Downsides/information on storing tables in datastores compared to JSON Encoding?

Is it okay to store tables/dictionaries in datastores compared to JSON Encoding? Does it take up more data? Can it be unreliable somehow? Saw some mixed results from searching google/devforum so I thought I’d make this post to get some info.

I’m pretty sure Roblox automatically JSON encodes tables in the data store anyway, so there’s literally no point encoding it.

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There would likely be no difference aside from the additional computation that you do on your end (encoding and decoding)

I see no reason to encode it before storing it unless you’re compressing the json somehow.

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Yes that is correct, roblox does it for you!

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