Which is cheaper, Amazon Glue or Google Dataproc?

AWS is cheaper in 3 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 16.7%.

How do Amazon Glue and Google Dataproc compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSGCP

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

GCP Wins

Ties

AWS wins 3 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 16.7% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.3990/hr to $1.61/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for AWS Glue workloads

Comparing Amazon Glue and Google Dataproc across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon Glue	GCP Google Dataproc	Diff	Cheapest
AWS Glue - AWS Glue	$0.4400/hr USE1-DEVED-DPU-Hour ($321.20/mo)	$0.4800/hr 0640-26F8-5665 ($350.40/mo)	+8.3%	AWS
AWS Glue - AWS Glue	$0.4400/hr USE1-Materialized-View-Refresh-DPU-Hour ($321.20/mo)	$0.3990/hr 0810-E21D-8709 ($291.27/mo)	+9.3%	GCP
AWS Glue - AWS Glue	$0.5200/hr USE1-ETL-M-DPU-Hour ($379.60/mo)	$0.8979/hr 0141-0887-121B ($655.47/mo)	+42.1%	AWS
AWS Glue - AWS Glue	$1.5000/hr USE1-zeroETL-App-IngestionVolume-GB ($1,095.00/mo)	$1.6136/hr 0853-0C42-615B ($1,177.96/mo)	+7.0%	AWS