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AWS Glue vs NetApp Cloud Sync comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 5, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

AWS Glue
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetApp Cloud Sync
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
22nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of AWS Glue is 7.8%, down from 16.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Sync is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Glue7.8%
NetApp Cloud Sync0.6%
Other91.6%
Cloud Data Integration
 

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.
Sanjay Singh Bisht - PeerSpot reviewer
Server Administrator at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
Hybrid data sync has minimized downtime and supports large cloud migrations efficiently
NetApp Cloud Sync is a very good product. When it comes to improvement, more detailed reporting and analytics can be available with richer dashboards for transfer performance, bandwidth usage, failed files, and historic trends. Smart handling of errors, such as clearer explanations for failed syncs and more actionable troubleshoot guidance, is needed as well. More granular scheduling and policy controls such as advanced filtering, bandwidth throttling by time of day, and finer control over sync behavior are also areas for improvement. Expanding cloud and storage integration would make it easier to connect to additional storage platforms and emerging cloud services. Lower source storage usage for the data broker and improved performance when synchronizing very large file systems containing millions of small files would be beneficial. Lastly, more automation options such as richer API and webhooks for tighter integration with infrastructure as code or DevOps workflows are also needed.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"AWS Glue is a good solution for developers, they have the ability to write code in different languages and other software."
"We are seeing a very good return on our investment."
"One of the best features of the solution is its ability to easily integrate with other AWS services."
"It's fairly straightforward as a product; it's not very complicated."
"AWS Glue is quite better than other tools, but you have to learn it properly before you start using it."
"AWS Glue is a highly stable solution."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"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 customer support for NetApp Cloud Sync is very good; support is provided immediately, and issues are resolved very quickly."
"Personally, the best features in NetApp Cloud Sync are its simplicity and trustworthiness."
"NetApp Cloud Sync has impacted my organization positively by significantly reducing downtime."
 

Cons

"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 technical support for this solution could be improved. In future, we would like to connect more services like Athena or Kinesis to help control more loads of data."
"It is very difficult to learn the tool and remember the syntaxes comparatively."
"The overall cost of AWS Glue could be better. It cost approximately $1,000 a month."
"I am quite technical, yet when it comes to data pipelines, I prefer using GUIs over code-based calls. It might be easier with a different skill set."
"The solution's visual ETL tool is of no use for actual implementation."
"I haven't looked into Glue in terms of seeking out flaws. I've not come across missing features."
"When there is a need to configure connections to different database sources in respect of the target, it would be good if it were easier to deal with roles."
"When it comes to improvement, more detailed reporting and analytics can be available with richer dashboards for transfer performance, bandwidth usage, failed files, and historic trends."
"A big drawback on the NetApp side is that because we started encountering remote home workers in our infrastructure, we started to encounter multiple incidents or requests for improvement related to latency."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The current cost is around forty to fifty thousand a month."
"It is not expensive. AWS Glue works on the serverless architecture. We get charged for the time the server is up. For our use case, we have to use it once in a day, and it is not expensive for us."
"AWS Glue is a high-priced solution that bills the client $150,000 to $250,000 annually."
"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."
"AWS Glue follows a pay-as-you-go model, wherein the cost of the data you use will be counted as a monthly bill."
"AWS Glue uses a pay-as-you-go approach which is helpful. The price of the overall solution is low and is a great advantage."
"I rate the tool's pricing a four out of ten."
"I rate the product's pricing a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise34
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Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Sync?
I did not come across any drawbacks or downsides in NetApp Cloud Sync technology. This is good technology, but on the NetApp side, because we are working with file services and we are primarily usi...
What is your primary use case for NetApp Cloud Sync?
The company uses NetApp Cloud Sync for synchronizing on-premises file servers with Azure Cloud, hosting NetApp file servers on various storage arrays, either physical or virtual as VMware VMs. This...
What advice do you have for others considering NetApp Cloud Sync?
NetApp Cloud Sync is deployed through Azure Cloud, and this is the only architecture that we have. We do not have any other vendors in the cloud to do this with NetApp. So this is our standardizati...
 

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Sample Customers

bp, Cerner, Expedia, Finra, HESS, intuit, Kellog's, Philips, TIME, workday
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