AWS Glue

AWS Glue is more suited for ETL and Integration. It can run in Python Shell mode or Spark. A Glue Job can be triggered using EventBridge.

Features

• Glue Crawler to catalog data
• Glue ETL jobs (Spark-based)
• Bookmarking for tracking processed files
• Glue Data Quality for validation
• CloudWatch for monitoring

Pros

• Built-in bookmarking for state tracking
• Handles large files efficiently
• Auto-scaling with DPUs
• Rich ETL capabilities
• Supports streaming with Glue Streaming

Cons:

• Higher minimum cost (10-minute billing minimum)
• Spark overhead for small files
• More complex setup