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AWS Glue vs ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Glue
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (1st)
ibi Open Data Hub for Mainf...
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (63rd)
 

Featured Reviews

NS
Principal Consultant at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution improves ETL performance but faces challenges with version upgrades
For ETL, I feel the performance is excellent. If I create jobs in a standard way, the performance is great, and maintenance is also seamless. It is serverless, so I do not need to worry about other integrations. It runs on a serverless VM. Glue services from AWS are regularly upgraded with new properties and functions. We use PySpark and other frameworks, which help customize our ETL process in a standard way. During our process, we utilized the typical SQL ITIL process standard in Glue-oriented ETL services, which helped us improve performance and time. AWS running time, mostly during the morning, saved us time compared to the old ETL method. There are many email notifications once a job is successful or fails, and we get notifications using SES or AWS's Simple Notification Service. Glue is integrated with both email alerts, and we are responsible for managing the full data journey from end to end.
it_user3876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Provides High Reliability and Data Security
• Data in the datahub refreshes nightly. As the data only refreshes once every day, it is necessary to have to wait for any changes to thesource systems to become available.The daily refresh can be extremely useful for reconciling data. • DataHub only displays details of current members of the Organization. So it has much limited data available for generation of dynamic reports. • DataHub is volatile. The records are completely re-loaded each day. It puts burden on the system. • There are very few summary tables available due to storage of data in a detailed format. • The detailed information is not stored in the DataHub. It is stored in the relevant source system. Only commonly required data is stored within the DataHub.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Data catalog and triggers are the two best features for me. AWS Glue has its own data catalog, which makes it great and really easy to use. Triggers are also really good for scheduling the ETL process."
"If I'm working with big data, common languages like Python work quite nicely, which is advantageous."
"It is AWS-integrated, there is end-to-end integration with the other AWS services, and it is also user-friendly."
"The solution is highly user-friendly, and its features are easy to use. The new addition of AWS Glue Data Catalog is also very beneficial, making the tool even more helpful for its users."
"We have found it beneficial when moving data from one source to another."
"AWS Glue is very quick to start without cold starts, unlike AWS Lambda."
"Glue is a NoSQL-based data ETL tool that has some advantages over IIS and ISAs."
"The solution integrates well with other AWS products or services."
"All staff members and users can request an account which can be accessed from all PCs on the company’s network."
 

Cons

"It is quite clunky and code-heavy, which is my biggest problem."
"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 drawbacks associated with the product stem from the fact that, based on the data volume, it can become very costly."
"The product is expensive for data streaming. This area needs improvement."
"AWS Glue is more costly compared to other tools like Airflow."
"I would like to see stable libraries at the moment they are not there."
"It would be better if it were more user-friendly. The interesting thing we found is that it was a little strange at the beginning. The way Glue works is not very straightforward. After trying different things, for example, we used just the console to create jobs. Then we realized that things were not working as expected. After researching and learning more, we realized that even though the console creates the script for the ETL processes, you need to modify or write your own script in Spark to do everything you want it to do. For example, we are pulling data from our source database and our application database, which is in Aurora. From there, we are doing the ETL to transform the data and write the results into Redshift. But what was surprising is that it's almost like whatever you want to do, you can do it with Glue because you have the option to put together your own script. Even though there are many functionalities and many connections, you have the opportunity to write your own queries to do whatever transformations you need to do. It's a little deceiving that some options are supposed to work in a certain way when you set them up in the console, but then they are not exactly working the right way or not as expected. It would be better if they provided more examples and more documentation on options."
"Not enough resources or services are available to run managed Spark jobs within the solution."
"DataHub is volatile; the records are completely re-loaded each day, which puts a burden on the system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is affordable and there is an option to pay for the solution based on your usage."
"AWS Glue is quite costly, especially for small organizations."
"I rate the tool's pricing a four out of ten."
"I rate the tool an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive, and ten is expensive."
"Technical support is a paid service, and which subscription you have is dependent on that. You must pay one of them, and it ranges from $15,000 to $25,000 per year."
"Its price is good. We pay as we go or based on the usage, which is a good thing for us because it is simple to forecast for the tool. It is good in terms of the financial planning of the company, and it is a good way to estimate the cost. It is also simple for our clients. In my opinion, it is one of the best tools in the market for ETL processes because of the fact that you pay as you use, which separates it from other big tools such as PowerCenter, Pentaho Data Integration, and Talend."
"AWS Glue is a paid service that doesn't come under the free trial of AWS."
"The solution's pricing is based on DPUs so it is a good idea to optimize use or it can get expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Performing Arts
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

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Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise34
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