# AWS Glue vs Census

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Census

| Attribute | AWS Glue | Census |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 41.4 (55% (medium)) | 79.7 (74% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based service for integrating data from various sources and preparing it for analytics and AI applications without requiring server management. It is indexed under ETL ELT.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What is AWS Glue?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AWS Glue offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"Is AWS Glue free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for AWS Glue, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"Can AWS Glue be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for AWS Glue, including Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Athena, Amazon EMR, Amazon MWAA, Apache Spark and Apache Flink, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What does AWS Glue integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for AWS Glue. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AWS Glue not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp","question":"What security certifications does AWS Glue have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"AWS Glue is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"Where is AWS Glue available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"Fivetran ingests data from SaaS applications, databases, and ERPs into data warehouses and lakes, applies SQL-based transformations on schedule, and activates the data for analytics and business operations. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com","question":"What is Census?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Census offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $5 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com/pricing","question":"Is Census free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Census. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Census support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Not fully, on what we have confirmed. Census is offered as cloud / SaaS and hybrid, and a hybrid deployment usually means some components can run on your own infrastructure while the rest stays vendor-hosted. We have not confirmed a completely self-hosted option, so check with the vendor if that is a requirement.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com","question":"Can Census be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for Census, including Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Salesforce, Databricks, AWS Redshift, Azure Synapse, Marketo and HubSpot, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com","question":"What does Census integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Census. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Census not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Census have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Census is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com/pricing","question":"Where is Census available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A serverless service for discovering, preparing, and combining data from 100+ data sources. It includes automated schema discovery through Crawlers, a centralized metadata catalog with Lake Formation governance, visual pipeline creation and monitoring, and support for real-time streaming data through Schema Registry. | Fivetran ingests data from SaaS applications, databases, and ERPs into data warehouses and lakes, applies SQL-based transformations on schedule, and activates the data for analytics and business operations. |
| features.capabilities | `{"streaming_ingestion":true,"schema_drift_handling":true,"self_hosted_available":false,"managed_cloud_available":true}` | `{"cdc":true,"role":"elt","lineage":false,"paradigm":"both","dbt_native":true,"data_quality":false,"elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":false,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"900+ sources and destinations","self_hosted_oss":false,"incremental_runs":true,"reverse_etl_addon":true,"distributed_executor":true,"schema_drift_handling":true,"managed_cloud_available":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 900 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Amazon Redshift"},{"name":"Amazon SageMaker"},{"name":"Amazon Athena"},{"name":"Amazon EMR"},{"name":"Amazon MWAA"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Apache Flink"},{"name":"Apache Airflow"},{"name":"Trino"}]` | `[{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Google BigQuery"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"AWS Redshift"},{"name":"Azure Synapse"},{"name":"Marketo"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Braze"},{"name":"Facebook Ads"},{"name":"Google Ads"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"dbt Core","native":true},{"name":"SAP","native":true,"category":"erp"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":["US","CA","GB","AU","IN","SG"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_s3","retrievedAt":"2026-09-28T11:34:56.415Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","description":"For small teams with low data volumes","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","description":"For organizations with database sources, 15-minute sync frequencies, or REST API needs","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"High-volume replication with timely support and granular role-based access control","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business Critical","description":"For global enterprise teams with strict data residency and compliance requirements","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Usage-based (pay per monthly active record). Free tier: 5,000 model runs monthly on all plans. 14-day trial per new connection. Annual contracts: automatic discounts from 5%+.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.getcensus.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-18T12:37:51.007Z","freeTrialDays":14,"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"PCI-DSS"},{"name":"HIPAA/HITECH"},{"name":"FedRAMP"},{"name":"GDPR"}]` | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | - |

## Capabilities (ETL ELT)

| Capability | AWS Glue | Census |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Cdc support | - | - |
| Dbt native | - | ✓ |
| Streaming ingestion | ✓ | - |
| Reverse ETL addon | - | ✓ |
| Custom connector SDK | - | - |
| Self hosted available | ✗ | - |
| Managed cloud available | ✓ | ✓ |
| Schema drift handling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pii masking at ingestion | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:31:48.971Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*