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Compare AWS Glue and Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.3% of reviews)
Mid-Market (55.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
AWS Glue
Star Rating
(196)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AWS GlueAmazon Kinesis Data Firehose
Star Rating
(24)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (55.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Kinesis Data FirehoseAWS Glue vs Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found AWS Glue easier to use. However, reviewers felt that Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose was easier to administer and do business with overall. Finally, reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.
- AWS Glue and Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AWS Glue is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose over AWS Glue.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Glue
No pricing availableAmazon Kinesis Data Firehose
No pricing availableFree Trial
AWS Glue
Free Trial is available
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.5
153
8.5
17
Ease of Use
8.4
156
8.3
17
Ease of Setup
8.6
71
8.6
7
Ease of Admin
8.3
65
9.2
6
Quality of Support
8.3
151
8.2
17
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
65
8.9
6
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
152
9.3
17
Features by Category
Data Governance
8.5
16
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.2
17
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
8.9
16
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.2
16
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.9
16
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Machine Learning Data Catalog
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Source Access
8.5
60
Not enough data
8.4
60
Not enough data
8.5
56
Not enough data
Data Interaction
8.3
57
Not enough data
8.5
61
Not enough data
8.3
60
Not enough data
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.6
54
Not enough data
8.9
59
Not enough data
8.6
56
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
Data Exporting
8.6
58
Not enough data
8.2
58
Not enough data
8.4
61
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
8
Not enough data
Administration
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.0
23
Not enough data
9.1
25
Not enough data
Federation
9.1
24
Not enough data
9.2
23
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
Transformation
8.7
24
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
8.6
24
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.1
8
Analytics
Not enough data
7.7
8
Management
8.7
61
8.2
10
8.7
56
8.3
9
Functionality
9.0
67
8.3
10
8.9
71
8.2
10
9.2
69
8.8
10
8.7
66
9.3
10
8.9
66
9.3
10
Management
9.1
18
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
9.1
18
Not enough data
9.1
17
Not enough data
Solution Provision
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.9
16
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Glue and Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose are categorized as ETL Tools
Unique Categories
AWS Glue is categorized as AWS Marketplace, Data Replication, Data Virtualization, Data Preparation, Machine Learning Data Catalog, and Big Data Integration Platforms
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose is categorized as Stream Analytics and Event Stream Processing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Glue
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
18.1%
Computer Software
14.4%
Financial Services
6.4%
Hospital & Health Care
5.9%
Computer & Network Security
4.3%
Other
51.1%
Computer Software
20.0%
Information Technology and Services
15.0%
Consumer Services
10.0%
Real Estate
5.0%
Online Media
5.0%
Other
45.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
What does AWS Glue do?
2 Comments
SG
AWS Glue helps you build a data pipeline which can be used for data visualization or storing the data after transforming it in glue using pyspark.
it can...Read more
What are the main components of AWS Glue?
2 Comments
MR
AWS Glue is a fully managed ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) service that simplifies the process of preparing and loading data for analytics. Its...Read more
What are the features of glue?
1 Comment
RV
AWS Glue is a fully managed extract, transform, and load (ETL) service offered by Amazon Web Services.
Features of AWS glue are
1.Data Catalog: AWS Glue...Read more
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose has no discussions with answers
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