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aws.amazon.com · Etl Tools · refreshed 2026-05-06AWS Glue is a pay-as-you-go API. Free tier available — first 1 M metadata objects and 1 M requests per month free.
Page fetched 2026-05-09 · aws.amazon.com · Pay-as-you-go API
aws.amazon.com/glue/pricing/
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 | — |
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AWS Glue bills per usage. Set your expected monthly volume below.
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Monthly usage (hour)
$0.440000 per hour · billed monthly
$0.4400
per monthAWS Glue pricing FAQ
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.
AWS Glue is priced per usage rather than per seat.
Yes — AWS Glue publishes a free tier. first 1 M metadata objects and 1 M requests per month free.
Yes — AWS Glue's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.
Yes — AWS Glue's API documentation is publicly accessible. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.
xpay scored AWS Glue as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. AWS Glue's pricing URL resolves, but plan structure is not surfaced clearly enough for an agent to enumerate without hand-parsing. Per-unit pricing is published — an agent can forecast cost per task before committing. Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires a sales call. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.
In the Etl Tools category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for AWS Glue to compare with 3 nearest peers.
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Can an AI agent buy from AWS Glue?
79
/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS IndexAWS 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 publishe…
See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift AWS Glue into the Agent-Ready Verified band.At a glance
first 1 M metadata objects and 1 M requests per month free
Pay-as-you-go
$0.44/usage
3 models priced per undefined
Open access
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Pay-as-you-go API
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AWS Glue pricing summary derived from a live read of https://aws.amazon.com/glue/pricing/ on 2026-05-06. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for AWS Glue.
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