# JSON (with GZIP) vs dotLottie

**URL:** <https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/json-with-gzip-vs-dotlottie/4128>\
**Category:** Lottie in Web\
**Created:** [April 2, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/json-with-gzip-vs-dotlottie/4128 "2023-04-02T01:30:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![marconi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/marconi/32/2679_2.png) [@marconi](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/marconi)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/json-with-gzip-vs-dotlottie/4128/1 "2023-04-02T01:30:00Z")

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I saw this image comparing that dotLottie is much smaller, but it is nothing more than a .zip with json inside and + a file of 189 bytes

If the servers already use GZIP, what would be the advantage of using dotLottie?