> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.neynar.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Choose Among Data Products

> Pick between pulling or pushing data in the format that works for you

## Why

Developers can focus on what they are building instead of running a hub and replicator which can be significant cost & effort over time

## How to pick the right product for your team

| Product                                                                            | Pros                                                                                                                                                                      | Cons                                                                                                                              |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Parquet exports](/docs/parquet)                                                   | Developer ingests [Apache Parquet](https://parquet.apache.org/) files and can read/write to their own db as needed                                                        | Need to set up parquet ingestion workflow, open source repo available. See [here](/docs/parquet).                                 |
|                                                                                    | No need for developer to share access to database with Neynar                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                   |
| [Hosted SQL](/docs/how-to-query-neynar-sql-playground-for-farcaster-data)          | Directly write sql queries against a postgres hosted db, no need to set up anything additional                                                                            | Developer has no write access to db creating new indexes, etc. requires reaching out to Neynar no changes to overall table schema |
| [Indexer service - pipe Farcaster data](/docs/indexer-service-pipe-farcaster-data) | Neynar writes to a db on the developer’s side, no need for developer to manage hubs or replicators Neynar handles all hub and replicator related upgrades and maintenance | Developer needs to have a db that they can share write access to                                                                  |
|                                                                                    | Developer has flexibility to let Neynar pipe specific tables instead of all FC data                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                    | Developer can manage the db as they see fit — create new indexes, etc.                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                   |
| [Kafka stream](/docs/from-kafka-stream)                                            | Good real time complement to services like Parquet -- backfill with Parquet and ingest real time with Kafka stream                                                        | Need to set up Kafka ingestion. See open source code [here](/docs/from-kafka-stream).                                             |