Catalog is also very beneficial, making the tool even more helpful for its users."
"The solution is serverless so it allows us to transform data while optimizing the cost and performance of Spark jobs."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is its ease of use and good documentation. Additionally, we can do all the transformations that we need."
"Glue is a NoSQL-based data ETL tool that has some advantages over IIS and ISAs."
"The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is very intuitive and has a very flat learning curve."
"The ability to connect web applications to trigger actions in another app after having enriched, formatted, delayed, grouped, and filtered is really valuable for many businesses."
"The product's initial setup phase was very easy."
"Webhooks are the most valuable feature of Zapier."
"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."
"The solution is a SaaS and does not require a complex setup."
"What's most valuable in Zapier is its simplicity, seamlessness, and smooth plug-in, so you won't need to build code for every action. I'm not a developer, but I can use Zapier."
"There is a learning curve to this tool."
"Cost-wise, AWS Glue is expensive, so that's an area for improvement. The process for setting up the solution was also complex, which is another area for improvement."
"While working on AWS Glue, I could not find any training material for it."
"The technical support for this solution could be improved. In future, we would like to connect more services like Athena or Kinesis to help control more loads of data."
"In terms of improvement, the performance of AWS Glue could be faster."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"The solution could be cheaper. The price of the solution is an area that needs improvement."
"It is not clear how the partition discovery would have been affected by more data coming in."
"It is not worth the money if you have a little bit of a technical mind...Zapier is not able to set up different modules. When automation doesn't work, it's not that easy to find why it didn't work."
"Zapier needs more YouTube or video tutorials or more training for people. That would help a lot. In particular, Zapier should have documentation for every connector. Its documentation needs to be more detailed and visual."
"The solution does not work properly when we apply filters and we get errors."
"After mapping them out, and they'd worked for a while, I've had Zapier fail."
"Zapier needs to improve in the same way most RPA solutions should, such as Robocorp, Make, or UiPath. They are not good at helping you find the connections that you need for the problem that you have. For example, if need something on Instagram. I'm going to have to do research for hours to be able to find the components or the app, which is going to do what I need it to do. It makes it difficult to use the system when you don't know what to use."
"Zapier could be a little faster, but that might not be possible. I would encourage Zapier to make more API endpoints for each application"
"With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation."
"At the moment, they allow a limited number of apps. I look forward to getting more apps for each package."
AWS Glue is ranked 1st in Cloud Data Integration with 37 reviews while Zapier is ranked 9th in Cloud Data Integration with 41 reviews. AWS Glue is rated 7.8, while Zapier is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS Glue writes "Provides serverless mechanism, easy data transformation and automated infrastructure management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zapier writes "A tool for automation purposes requiring an easy initial setup while offering a very helpful technical support team ". AWS Glue is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, SSIS and Talend Open Studio, whereas Zapier is most compared with Alteryx Designer, Tray.io, Coefficient, MuleSoft Composer and Coupler.io. See our AWS Glue vs. Zapier report.
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