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# AWS Lake Formation Reviews
**Vendor:** Amazon Web Services (AWS)  
**Category:** [Big Data Processing And Distribution Systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data-processing-and-distribution)  
**Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 38
## About AWS Lake Formation
AWS Lake Formation is a fully managed service to build, manage, secure, and share data in data lakes in days. You can centralize security and governance, and enable data sharing across the organization.





## AWS Lake Formation Discussions
  - [Is AWS Lake Formation free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-aws-lake-formation-free)
  - [How do I create AWS data lake?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-create-aws-data-lake)
  - [How does Lake formation work?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-does-lake-formation-work)
  - [What does AWS Lake formation do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-aws-lake-formation-do)
  - [How to migrate hive metastore to glue catalogue](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-to-migrate-hive-metastore-to-glue-catalogue) - 1 upvote

- [View AWS Lake Formation pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lake-formation/reviews?page=2&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-07+03%3A18%3A01+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=42737303-1e87-4781-b4ed-0c89cf4a5c99&secure%5Btoken%5D=8d2f2bebc31aa8d0dc8689ca7e5283aadac065fa8d6323873c41bbc7cadabbba&format=llm_user)

## AWS Lake Formation Features
**Database**
- Real-Time Data Collection
- Data Distribution
- Data Lake

**Integrations**
- Hadoop Integration
- Spark Integration

**Platform**
- Machine Scaling
- Data Preparation
- Spark Integration

**Processing**
- Cloud Processing
- Workload Processing

**Building Reports**
- Data Transformation
- Data Modeling
- WYSIWYG Report Design
- Integration APIs
- Real-Time Data
- Real-Time Data
- Third-Party Integrations

**Platform**
- Mobile User Support
- Customization 
- User, Role, and Access Management
- Internationalization
- Sandbox / Test Environments
- Performance and Reliability
- Breadth of Partner Applications
- Mobile Access
- Metadata Management

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