We compared AWS Database Migration Service and AWS Glue based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
AWS Database Migration Service is praised for seamless integration, efficient migration, and customer support, while customers find the pricing competitive. In contrast, AWS Glue is commended for efficient data integration, automation, and robust processing power. Users also value its customer service and flexible pricing. Areas for improvement for Database Migration include setup streamlining, improved documentation, monitoring enhancement, and complexity reduction, while Glue users suggest user-friendliness, better troubleshooting documentation, performance and reliability improvements, and advanced customization options.
Features: The valuable features of AWS Database Migration Service include seamless integration with other AWS services, efficient data migration, user-friendly interface, robust data validation, and excellent customer support. On the other hand, AWS Glue stands out with its efficient data integration capabilities, advanced automation abilities, seamless integration with other AWS services, ease of setting up and monitoring data transformations, comprehensive pre-built connectors, and robust processing power.
Pricing and ROI: According to user feedback, AWS Database Migration Service offers reasonable setup costs and flexible licensing options. On the other hand, AWS Glue has minimal setup costs, a straightforward licensing process, and an affordable pricing structure. Users have expressed satisfaction with Glue's hassle-free setup and fair licensing terms., The ROI from utilizing AWS Database Migration Service has been profitable, while AWS Glue offers a valuable and cost-effective solution with scalability and flexibility.
Room for Improvement: Areas for improvement in AWS Database Migration Service include streamlining setup, improving documentation, addressing compatibility issues, enhancing monitoring capabilities, and reducing overall complexity. On the other hand, AWS Glue users have suggested improvements in user-friendliness, documentation, reliability, performance, customization options, advanced features, and specific use case capabilities.
Deployment and customer support: In comparing the user reviews for AWS Database Migration Service and AWS Glue, it can be seen that some users reported spending three months on deployment and an additional week on setup for AWS Database Migration Service. On the other hand, for AWS Glue, various timeframes were mentioned, including three months for deployment and an additional week for setup. However, if users mentioned a week for both deployment and setup, it implies that these terms refer to the same period and should be considered as one., The customer service and support provided by AWS Database Migration Service have been praised for their excellence, responsiveness, and knowledge. On the other hand, users have expressed satisfaction with AWS Glue's customer service, describing it as reliable, helpful, and responsive.
The summary above is based on 51 interviews we conducted recently with AWS Database Migration Service and AWS Glue users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"It's scalable."
"I am very impressed by the scalability of AWS Database Migration Service."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the one I use for report generation. The security risk is very low."
"The solution is instantaneous. We can launch the service and reduce the end number of manpower."
"The product is cheaper than all platforms"
"The tools are very user-friendly."
"I like that I can focus on the logic and I don't have to worry about the administration stuff. AWS handles that for me."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The solution's technical support is good. Whenever we raise a use case where we face an issue in our company, we get a response from the solution's technical team."
"The most valuable features currently are glue studio, jobs, and triggers."
"It's fairly straightforward as a product; it's not very complicated."
"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."
"I also like that you can add custom libraries like JAR files and use them. So, the ability to use a fast processing engine and embed basic jobs easily are significant advantages."
"AWS Glue is fast and managed by AWS. Hence, you don't have to worry about capacity and the performance of Glue jobs. It has integrations with other data stores of AWS. The product offers metadata management, logging, and ETL processing capabilities. It comes with a powerful feature, Glue Studio, which helps to do queries interactively within the community. It is a managed service and very secure. Another popular and mature service is S3."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is that it provides a GUI format with a drag-and-drop feature."
"I appreciate AWS Glue for its cost-effectiveness."
"The way that the task settings work, specifically for logging, is really poor."
"If they had some sort of functionality where, at a specific point in time, if I want to start a new job, it should automatically pick up from where it has been left rather than having people worry about the exact job number and the timing."
"This solution can offer more tweaks where the latency can be brought down to fifteen seconds."
"One area that AWS DMS can improve on is its conversion of data types. For example, in Oracle, you have a data type called RAW, but in PostgreSQL there is no such thing. Thus, AWS DMS doesn't know what type I want to use when migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL, and when performing the migration, AWS DMS changed the RAW data type to the byte data type, which isn't what I wanted."
"The live duplication has a delay of two minutes, which can be an issue."
"The product's performance could be a little bit better."
"More endpoints need to be supported by AWS Database Migration Service. There's also a need for more control and transparency on the product, including better technical support."
"This solution is compatible with only AWS."
"Only people who can code, either in Java or Python, can use the product freely. Those who don't know Java or Python might find using AWS Glue difficult."
"AWS Glue would be improved by making it easier to switch from single to multi-cloud."
"In terms of improvement, the performance of AWS Glue could be faster."
"Currently, it supports only two languages in the background: Python and Scala. From our customization point of view, it would be helpful if it can also support Java in the background."
"The solution could be cheaper. The price of the solution is an area that needs improvement."
"There should be more connectors for different databases."
"Glue could perform better. It sometimes takes too long to test a Glue job. Google Cloud Platform offers more Python scripts than AWS."
"AWS Glue is more costly compared to other tools like Airflow."
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AWS Database Migration Service is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Integration with 27 reviews while AWS Glue is ranked 1st in Cloud Data Integration with 37 reviews. AWS Database Migration Service is rated 7.8, while AWS Glue is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of AWS Database Migration Service writes "A cloud solution for live replication but has stability issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of AWS Glue writes "Provides serverless mechanism, easy data transformation and automated infrastructure management". AWS Database Migration Service is most compared with Oracle GoldenGate, Qlik Replicate, Fivetran, Confluent and SSIS, whereas AWS Glue is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, SSIS, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Talend Open Studio and Confluent. See our AWS Database Migration Service vs. AWS Glue report.
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