Project types

Choose the right project type based on your role and requirements. Each project type offers different capabilities designed for specific user personas.

Feature	Data Analyst	Data Analyst + Platform Engineer	Analytics Engineer	Platform Engineer
Primary project language	SQL	SQL	SQL	Python or Scala
Main building blocks	Pipelines	Pipelines	Models	Pipelines
Version control	Simple	Simple + External CI/CD	Normal/Fork	Normal/Fork
Collaboration mode	Single-player	Single-player	Git branching	Git branching
Visual scheduling	Native scheduling	Native scheduling	External orchestration	External orchestration
External scheduling via APIs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Business Apps	Yes	Yes	No	No
Execution	Databricks	Databricks	Databricks, Snowflake	Spark clusters
Executable examples	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Project creation

Prophecy sets the project type based on the project language, Git storage model, and Git provider you select when creating the project.

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Create templates to standardize project configurations for your team.