Teaching Paper: Big Data Tools Comparison — A Practical Guide for Non-Profit Decision-Making
Author: Dr. Anna Neya Kazanskaia
Publisher: NEYA Global Publishing
Teaching Paper | NEYA Global Journal of Non-Profit Studies
Year: 2025
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5669-1676
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64357/neya-gjnps-adv-dt-an-tp-03
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About the Article
Big data technologies are increasingly central to evidence-based decision-making in non-profit organizations. Yet, the diversity of available platforms creates uncertainty for resource-constrained practitioners. This Teaching Paper provides a structured comparison of ten widely used tools—Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL databases, Redshift, BigQuery, Tableau, Talend, Kafka, Flink, and D3.js. The analysis highlights features, strengths, and applications, aligning them with non-profit use cases such as program monitoring, donor analysis, and service optimization. A comparative framework, complemented by visualization and tabular summaries, offers practitioners practical guidance for matching tools with strategic and operational needs. By bridging academic insights with applied practice, the paper supports non-profits in making informed, sustainable choices about big data adoption.
Key Topics
- Big data tools for non-profit decision-making
- Data storage, processing, and warehousing platforms
- Visualization and integration technologies
- Stream processing for real-time insights
- Tool selection strategies for constrained environments
- Ethical and governance considerations in adoption
Suggested Citation
Kazanskaia, A. N. (2025). Teaching Paper: Big Data Tools Comparison — A Practical Guide for Non-Profit Decision-Making. NEYA Global Journal of Non-Profit Studies. Neya Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.64357/neya-gjnps-adv-dt-an-tp-03
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