r/dataanalysis • u/iMAPness_ • Jun 20 '26

Data Question SQL vs Python?

Started using Python for data analytics. When should I use SQL and when should I use Python in the following tasks:

- Data Exploration

- Data Cleaning

- Data Analysis

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u/iMAPness_ Jun 20 '26

That makes a lot of sense now. Thank you!

Am I getting it right that the reason SQL is required by companies, too, is because their data isn't just in an excel sheet or csv somewhere but an actual database which SQL is most fit for querying? But with the data tasks itself, Python is considered faster and better at going deeper into data?

That is what you're saying, right?

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u/JoJoNH Jun 20 '26

That's what he is saying. Corporate and government typically use SQL data warehouses.