--- title: Why LinkedIn chose gRPC+Protobuf over REST+JSON: Q&A... description: LinkedIn explains why they chose gRPC and Protocol Buffers over REST and JSON for inter-service communication in their microservices platform. They observed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-linkedin-chose-grpc-protobuf-over-rest-json-q-a-with-karthik-ramgopal-and-min-chen-ffxjiknt1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why LinkedIn chose gRPC+Protobuf over REST+JSON: Q&A with Karthik Ramgopal and Min Chen | daily.dev og:description: LinkedIn explains why they chose gRPC and Protocol Buffers over REST and JSON for inter-service communication in their microservices platform. 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They observed significant latency improvements and are advising Rest.li users to migrate to gRPC. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@brenonben** · 0 upvotes > Intresting post ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#grpc](https://daily.dev/tags/grpc), [#linkedin](https://daily.dev/tags/linkedin), [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-linkedin-chose-grpc-protobuf-over-rest-json-q-a-with-karthik-ramgopal-and-min-chen-ffxjiknt1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why LinkedIn chose gRPC+Protobuf over REST+JSON: Q&A with Karthik Ramgopal and Min Chen","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-linkedin-chose-grpc-protobuf-over-rest-json-q-a-with-karthik-ramgopal-and-min-chen-ffxjiknt1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-linkedin-chose-grpc-protobuf-over-rest-json-q-a-with-karthik-ramgopal-and-min-chen-ffxjiknt1"},"datePublished":"2023-12-27T08:04:50.946Z","dateModified":"2024-11-16T02:19:16.713Z","description":"LinkedIn explains why they chose gRPC and Protocol Buffers over REST and JSON for inter-service communication in their microservices platform. 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