--- title: PayPal’s journey with Managed Service for Apache Spark description: PayPal migrated its analytics workloads from a legacy, on-premise Hadoop platform to Google's Managed Service for Apache Spark to address scaling challenges... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/paypal-s-journey-with-managed-service-for-apache-spark-n8fahyrqx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PayPal’s journey with Managed Service for Apache Spark | daily.dev og:description: PayPal migrated its analytics workloads from a legacy, on-premise Hadoop platform to Google's Managed Service for Apache Spark to address scaling challenges... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/paypal-s-journey-with-managed-service-for-apache-spark-n8fahyrqx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/N8FaHYrqX.png og:image:alt: PayPal’s journey with Managed Service for Apache Spark og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PayPal’s journey with Managed Service for Apache Spark **[Google Cloud](https://daily.dev/sources/gcp)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PayPal migrated its analytics workloads from a legacy, on-premise Hadoop platform to Google's Managed Service for Apache Spark to address scaling challenges caused by rapid growth and acquisitions. The move delivered rapid cluster provisioning, elastic scaling, and native integration with GCS and BigQuery. PayPal reports a 25% improvement in processing times, a 30% rise in SLA adherence during traffic surges, and lower operational costs after consolidating tooling. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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