Compare AWS Glue and Databricks 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.4% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
AWS Glue
Star Rating
(198)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AWS GlueDatabricks
Star Rating
(742)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about DatabricksSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Databricks excels in providing a comprehensive data workflow solution, with features like Genie, Lakehouse Connect, and streaming tables that streamline data processing, analysis, and machine learning all in one platform. This integration is a significant advantage for users looking to minimize tool-switching.
- Users say AWS Glue offers a strong serverless architecture, allowing businesses to pay only for the resources they use. This flexibility is particularly appealing for organizations that want to manage costs effectively while leveraging multiple execution engines and automatic code generation.
- Reviewers mention that Databricks' Unity Catalog has been a game-changer for enterprise migrations, providing centralized governance, lineage tracking, and fine-grained access control. This feature is highly valued by users who prioritize data security and compliance in their operations.
- According to verified reviews, AWS Glue's user interface is praised for its simplicity, making it easy to design both full and incremental data loads directly from the UI. This ease of use is a significant plus for teams that may not have extensive technical expertise.
- Users highlight that Databricks scores higher in overall user satisfaction, with a G2 Score that reflects its strong performance across various metrics. The platform's ability to simplify the entire data workflow is frequently noted, making it a preferred choice for many enterprises.
- Reviewers note that while AWS Glue provides solid features for data discovery and preparation, it faces challenges in comparison to Databricks in terms of overall user experience and satisfaction, as evidenced by the lower G2 Score and fewer recent reviews.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Glue
No pricing availableDatabricks
No pricing availableFree Trial
AWS Glue
Free Trial is available
Databricks
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
155
8.9
589
Ease of Use
8.4
158
8.9
602
Ease of Setup
8.6
73
8.7
474
Ease of Admin
8.3
67
8.4
184
Quality of Support
8.3
153
8.7
565
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
67
8.9
188
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
154
9.6
576
Features by Category
Reports
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.0
15
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.2
6
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.3
5
Self Service
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
7.9
8
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
9.1
13
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Building Reports
Not enough data
9.0
157
Not enough data
8.6
147
Not enough data
7.6
123
Not enough data
8.4
148
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
61
Not enough data
8.5
57
Not enough data
Data Interaction
8.4
58
Not enough data
8.5
62
Not enough data
8.3
61
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
8.6
54
Not enough data
8.9
59
Not enough data
8.6
57
Not enough data
8.3
58
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
Administration
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.6
93
Not enough data
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
98
Management
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.8
86
Compliance
Not enough data
8.9
99
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.9
94
Not enough data
8.7
95
Security
Not enough data
9.0
88
Not enough data
8.9
86
Not enough data
8.8
86
Data Quality
Not enough data
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
9.0
93
Maintainence
Not enough data
8.7
85
Not enough data
8.8
84
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
82
Not enough data
8.5
81
Agentic AI - Data Governance
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.0
13
Management
8.7
61
8.6
172
8.7
56
8.5
164
Functionality
9.0
67
9.1
176
8.9
72
9.2
178
9.2
70
9.1
173
8.8
67
9.0
167
8.9
67
9.1
168
Deployment
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
9.0
68
Deployment
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.0
66
Management
Not enough data
9.0
64
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
9.2
61
Not enough data
9.0
69
Operations
Not enough data
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
9.0
63
Management
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
8.7
61
Not enough data
9.1
59
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
System
Not enough data
8.9
180
Model Development
Not enough data
8.7
183
Not enough data
7.9
187
Not enough data
8.3
186
Not enough data
8.7
191
Model Development
Not enough data
8.5
172
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.2
174
Not enough data
8.5
180
Not enough data
8.3
172
Not enough data
8.2
172
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.4
158
Not enough data
8.4
160
Deployment
Not enough data
8.5
179
Not enough data
8.7
180
Not enough data
9.0
188
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
86
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
7.6
86
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
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
Data Management
Not enough data
9.0
185
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
180
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
181
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
180
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
167
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
172
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.8
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
167
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
175
|
Verified
Deployment
Not enough data
7.9
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
178
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
179
|
Verified
Security
Not enough data
8.9
170
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
168
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.4
75
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
Maintenance
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
Data Management
Not enough data
9.0
68
Not enough data
8.8
70
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
9.1
69
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Analytics
Not enough data
8.8
67
Not enough data
8.5
67
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
8.6
68
Cloud Deployment
Not enough data
9.0
63
Not enough data
9.0
64
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
8.9
36
Scalability and Performance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost and Efficiency - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration and Extensibility - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Compliance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Usability and Support - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
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 and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Traffic Management & Performance - AI Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance & Observability - AI Gateways
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
Database
Not enough data
8.7
238
Not enough data
8.9
246
Not enough data
9.3
264
Integrations
Not enough data
8.3
219
Not enough data
9.1
266
Platform
Not enough data
8.9
258
Not enough data
8.9
254
Not enough data
9.1
266
Processing
Not enough data
9.0
247
Not enough data
9.0
253
Data Transformation
Not enough data
8.9
228
Not enough data
9.1
236
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.7
207
Not enough data
9.2
230
Not enough data
9.0
221
Not enough data
9.2
231
Operations
Not enough data
8.4
229
Not enough data
8.8
227
Not enough data
8.6
213
Not enough data
8.6
209
Not enough data
9.3
232
Building Reports
Not enough data
9.0
157
Not enough data
8.6
147
Not enough data
7.6
123
Not enough data
8.4
148
Platform
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Glue and Databricks 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
Databricks is categorized as DataOps Platforms, MLOps Platforms, Data Governance, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, Analytics Platforms, Data Warehouse, Database Management Systems (DBMS), Generative AI Infrastructure, AI Agent Builders, and AI Gateways
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Glue
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Databricks
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
18.4%
Computer Software
14.2%
Financial Services
6.3%
Hospital & Health Care
5.8%
Computer & Network Security
4.2%
Other
51.1%
Information Technology and Services
15.7%
Financial Services
10.2%
Computer Software
8.7%
Consulting
3.9%
Hospital & Health Care
3.8%
Other
57.7%
Discussions
What does AWS Glue do?
2 Comments
AN
AWS Glue is a serverless data integration service that makes it easier to discover, prepare, move, and integrate data from multiple sources for analytics,...Read more
What are the main components of AWS Glue?
2 Comments
RF
Data Catalog
Crawlers and data discovery
DataBrewRead more
What is AWS Glue and how it works?
1 Comment
RJ
I used glue to create a batch job which can trigger and schedule an event and run the process. Read more
What is Lakehouse in Databricks?
4 Comments
BK
Lakehouse architecture is the merging of the data warehouse and data lake concepts into a single platform, with built-in support for lineage maintenance and ML.Read more
What are the features of Databricks?
4 Comments
SM
Delta Lake
Lakehosue platform
Schema evolution
Data quarantine & Data Quality
Data Integration & TransformationsRead more
What does Databricks software do?
3 Comments
SM
It will work like Hadoop, databricks provide the services like big data.
Databricks also work like in advanced level it's have capability to process large...Read more
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