AWS Lake Formation comparisons
AWS Lake Formation is compared head-to-head with Cloudera Data Lake Service, Baidu EasyDAP and HPCC Systems and more: 7 head-to-heads in Data Lake Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
AWS Lake Formation head-to-head
- AWS Lake Formation vs Cloudera Data Lake Service
- AWS Lake Formation vs Baidu EasyDAP
- AWS Lake Formation vs HPCC Systems
- AWS Lake Formation vs Unilake
- AWS Lake Formation vs lakeFS
- AWS Lake Formation vs Qubole
- AWS Lake Formation vs Oracle Big Data Service
AWS Lake Formation vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Ingestion modes | Metadata catalog | Governance controls | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS Lake Formation | No | Cloud | Batch | Yes | Yes | 9.4 | |
| 2 | Cloudera Data Lake Service | Hybrid | Both | Yes | Yes | 9.1 | ||
| 3 | Baidu EasyDAP | No | Hybrid | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 4 | HPCC Systems | Yes | Free | Hybrid | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
| 5 | Unilake | Free | Hybrid | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.6 | |
| 6 | lakeFS | Yes | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | ||
| 7 | Qubole | No | Cloud | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.3 | |
| 8 | Oracle Big Data Service | No | $0.02/unit usage-based | Cloud | Both | Yes | Yes | 8.1 |
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