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AWS Lake Formation
Plans and prices
Permissions
Free
Creating permissions and using them through integrated services are provided at no charge · Standard usage rates for integrated services such as Amazon S3 or AWS Glue Data Catalog apply
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Governed Tables
Priced on request
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Storage API
Priced on request
Can be used only when no other AWS Analytics service processes the data
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Storage optimizer
Priced on request
Optimizes Governed Tables by compacting small files into larger ones
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On the record
- 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 · read 29 Sep 2026
- AWS integrations
- Native integrations include Amazon Athena, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue, and Amazon EMR.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Catalog
- It centralizes metadata and data permissions using the AWS Glue Data Catalog.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Data sharing
- It supports cross-account and cross-Region data sharing, including sharing with selected IAM principals in other accounts.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- External data sharing
- Integration with AWS Data Exchange allows sharing data with external businesses without moving or copying it.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Fine-grained access
- It supports access policies at database, table, column, row, and cell levels.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Partner integrations
- Named third-party integrations include Starburst, Dremio, Privacera, and Collibra.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Pricing limit
- Permissions created or used through integrated services are free, while integrated service usage can incur its standard charges.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- AWS Lake Formation helps centrally govern, secure, and share data for analytics and machine learning.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 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 · read 29 Sep 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 · read 29 Sep 2026
- Tag-based controls
- Lake Formation tag-based access control uses data attributes to scale permissions as data changes.aws.amazon.com · read 29 Sep 2026
