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 solution helps organizations gain flexibility in defining the structure of the data."
"The most valuable feature for me is the visual interface of AWS Glue."
"AWS Glue is quite better than other tools, but you have to learn it properly before you start using it."
"The solution integrates well with other AWS products or services."
"Its user interface is quite good. You just need to choose some options to create a job in AWS Glue. The code-generation feature is also useful. If you don't want to customize it and simply want to read a file and store the data in the database, it can generate the code for you."
"I appreciate AWS Glue for its cost-effectiveness."
"I like its integration and ability to handle all data-related tasks."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is scalability."
"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."
"The product's most valuable feature is automation."
"Zapier handles everything under the sun that you would think you need in automation. It is the most mature integration platform and service on the market."
"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."
"Zapier is user friendly and makes it easy to integrate different tools. It has a drag and drop functionality which makes it easy to connect environments."
"The connection between Facebook lead forms and MailChimp integrations is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"We can connect Zapier with Zoho CRM for lead generation. I like the tool's drag and drop feature."
"AWS Glue would be improved by making it easier to switch from single to multi-cloud."
"The monitoring is not that good."
"On occasion, the solution's dashboard reports that a project failed due to runtime but it actually succeeded."
"The mapping area and the use of the data catalog from Glue could be better."
"The product has only a few built-in transformations."
"The crucial problem with AWS Glue is that it only works with AWS. It is not an agnostic tool like Pentaho. In PowerCenter, we can install the forms from Google and other vendors, but in the case of AWS Glue, we can only use AWS."
"AWS Glue is more costly compared to other tools like Airflow."
"It fails to handle massive databases acquired from various sources."
"System-to-system is fine, but when it comes to system-to-user, where Zapier is helping to communicate to a user, that's a one-way communication. If that user has to perform some action on that notification, the action isn't handled by Zapier. So there's no way to orchestrate that and it's very cumbersome."
"I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it."
"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."
"Some recent changes to the solution have made it bulky and not as intuitive to use as it previously was."
"Being able to share Zaps and organize them with teammates would allow sharing and refining scenarios and even combining steps that require different people's credentials."
"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."
"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."
AWS Glue is ranked 1st in Cloud Data Integration with 37 reviews while Zapier is ranked 10th 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, SSIS, Informatica Cloud Data Integration and Talend Open Studio, whereas Zapier is most compared with Alteryx Designer, Coefficient, Tray.io, MuleSoft Composer and Coupler.io. See our AWS Glue vs. Zapier report.
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