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From a database on your laptop to a warehouse in the cloud.
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Airbyte

Data integration

Connectors and synchronization workflows for moving data between systems.

Pipelines & streaming

AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

Google Cloud

A PostgreSQL-compatible database service with Google-managed storage and compute architecture.

Relational databases

Amazon Athena

AWS

A serverless query service for analyzing data in object storage using SQL.

Analytics & warehouses

Amazon Aurora

AWS

AWS relational database engines compatible with MySQL or PostgreSQL interfaces.

Relational databases

Amazon Data Firehose

AWS

A managed service for delivering streaming data to supported destinations.

Pipelines & streaming

Amazon DocumentDB

AWS

A managed document database with MongoDB API compatibility that requires feature-by-feature validation.

NoSQL databases

Amazon DynamoDB

AWS

A managed key-value and document database whose data model starts with access patterns.

NoSQL databases

Amazon ElastiCache

AWS

Managed caching with supported Redis OSS, Valkey, and Memcached engine options.

Caching & in-memory

Amazon Keyspaces

AWS

A managed database service compatible with Apache Cassandra interfaces.

NoSQL databases

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

AWS

A managed service for capturing and processing ordered streams within shards.

Pipelines & streaming

Amazon MemoryDB

AWS

An in-memory database service designed to combine low-latency access with durability.

Caching & in-memory

Amazon MSK

AWS

A managed Apache Kafka service for event-streaming applications.

Pipelines & streaming

Amazon MWAA

AWS

Managed Apache Airflow environments for orchestrating workflows.

Pipelines & streaming

Amazon Neptune

AWS

A managed graph database service for connected data and relationship queries.

Graph databases

Amazon OpenSearch Service

AWS

Managed OpenSearch deployments and serverless options for search and analytics.

Search engines

Amazon RDS

AWS

Managed relational database instances with engine-specific backups, availability, and operating choices.

Relational databases

Amazon Redshift

AWS

A managed analytical warehouse for SQL reporting and large-scale data analysis.

Analytics & warehouses

Amazon S3

AWS

Object storage used for data lakes, exports, backups, and analytical files.

Lakehouses & formats
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