AWS Glue
AWS Glue handles the heavy lifting of data integration, acting as a serverless ETL service that extracts, transforms, and loads data for analytics workflows. It manages the infrastructure automatically, allowing you to focus purely on defining the data processing logic without worrying about provisioning or maintaining servers.
It suits teams needing scalable data pipelines without upfront infrastructure commitments. The pricing structure starts at $1.00 per 1M requests, which is straightforward but can accumulate costs quickly for high-volume operations. While a free trial exists, there is no permanent free tier, so continuous usage will incur charges based on request volume.
- Free tier Yes
- Starting price from $1.00 per 1M requests
- Regions 15 · 6 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health A
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- compute99.99%
- database99.99%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.99%
15 regions across 6 continents
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Pricing tiers 21
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| USE1-Catalog-Request | $1.00 | per 1M requests | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Catalog-Storage | $10.00 | per 1M Obj-Months | us-east-1 |
| USE1-ETL-Flex-DPU-Hour-Gen2 | $0.2030 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-ETL-Flex-DPU-Hour | $0.2900 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-GlueInteractiveSession-DPU-Hour-Gen2 | $0.3080 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-ETL-DPU-Hour-Gen2 | $0.3080 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-ETL-M-DPU-Hour-Gen2 | $0.3640 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-ETL-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-ETL-MemOptimized-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | M-DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Column-Statistics-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-GlueInteractiveSession-MemOptimized-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | M-DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Materialized-View-Refresh-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-zeroETL-Lakehouse-Compute-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DEVED-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Crawler-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
Show all 21 pricing rows (6 more)
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| USE1-GlueInteractiveSession-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Optimization-DPU-Hour | $0.4400 | DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DBrew-Node-Hour | $0.4800 | Node-hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-ETL-M-DPU-Hour | $0.5200 | M-DPU-Hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DBrew-Sessions | $1.00 | Sessions | us-east-1 |
| USE1-zeroETL-App-IngestionVolume-GB | $1.50 | per GB | us-east-1 |
Prices in USD. Micro-prices are quoted per 1M units; "< $0.000001" marks rates below our stored precision. Subject to change — check the provider's official page.
Alternatives on other providers
Equivalent services on other clouds:
- Microsoft Azure Azure Data Factory $0.6000 per month Compare