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AWS Glue vs ibi Open Data Hub for Mainframe comparison

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Categories and Ranking

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

"The key role for Glue is that it hosts our metadata before rolling out our actual data. This is the major advantage of using this solution and our clients client have been very satisfied with it."
"The most valuable feature for me is the visual interface of AWS Glue."
"AWS Glue is a stable and easy-to-use solution."
"The solution integrates well with other AWS products or services."
"For ETL, I feel the performance is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is that it provides a GUI format with a drag-and-drop feature."
"AWS Glue is a good solution for developers, they have the ability to write code in different languages and other software."
"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

"If there's a cluster-related configuration, we have to make worker notes, which is quite a headache when processing a large amount of data."
"It is very difficult to learn the tool and remember the syntaxes comparatively."
"On occasion, the solution's dashboard reports that a project failed due to runtime but it actually succeeded."
"With AWS Glue, you pay more, but if you want to process the data, with speed and performance, you need the correct EC2 instances."
"When comparing to tools such as Airflow, Glue workflows are still relatively basic in terms of flexibility and complex branching."
"The crucial problem with AWS Glue is that it only works with AWS."
"Cost-wise, AWS Glue is expensive, so that's an area for improvement. The process for setting up the solution was also complex, which is another area for improvement."
"Beginners need additional support as it currently lacks some features required for complex transformations, often necessitating custom Python coding."
"DataHub is volatile; the records are completely re-loaded each day, which puts a burden on the system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS Glue is a high-priced solution that bills the client $150,000 to $250,000 annually."
"I rate the tool's pricing a four out of ten."
"This solution is affordable and there is an option to pay for the solution based on your usage."
"It is an expensive product. I rate its pricing a nine out of ten."
"It is not expensive. AWS Glue works on the serverless architecture. We get charged for the time the server is up. For our use case, we have to use it once in a day, and it is not expensive for us."
"I rate the tool an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive, and ten is expensive."
"AWS Glue follows a pay-as-you-go model, wherein the cost of the data you use will be counted as a monthly bill."
"AWS Glue is a paid service that doesn't come under the free trial of AWS."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Construction Company
20%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Performing Arts
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

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Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise34
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