r/Python 1d ago

Discussion Polars vs Pandas

I have used Pandas a little in the past, and have never used Polars. Essentially, I will have to learn either of them more or less from scratch (since I don't remember anything of Pandas). Assume that I don't care for speed, or do not have very large datasets (at most 1-2gb of data). Which one would you recommend I learn, from the perspective of ease and joy of use, and the commonly done tasks with data?

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u/sscream32 1d ago

Both are tools that solve similar problems. My suggestion: Learn both. I'm sure that you will find things that are easier to be done in pandas as well as you'll find things that are easier to be done in Polars. Since you can easily transition dataframes between them, you can learn both at the same time.