AWS Clean Rooms
AWS Clean Rooms helps companies analyze combined datasets without sharing underlying raw data. Collaborate while protecting sensitive information.
What is Clean Rooms? (Simple Explanation)
Clean Rooms is an AWS service in the Analytics category. AWS Clean Rooms helps companies analyze combined datasets without sharing underlying raw data.
When Would You Use Clean Rooms?
- Advertising campaign measurement
- Joint marketing analytics
- Healthcare data collaboration
- Financial services data sharing
- Supply chain visibility
Who Uses Clean Rooms?
From startups to enterprises, Clean Rooms powers:
What Makes Clean Rooms Powerful
Clean Rooms Pricing & Free Tier
Athena: $5/TB scanned. Glue: $0.44/DPU-hour. EMR: from $0.048/vCPU-hour. OpenSearch: from ~$0.028/hour.
Clean Rooms Best Practices
- 1Use Athena workgroups to separate query history and control costs per team
- 2Enable Glue Data Catalog encryption and resource-level IAM policies
- 3Use partition projection in Athena instead of MSCK REPAIR TABLE for faster queries
- 4Set query result location to an S3 bucket with lifecycle expiration (7 days)
- 5Monitor with CloudWatch — set alarms on query scan volume to avoid cost surprises
Getting Started with Clean Rooms in 5 Minutes
- 1Open the AWS Console and navigate to Clean Rooms
- 2Click "Create" or "Get started" to begin configuration
- 3Configure the required settings — name, region, and access permissions
- 4Review and create — monitor the initial status in CloudWatch
Clean Rooms CLI Quick Reference
2 production-ready commands. Full CLI Library (225+ services) →
aws cleanrooms helpView all Clean Rooms CLI v2 commands and subcommandsaws cleanrooms describe-cleanrooms --helpView options for describing Clean Rooms resourcesPros & Cons of Clean Rooms
Pros
- Cryptographic computing for data protection
- Analysis rules for column-level control
- Query logging and audit trail
- Automatic differential privacy
- No raw data movement between parties
Cons
- ✕Per-TB pricing (Athena) penalizes ad-hoc exploration of large datasets
- ✕Real-time analytics can get expensive — Kinesis shard costs scale linearly
- ✕Cold start latency on serverless analytics (Athena, EMR Serverless) may not suit sub-second dashboards
Clean Rooms vs Alternatives
Clean Rooms vs Glue
Choose Clean Rooms for Advertising campaign measurement and Joint marketing analytics. It excels at cryptographic computing for data protection.
Choose Glue as an alternative when your requirements differ. Each service in the Analytics category serves different architectural patterns.
Services That Work with Clean Rooms
Clean Rooms is rarely used alone. It is typically combined with:
Compliance & Security
How AWS Clean Rooms fits into major compliance standards. Browse all 41 frameworks →
Clean Rooms configuration is audited by CIS Benchmarks v1.5–v3.0 for secure cloud defaults.
NIST 800-53Clean Rooms access controls, encryption, and audit logging map to NIST 800-53 AC, SC, and AU control families.
PCI DSS 4.0Clean Rooms encryption, access control, and logging support PCI DSS for cardholder data environments.
SOC 2Clean Rooms security, availability, and confidentiality controls evaluated under SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria.
ISO 27001Clean Rooms configuration and monitoring controls map to ISO 27001 Annex A information security management.
Frequently Asked Questions About Clean Rooms
What is AWS Clean Rooms?
AWS Clean Rooms helps companies analyze combined datasets without sharing underlying raw data. Collaborate while protecting sensitive information.
What is Clean Rooms used for?
Clean Rooms is commonly used for: Advertising campaign measurement; Joint marketing analytics; Healthcare data collaboration; Financial services data sharing; Supply chain visibility. It's a core service in the analytics category of AWS.
Is Clean Rooms free?
Athena: $5/TB scanned. Glue: $0.44/DPU-hour. EMR: from $0.048/vCPU-hour. OpenSearch: from ~$0.028/hour.
What are the key features of Clean Rooms?
Clean Rooms's most important capabilities include: Cryptographic computing for data protection. Analysis rules for column-level control. Query logging and audit trail. Automatic differential privacy. No raw data movement between parties. Each of these is designed to help teams advertising campaign measurement.
How does Clean Rooms compare to alternatives?
Clean Rooms competes with both AWS-native alternatives (Glue, Athena, S3) and third-party equivalents. The right choice depends on your specific requirements for scalability, cost, and operational overhead. See the comparisons section below for detailed guidance.
Which compliance frameworks apply to Clean Rooms?
CIS AWS v3.0: Clean Rooms configuration is audited by CIS Benchmarks v1.5–v3.0 for secure cloud defaults. NIST 800-53: Clean Rooms access controls, encryption, and audit logging map to NIST 800-53 AC, SC, and AU control families. PCI DSS 4.0: Clean Rooms encryption, access control, and logging support PCI DSS for cardholder data environments. SOC 2: Clean Rooms security, availability, and confidentiality controls evaluated under SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria. ISO 27001: Clean Rooms configuration and monitoring controls map to ISO 27001 Annex A information security management.
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