Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
Jul 8, 2026
Regarding Amazon Athena's AI capabilities, we do not utilize them. However, data governance is ensured, and security is adequate since we operate within the VPC. ACID compliance helps preserve GDPR. Even though we do not use AI capabilities directly, the accuracy and reliability of Amazon Athena's output are notable. I find it to be quite accurate and reliable for us. We have been using it for the last six months, and with the production environment and the type of clients we have, as well as the accuracy needed since we work with financial data, it has provided instant results without many complications. It has been effective. I would advise others looking into using Amazon Athena to use it only for ad hoc purposes. While we utilize it, we plan to integrate with Snowflake or other query engines later, as Amazon Athena has very limited functionalities compared to some other query engines. It is suitable for exploring and interacting with data, but not for serious applications. I found this interview valuable and do not think any changes are needed for the future. I would rate this review an 8 out of 10.
I have experience of integration of Amazon Athena with AWS Glue. I think the pricing of Amazon Athena is quite reasonable as we use it in pay-as-you-go mode. On a scale from one to ten, I rate Amazon Athena a seven.
Software Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jan 20, 2023
I think AWS Athena is a good service if you are using S3 as your file storage. And if you're not using S3, then maybe you should think about pairing Athena with S3 instead of what you are currently using. I would rate AWS Athena a nine out of ten.
We're an Amazon partner. Before getting started, I'd advise new users that you must upload some data into an S3 bucket. You have to learn the basics of Amazon Cloud first. Then you have to know about some services like Amazon S3, Amazon Glue, and Athena. You also have to have some idea about the IAM role. It's important to get a handle on the solution beforehand. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
Amazon Athena is a serverless, interactive query service for analyzing data in Amazon S3 using SQL. It efficiently supports data lake architectures and offers features for diverse data formats without needing extensive infrastructure. Athena's integration with AWS Glue enhances schema management. Amazon Athena leverages a serverless architecture to provide scalable, cost-effective query capabilities for large datasets stored in Amazon S3. With native support for Parquet and Avro, it...
Regarding Amazon Athena's AI capabilities, we do not utilize them. However, data governance is ensured, and security is adequate since we operate within the VPC. ACID compliance helps preserve GDPR. Even though we do not use AI capabilities directly, the accuracy and reliability of Amazon Athena's output are notable. I find it to be quite accurate and reliable for us. We have been using it for the last six months, and with the production environment and the type of clients we have, as well as the accuracy needed since we work with financial data, it has provided instant results without many complications. It has been effective. I would advise others looking into using Amazon Athena to use it only for ad hoc purposes. While we utilize it, we plan to integrate with Snowflake or other query engines later, as Amazon Athena has very limited functionalities compared to some other query engines. It is suitable for exploring and interacting with data, but not for serious applications. I found this interview valuable and do not think any changes are needed for the future. I would rate this review an 8 out of 10.
I have experience of integration of Amazon Athena with AWS Glue. I think the pricing of Amazon Athena is quite reasonable as we use it in pay-as-you-go mode. On a scale from one to ten, I rate Amazon Athena a seven.
It is okay by me to have my name, my job, and my company when you post the review. I rate Amazon Athena a 10 out of 10.
Athena only has a relational database, so using it depends on your use case. I rate Amazon Athena a seven out of ten.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Amazon Athena a five.
I think AWS Athena is a good service if you are using S3 as your file storage. And if you're not using S3, then maybe you should think about pairing Athena with S3 instead of what you are currently using. I would rate AWS Athena a nine out of ten.
I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
We're an Amazon partner. Before getting started, I'd advise new users that you must upload some data into an S3 bucket. You have to learn the basics of Amazon Cloud first. Then you have to know about some services like Amazon S3, Amazon Glue, and Athena. You also have to have some idea about the IAM role. It's important to get a handle on the solution beforehand. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.