AWS Lake Formation

Input—per 1M tokens

Output—per 1M tokens

Context—tokens

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About

AWS Lake Formation is ranked #2 of 17 in data lake software on Inferse. It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan.

Compared on data lake software

Free plan: Noaws.amazon.com
Deployment model: cloudaws.amazon.com
Ingestion modes: batchaws.amazon.com
Metadata catalog: Yesaws.amazon.com
Governance controls: Yesaws.amazon.com
Query interface: bothaws.amazon.com
Open table formats: Yesaws.amazon.com
Data sharing: Yesaws.amazon.com

Facts

Purpose: AWS Lake Formation helps centrally govern, secure, and share data for analytics and machine learning.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Catalog: It centralizes metadata and data permissions using the AWS Glue Data Catalog.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Fine-grained access: It supports access policies at database, table, column, row, and cell levels.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Tag-based controls: Lake Formation tag-based access control uses data attributes to scale permissions as data changes.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
AWS integrations: Native integrations include Amazon Athena, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue, and Amazon EMR.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Partner integrations: Named third-party integrations include Starburst, Dremio, Privacera, and Collibra.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
External data sharing: Integration with AWS Data Exchange allows sharing data with external businesses without moving or copying it.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Audit: Lake Formation provides audit logs through AWS CloudTrail to monitor data access, including which users or roles attempted access and when.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Security model: AWS describes Lake Formation security as a shared responsibility: AWS protects cloud infrastructure, while customers are responsible for security in the cloud.docs.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Pricing limit: Permissions created or used through integrated services are free, while integrated service usage can incur its standard charges.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Storage API limit: The Storage API can be used only when no other AWS Analytics service processes the data, and scanned bytes have a 10 MB minimum billing quantity.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026