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MessagePack vs Protocol Buffers

A side-by-side look at MessagePack and Protocol Buffers. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

MessagePack

MessagePack

Development

MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format, useful for exchanging data between applications or storing structured data. It is compact, fast and offers support for multiple languages.

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Protocol Buffers

Protocol Buffers

Development

Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is an open source serialization format developed by Google for serializing structured data. It is useful for communication protocols, data storage, and more. Protobuf is language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible and a popular alternative to JSON and XML.

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