AWS Data Exchange
AWS Data Exchange: A full-service data exchange for organizations operating across AWS. Ranked #3 of 26 in Data Marketplace Software by our editors (9.1/10); pricing: Paid; best for AWS-centric commercial data exchanges.
At a glance
- Editor score9.1 / 10
- PricingPaid
- Best forAWS-centric commercial data exchanges
- Free planNo
- Data transactionsYes
- Facts checked21 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Supports files, APIs, Redshift, S3, and Lake Formation datasets
- Handles subscriptions, entitlements, billing, payments, and private offers
- Connects with AWS analytics, governance, storage, and monitoring services
Where it doesn't
- No free plan is available
- Costs can include product, data-grant, storage, transfer, and AWS service charges
- Its strongest fit is organizations already working within AWS
Our verdict on AWS Data Exchange
AWS Data Exchange is a managed marketplace for discovering, publishing, subscribing to, and managing third-party data products. It serves both buyers seeking entitled access to external datasets and providers packaging commercial data for selected subscribers. Supported formats and delivery options include files, APIs, Amazon Redshift datashares, Amazon S3 data access, AWS Lake Formation permissions, downloads, cloud shares, queries, and signed URLs. Buyers can discover products through the AWS Data Exchange and AWS Marketplace catalogs, while providers can manage products and offers.
Commercial operations are a central part of the service. It manages subscriptions, entitlements, billing, and payments, and supports private products, private offers, and verification of subscription requests before access is granted. Buyers can automate retrieval of new dataset revisions, and providers can use AWS Data Exchange and Marketplace Catalog APIs for programmatic management. The pricing model is paid, with provider-defined product charges and possible data-grant fees, storage, data transfer, and related AWS service charges. Organizations should review the full cost of both the data product and its AWS delivery path.
The platform fits teams that want data exchange workflows connected to Amazon S3, Athena, Redshift, SageMaker, EMR, Glue, Lake Formation, CloudWatch Events, CloudTrail, and API Gateway. Encryption at rest and in transit supports controlled data handling, while access controls and entitlement management support commercial distribution. AWS-centric organizations should consider it when they need marketplace discovery, seller publishing, private transactions, and API-driven delivery in one environment. Teams seeking a free plan or a marketplace independent of AWS may prefer another option.
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AWS Data Exchange fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Data transactions | Yes |
| Seller publishing | Yes |
| Access controls | Yes |
| Delivery methods | Not verified |
| Private marketplace | Yes |
| Dataset listing limit | Not verified |
| Commercial model | Custom |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Compliance & security | GDPR, 2FA |
| Support | Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 10 integrations: Amazon S3, Amazon Athena, Amazon Redshift, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon EMR, AWS Glue … |
| Pricing | Paid (source) |
| Website | aws.amazon.com |
| Facts checked | 21 Sep 2026 |
AWS Data Exchange integrations
AWS Data Exchange lists 10 integrations on its own site.
- Amazon S3
- Amazon Athena
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon SageMaker
- Amazon EMR
- AWS Glue
- AWS Lake Formation
- Amazon CloudWatch Events
- AWS CloudTrail
- Amazon API Gateway
Alternatives to AWS Data Exchange
- Data MarketplaceA broad data marketplace with discovery, licensing, delivery, and query access.9.4
- Advaneo DataMarketplaceA broad data marketplace for organizations managing both open and commercial exchanges.9.2
- DataBPA configurable data marketplace platform for licensing, billing, access, and compliance.9.0
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