AWS Glue Schema Registry vs Cloudera Schema Registry
AWS Glue Schema Registry
docs.aws.amazon.comCloudera Schema Registry
docs.cloudera.comSide by side
| Figure | AWS Glue Schema Registry | Cloudera Schema Registry |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Schema Registry Software | 7.8 (#12) | 7.3 (#14) |
| Formats | Supports Avro v1.11.4, JSON Schema Draft-04, Draft-06, and Draft-07, and Protocol Buffers proto2 and proto3; Protobuf extensions and groups are not supported. | It supports Avro and JSON schemas, including Avro logical types. |
| Integrations | The documentation describes integrations with Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK, Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, AWS Lambda, AWS Glue streaming, and Apache Kafka Streams. | Documented integration points include custom NiFi processors and Kafka serializers and deserializers. |
| Purpose | Centrally discovers, controls, and evolves data stream schemas for streaming applications. | Schema Registry centrally stores and manages schemas for streaming data so applications can validate their data. |
| Security | Client API communication uses TLS encryption over HTTPS, and schemas are encrypted at rest with an AWS KMS service-managed key. | TLS can secure application, client, OAuth, and database traffic, and Cloudera recommends enabling it for all these categories. |
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In their own words
AWS Glue Schema Registry
AWS Glue Schema Registry is a free cloud service for centrally discovering, controlling, and evolving schemas used by streaming applications. It supplies serializers and deserializers so producers and consumers can share schema definitions during data exchange. Supported formats are Avro v1.11.4, JSON Schema Draft-04, Draft-06, and Draft-07, plus Protocol Buffers proto2 and proto3; Protobuf extensions and groups are not supported. Eight compatibility modes are available: NONE, DISABLED, BACKWARD, BACKWARD_ALL, FORWARD, FORWARD_ALL, FULL, and FULL_ALL. Features include automatic registration, metadata-based schema sourcing, IAM compatibility, and optional ZLIB compression. Documented integrations cover Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK, Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, AWS Lambda, AWS Glue streaming, and Apache Kafka Streams. Client API traffic uses TLS over HTTPS, and schemas are encrypted at rest with an AWS KMS service-managed key. Registry ARNs organize permissions for schema operations.
Cloudera Schema Registry
Cloudera Schema Registry has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.