AWS Glue
AWS Glue scores 79/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published.
AWS Glue pricing
Sign up, get an API key, pay per call
Self-serve checkout with public pricing — an autonomous agent can complete the purchase without a sales call.
3 SKUs priced in mixed units (hour, objects, request)
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
DPU compute | $0.44 / hour | — |
Data Catalog storage first 1 M objects free | $1 / 100,000 objects | — |
Data Catalog requests first 1 M requests free | $1 / 1M request | — |
How AWS Glue scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
12 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
5 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
79 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
1 DPU for 1 hour, no extra storage or requests beyond free tier
$0.44/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Unknown
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
MSA required
Unknown
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
API & developer surface
API-first product
Public API docs
Sandbox present
Webhooks
MCP mentioned
Trust & compliance
SSO / SAML
RBAC
Audit logs
Data residency
Positioning & ecosystem
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from AWS Glue?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
- PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How AWS Glue could lift its score
Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.
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| per_unit_price | $1.00 per session |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 1 |
| sales_only_tiers | 0 |
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| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
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| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | false |
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AWS Glue pricing — Note: Pricing can vary by AWS Region.
1
Yes
Sales-led
$1.00 per session
1 / 0
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Pay-as-you-go API
AWS Glue pricing starts at $0.44 per DPU‑hour for compute; the Data Catalog offers a free tier of up to 1 M objects and 1 M requests, with additional storage at $1 per 100 k objects and requests at $1 per million. Billed per second usage.
Free tier (Free)
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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