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What's the Difference Between Amazon AppFlow and Glue Elastic Views?

Compare Amazon AppFlow and Glue Elastic Views side by side — features, pricing, and ideal use cases to help you choose the right product.

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Amazon AppFlow
Glue Elastic Views
Category

Analytics, Data Integration

Analytics, Data integration / ETL

Description

No-code integration for SaaS apps & AWS services

Build materialized views that automatically combine and replicate data across multiple data stores.

Best for
  • SaaS data ingestion
  • Data synchronization
  • CRM integration
  • Analytics pipelines
  • Cross-store data replication
  • Materialized views
  • Data synchronization
  • Real-time data access
Key features
  • No-code interface
  • Data transformation
  • Encryption in transit
  • Scheduled & event-driven flows
  • Multiple SaaS connectors
  • SQL-based views
  • Automatic replication
  • Multiple target stores
  • Change data capture
  • Monitoring
Pricing model

Pay per flow run + data processed

Pay per vCPU-hour for replication

Free tier

No

Expert take

“AppFlow transfers data between SaaS apps and AWS without writing code. It supports 50+ sources including Salesforce, SAP, and Google Analytics with built-in data transformation.”
— Gary McLean, re:Post Top Contributor [profile]

“Glue Elastic Views replicates data across AWS data stores automatically. Define a view once and it materializes in DynamoDB, S3, Redshift, or OpenSearch without ETL pipelines.”
— Didier Durand, re:Post Top Contributor [profile]

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When to use Amazon AppFlow or Glue Elastic Views

Use Amazon AppFlow when:

  • SaaS data ingestion
  • Data synchronization
  • CRM integration
  • Analytics pipelines

Learn more about Amazon AppFlow »

Use Glue Elastic Views when:

  • Cross-store data replication
  • Materialized views
  • Data synchronization
  • Real-time data access

Learn more about Glue Elastic Views »

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