The following should be your flowchart when choosing Dataproc or Dataflow:
A table-based comparison of Dataproc versus Dataflow:
|
Workload |
Cloud Dataproc |
Cloud Dataflow |
|
Stream processing (ETL) |
No |
Yes |
|
Batch processing (ETL) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Iterative processing and notebooks |
Yes |
No |
|
Machine learning with Spark ML |
Yes |
No |
|
Preprocessing for machine learning |
NO |
Yes (with Cloud ML Engine) |
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