AWS Glue now has 100 ready-made connectors for business apps, so combining sales, payroll and marketing data may take less custom work.
Amazon Web Services has added 100 new ready-made connectors to AWS Glue, its tool for moving data between apps and storage. They pull data from business apps such as Xero, Square and Gusto. Until now, bringing data from these kinds of apps into AWS required custom code.
A team creates a connection once in the AWS Glue Data Catalog, then reuses it across ETL jobs. Those are automated tasks that collect data, tidy it and move it somewhere else. The connections use the same permissions model Glue already uses. The combined data can be loaded into Amazon S3 or Amazon Redshift for analytics and reporting.
There is also a connector for usage and cost data from model providers such as Anthropic, to track generative AI adoption and spend.
Glue is an AWS service, so this is mainly for teams already working in AWS. The connectors are available in all AWS Commercial Regions on Glue versions 5.0 and above. The announcement does not mention pricing or how much data each connector can reach. The full list is in the AWS Glue documentation.
If your business data is spread across many apps and you use AWS, check the Glue connector list to see whether your tools are covered.
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