AWS Glue DataBrew vs Azure Data Factory
AWS Glue DataBrew
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Azure Data Factory
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| Figure | AWS Glue DataBrew | Azure Data Factory |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.48/mo | $0.10/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · CRM Data Migration Software | 8.9 (#5) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Spec score · ETL Software | 8.8 (#6) | 9.0 (#5) |
| Compliance | AWS says third-party auditors assess DataBrew within compliance programs including SOC, PCI, FedRAMP and HIPAA. | Microsoft's product page says Azure has more than 100 compliance certifications, including more than 50 regional or country-specific certifications. |
| Documentation depth | The developer guide covers concepts, setup, datasets, integrations, security, quotas, jobs, recipes, profiles and troubleshooting topics. | Microsoft Learn provides conceptual guides, tutorials, quickstarts, REST references, SDK examples, CI/CD guidance, limits and security material. |
| Public API | AWS publishes a Glue DataBrew API and a Boto3 client created with boto3.client('databrew'). | Microsoft publishes a Data Factory REST API covering factory, linked-service, dataset, pipeline, run and monitoring operations. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.3 out of 5 from 196 reviews. | 4.6 out of 5 from 101 reviews |
| Service limits | Default regional quotas include 10 concurrent jobs, 100 datasets, 100 jobs, 300 nodes, 10 open projects, 100 projects and 500 recipes per account. | Default quotas include 5,000 entities per factory and 120 activities per pipeline. |
| What it does | AWS Glue DataBrew is a visual, fully managed service for cleaning, normalizing and transforming data without writing code. | Azure Data Factory is a fully managed, serverless cloud service for ingesting, transforming, publishing and orchestrating data workflows. |
Plans
AWS Glue DataBrew
- DataBrew interactive sessions$1 a month
- DataBrew jobs$0.48 a month
- DataBrew interactive sessions$1, paid once
- Pay-as-you-goPriced on request
Azure Data Factory
- Data movement (self-hosted IR)$0.10 a month
- Data movement (Azure or managed VNET IR)$0.25 a month
- Pipeline orchestration (Azure integration runtime)$1 a month
- Pipeline orchestration (self-hosted integration runtime)$1.50 a month
In their own words
AWS Glue DataBrew
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Azure Data Factory
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