Full Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
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Aug 29, 2025
I don't understand much about the pricing of AWS Lake Formation, but I know how to search for the cost of Glue jobs, and I use the calculator in Amazon. I use a tool to preview the cost based on the workers and processing of my Glue jobs, and AWS has many services to control your FinOps, including the calculator. I am uncertain whether the pricing of AWS Lake Formation is reasonable or if it is too high.
The pricing is expensive compared to OpenStack, but cheaper than other cloud environments. It's middle-of-the-road for regular storage yet very cost-effective when using Amazon Glacier for data.
US South Lead, Accenture AWS Business Group at Accenture
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Sep 10, 2024
The pricing really depends on the kind of contract you have with AWS and who is selling you the AWS services. There are many ways to consume AWS services. It depends on whether you have an enterprise license, if you're buying direct, if you're using Lake Formation or other products. It's not an easy answer to give because there are so many variables. In general, though, AWS Lake Formation works hand in hand with other products. You're not just paying for Lake Formation; you also need S3, Glue, Athena, and other services to get the full value out of the data lake. No one buys a data lake just to store data—it’s actively used to retrieve, query, and gain insights that provide a competitive edge. So, the pricing becomes a bit complex because it involves more than just Lake Formation.
AWS Lake Formation is a service that makes it easy to set up a secure data lake in days. A data lake is a centralized, curated, and secured repository that stores all your data, both in its original form and prepared for analysis.
I don't understand much about the pricing of AWS Lake Formation, but I know how to search for the cost of Glue jobs, and I use the calculator in Amazon. I use a tool to preview the cost based on the workers and processing of my Glue jobs, and AWS has many services to control your FinOps, including the calculator. I am uncertain whether the pricing of AWS Lake Formation is reasonable or if it is too high.
The pricing structure of AWS Lake Formation has been considered.
The pricing is expensive compared to OpenStack, but cheaper than other cloud environments. It's middle-of-the-road for regular storage yet very cost-effective when using Amazon Glacier for data.
The pricing really depends on the kind of contract you have with AWS and who is selling you the AWS services. There are many ways to consume AWS services. It depends on whether you have an enterprise license, if you're buying direct, if you're using Lake Formation or other products. It's not an easy answer to give because there are so many variables. In general, though, AWS Lake Formation works hand in hand with other products. You're not just paying for Lake Formation; you also need S3, Glue, Athena, and other services to get the full value out of the data lake. No one buys a data lake just to store data—it’s actively used to retrieve, query, and gain insights that provide a competitive edge. So, the pricing becomes a bit complex because it involves more than just Lake Formation.
AWS Lake Formation is a bit expensive.
I'm not privvy to licesning information. I'm not sure how much the solution costs.