aid: amazon-athena
name: Amazon Athena
description: Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon
  S3 using standard SQL. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to manage, and you pay only
  for the queries that you run.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-athena.png
tags:
- Amazon Athena
- SQL
- Analytics
- Serverless
- AWS
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-athena/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-09-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-data-catalogs-api
  name: Amazon Athena Data Catalogs API
  description: Operations for managing data catalogs
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Data Catalogs
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-databases-api
  name: Amazon Athena Databases API
  description: Operations for listing databases in a data catalog
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
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  tags_raw:
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-named-queries-api
  name: Amazon Athena Named Queries API
  description: Operations for creating and managing saved SQL queries
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
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  properties:
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-prepared-statements-api
  name: Amazon Athena Prepared Statements API
  description: Operations for managing prepared SQL statements
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Prepared Statements
  properties:
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    url: openapi/amazon-athena-prepared-statements-api-openapi.yml
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  - type: Examples
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  - type: Examples
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-query-executions-api
  name: Amazon Athena Query Executions API
  description: Operations for running and managing SQL query executions
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Query Executions
  properties:
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    url: openapi/amazon-athena-query-executions-api-openapi.yml
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-table-metadata-api
  name: Amazon Athena Table Metadata API
  description: Operations for listing and getting table metadata
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Table Metadata
  properties:
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    url: openapi/amazon-athena-table-metadata-api-openapi.yml
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  - type: JSONSchema
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-tags-api
  name: Amazon Athena Tags API
  description: Operations for managing resource tags
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
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    url: openapi/amazon-athena-tags-api-openapi.yml
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    url: >-
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-work-groups-api
  name: Amazon Athena Work Groups API
  description: Operations for managing Athena work groups
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Workgroups
  tags_raw:
  - Work Groups
  properties:
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    url: openapi/amazon-athena-work-groups-api-openapi.yml
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- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-calculation-execution-api
  name: Amazon Athena Athena Calculation Execution API
  description: >-
    The Athena Calculation Execution API from Amazon Athena — 4 operation(s) for athena calculation execution.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Athena Calculation Execution
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-athena-calculation-execution-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-capacity-reservation-api
  name: Amazon Athena Athena Capacity Reservation API
  description: >-
    The Athena Capacity Reservation API from Amazon Athena — 6 operation(s) for athena capacity reservation.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Athena Capacity Reservation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-athena-capacity-reservation-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-notebook-api
  name: Amazon Athena Athena Notebook API
  description: The Athena Notebook API from Amazon Athena — 5 operation(s) for athena notebook.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Athena Notebook
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-athena-notebook-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-notebook-metadata-api
  name: Amazon Athena Athena Notebook Metadata API
  description: >-
    The Athena Notebook Metadata API from Amazon Athena — 3 operation(s) for athena notebook metadata.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Athena Notebook Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-athena-notebook-metadata-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-operations-api
  name: Amazon Athena Athena Operations API
  description: The Athena Operations API from Amazon Athena — 17 operation(s) for athena operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Athena Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-athena-operations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: amazon-athena:amazon-athena-session-api
  name: Amazon Athena Athena Session API
  description: The Athena Session API from Amazon Athena — 3 operation(s) for athena session.
  humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  baseURL: https://athena.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Athena Session
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-athena-session-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/amazon-athena-capability-edges.yml
  name: Amazon Athena Business Capability Map
- type: Plans
  url: plans/amazon-athena-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/amazon-athena-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/amazon-athena-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/athena/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-athena-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-athena-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-athena-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-athena-authentication.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - Serverless SQL query execution against Amazon S3 data
  - Pay-per-query pricing with no infrastructure management
  - Support for standard ANSI SQL with complex joins and window functions
  - Integration with AWS Glue Data Catalog for schema management
  - Named queries for saving and reusing SQL statements
  - Work groups for query isolation and cost management
  - Prepared statements for parameterized query execution
  - Multiple data format support including Parquet, ORC, JSON, CSV
  - Query result caching for improved performance and cost reduction
  - Fine-grained access control with IAM and Lake Formation
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - Analyze log files and clickstream data stored in S3
  - Run ad-hoc SQL queries on data lake without ETL
  - Build serverless data pipelines and reporting solutions
  - Query AWS service logs including CloudTrail, ELB, and VPC Flow Logs
  - Perform cost analysis on AWS Cost and Usage Reports
  - Enable self-service analytics for business intelligence teams
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - Amazon S3
  - AWS Glue
  - Amazon QuickSight
  - AWS Lake Formation
  - Amazon CloudWatch
  - AWS IAM
  - Amazon DynamoDB
  - AWS Step Functions
  - Amazon SageMaker
  - Apache Spark
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: amazon-web-services
x-relationship: product
