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Ashutosh M.
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What do you like best about Spark?

The best part I like as of my experience in memory computing power of spark it handle real time data processing with speed because of this we can do various task with speed . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

I hate spark configuration and some time it' is complex if user is beginner and the troubleshooting part is to hectic as compared previous program performance issue some time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Spark:

If you are using large data set in real time processing I suggest to use spark as compared to Hadoop it is better to use . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

As of my expirence when I use spark in my previous project it is easy to our work when we work with large data or will divide in cluster to avoid workload an the best part is this spark use in memory computing due to this processing is fast as compared to Hadoop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Spark?

We create bold branding, campaign, digital & motion work that's grounded in solid strategy.

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We create bold branding, campaign, digital & motion work that's grounded in solid strategy.


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Spark
Year Founded
2003
HQ Location
Manchester, GB
Twitter
@creativesparknq
10,513 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
41 employees on LinkedIn®

Recent Spark Reviews

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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
2.5 out of 5
"Worth a look"
Range of service offering in terms of being a single shop for branding, campaign, digital & motion work
Vishal G.
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Vishal G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Excellent"
Versatile and fault tolerance ,ensuring that data processing continues even in the event of node failures, which is crucial for mission-critical a...
Swasthik B.
SB
Swasthik B.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Spark review based on experience"
It's infrastructure and syntax is pretty simple. And the codes are available in internet easily.

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Abhishek K.
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Software Engineer
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What do you like best about Spark?

Its provides libraries like Spark MLlib for machine learning and spark streaming for real-time data processing. This allows to perform advance analytics and build machine learning model at scale Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

Integrating Spark with other tools or system may require additional development effort, especially when connecting to legacy data sources.

Although this can be addressed with experience and best . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Spark:

-- learn the basics, with a solid understanding of distributed computing concept

-- leverage caching

-- stay informed with ongoing developments and new libraries

-- consider cloud service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

-- handle massive volume of data efficiently

-- In-memory processing

-- Spark offers APIs in multiple programming languages ( python, scala, java )

-- Real time data processing, helps in monitoring social media trends and real- time fraud detection

-- Can connect with various data sources

-- It is cost efficient, and we can scale resources up or down as needed, reducing infrastructure costs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Swasthik B.
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What do you like best about Spark?

It's infrastructure and syntax is pretty simple. And the codes are available in internet easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

Some of the codes are hard to understand. Sometimes the code doesn't work as the dataset is very large. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Spark:

It's a great tool for large dataset. If the data is not structured data, then spark can be used. By this you can remove unwanted things from the data and make it clean and usable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Big data problems can be easily solvable using spark. If there is a dataset which has huge amount of data which has to be undergone through many transformations spark is the best option. This is how it is benefitting in my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aslı S.
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What do you like best about Spark?

I really like when it comes to smart inbox features as well as being able to change/customize the tool based on what I like and how I like, that personalization is making myself feel good about the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

The free-mium package is limited and eventually it is disturbing, altough natural, when everything you try to access is blocked by a paid impromptu interstitial Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Spark:

I'd recommend the usage of Spark only after a carefult due diligence is being made, because every organization might have different needs and they might need more tailor made soluiton for themselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Spark is solving email management for us, especially send later feature is helping me to organize my business when we work from home where our work time sometimes might be different. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vishal G.
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What do you like best about Spark?

Versatile and fault tolerance ,ensuring that data processing continues even in the event of node failures, which is crucial for mission-critical applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

It us very resource intensive, it is in-memory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Spark:

Definitely use this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sprak solves various problems in the field of data analytics and processing. Its benefits can be significant for businesses and individuals in several ways like business analytics and speed.

Very cost efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad T.
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Loan Officer
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What do you like best about Spark?

It's easier to use. Which is the best thing i like about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

It requires large data for broadcast. Which makes me frustrated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Spark:

Although it has few limitations but it's a best software to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's high speed is solving many connection problem. It helps me to consume less time than other software in this field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

abhinav J.
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What do you like best about Spark?

It is an open source software, distributed processing system used for big data workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

No file management system

Expensive

No Real time data processing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Spark is the multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science and machine learning on single node. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
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What do you like best about Spark?

Efficient in running the jobs and memory handling mechanism Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

The monitoring of spark is a bit tricky and difficult to integrate. Though we can use spark ui, i feel that sonething like ganglia ui is better than this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Spark:

Spark can be used efficiently if its properly integrated with the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is used for stream processing & machine learning purposes, highly used for analyzing and processing our data with the help of notebooks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Spark?

Range of service offering in terms of being a single shop for branding, campaign, digital & motion work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

As a brand it needs more differentiation from its peer set and you should evaluate as per your needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

Spark offers a wide range of solutions in bold branding, campaign, digital & motion work that's grounded in solid strategy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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What do you like best about Spark?

The best part is to it is versatiledue to this wode range of data processing including batch processingreal time streaming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

Some complexityand realtime processing due to real time processing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

As of my expirenence it helps us to handle latlrge dataset for faster performance when we analytics the dataand the best things is to in memory processing as compare to hadoop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jodi W.
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Describe the project or task Spark helped with:

We used Spark as a message service for communication between teams and departments at Sitel. This made it easier to ask questions or share information quickly while in different locations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Spark?

I really liked that the system was easy to use and that the entire company had it. We could have chat rooms and direct chat with just one employee. It made thing quick and simple with communicating important information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Spark?

There wasn't an option at the time to have meetings like other systems do now. This would have been useful because we had many employees in different locations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Spark solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used Spark to communicate important process or policy changes within the company. This ensured real time changes could be made from 1 location to many departments at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.