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AWS Glue vs ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe comparison

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AWS Glue
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (1st)
ibi Open Data Hub for Mainf...
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (64th)
 

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.
it_user3876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Provides High Reliability and Data Security
• Data in the datahub refreshes nightly. As the data only refreshes once every day, it is necessary to have to wait for any changes to thesource systems to become available.The daily refresh can be extremely useful for reconciling data. • DataHub only displays details of current members of the Organization. So it has much limited data available for generation of dynamic reports. • DataHub is volatile. The records are completely re-loaded each day. It puts burden on the system. • There are very few summary tables available due to storage of data in a detailed format. • The detailed information is not stored in the DataHub. It is stored in the relevant source system. Only commonly required data is stored within the DataHub.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"If I'm working with big data, common languages like Python work quite nicely, which is advantageous."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is that it provides a GUI format with a drag-and-drop feature."
"One aspect that I would like to highlight is the Glue Crawler, which we utilize when working with large datasets to ensure the schema updates seamlessly without requiring end-team knowledge."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"Its user interface is quite good; you just need to choose some options to create a job in AWS Glue, and the code-generation feature is also useful because if you don't want to customize it and simply want to read a file and store the data in the database, it can generate the code for you."
"Transformations are valuable because you can modify or override complex data logic from an open source or Spark to solve issues."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is scalability."
"All staff members and users can request an account which can be accessed from all PCs on the company’s network."
 

Cons

"The product has only a few built-in transformations."
"The product is expensive for data streaming. This area needs improvement."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"The drawbacks associated with the product stem from the fact that, based on the data volume, it can become very costly."
"It needs improvements in terms of Java support and the turnaround time for our problems."
"The interface for AWS Glue could improve, they do not put a lot of details."
"The solution's visual ETL tool is of no use for actual implementation."
"It is not clear how the partition discovery would have been affected by more data coming in."
"DataHub is volatile; the records are completely re-loaded each day, which puts a burden on the system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is based on DPUs so it is a good idea to optimize use or it can get expensive."
"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."
"This solution is affordable and there is an option to pay for the solution based on your usage."
"Its price is good. We pay as we go or based on the usage, which is a good thing for us because it is simple to forecast for the tool. It is good in terms of the financial planning of the company, and it is a good way to estimate the cost. It is also simple for our clients. In my opinion, it is one of the best tools in the market for ETL processes because of the fact that you pay as you use, which separates it from other big tools such as PowerCenter, Pentaho Data Integration, and Talend."
"The pricing is a bit higher than other solutions like Athena and EC2. If the pricing becomes more scaled or flexible, it will be good because you have to pay 44 cents just for one DPU for an hour. If you increase DPUs to 5 or 10, the pricing gets multiplied. There are also some time limits like 0 to 10 minutes or 10 to 20 minutes. If the pricing is according to the minutes, it would be better because you have to limit your job to 10 minutes or 20 minutes."
"I rate the tool's pricing a four out of ten."
"It is an expensive product. I rate its pricing a nine out of ten."
"AWS Glue follows a pay-as-you-go model, wherein the cost of the data you use will be counted as a monthly bill."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
21%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Performing Arts
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

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Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
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iWay Data Hub, Data Hub, Information Builders Data Hub
 

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