What is AWS Lake Formation?
AWS Lake Formation governs and shares data across analytics environments through central data-lake controls.
Who is AWS Lake Formation for?
Teams responsible for analytics and AI data workflows that need data lake governance and want to evaluate the complete delivery, access and cost requirements.
AWS Lake Formation features
The core capabilities to consider for your workflow.
- Data lake governance
- Data sharing
- Access controls
AWS Lake Formation pricing
Cloud usage and access options
Scope the selected service, region, resource capacity and expected usage. Include connected compute, storage, data transfer and support rather than treating a trial credit as the ongoing cost.
Calculate the cost of your quote →Free access & evaluation
Credits and free allowances can have eligibility, duration and usage limits. Check the current account offer and do not assume the full production workload is free.
Before you choose AWS Lake Formation
Define data sources, ownership, refresh requirements and the analytical or model workloads to run.
Price compute, storage, data movement, governance and connected services as separate parts of the implementation.
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AWS Lake Formation FAQs
Does AWS Lake Formation have a free plan?
Credits and free allowances can have eligibility, duration and usage limits. Check the current account offer and do not assume the full production workload is free.
Who is AWS Lake Formation for?
Teams responsible for analytics and AI data workflows that need data lake governance and want to evaluate the complete delivery, access and cost requirements.
What should I compare before buying?
Check the tier that contains your essential features, confirm plan limits and compare the total quote with your own expected usage.