# Meaning of P4A and P4B

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**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.prophecy.ai/t/meaning-of-p4a-and-p4b/97 "2026-03-19T15:21:15Z")\
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What’s the meaning of P4A, P4B, and PY4B? Are they all referring to the newer prophecy product?

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**Author:** ![MeganBowers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.prophecy.ai/meganbowers/32/10_2.png) [@MeganBowers](https://community.prophecy.ai/u/MeganBowers)\
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Hi! They’re all basically the same. Analysts and Business are interchangeable words here.

P4A = prophecy for analysts. This includes both:

- P4B (Prophecy for Business) - by default SQL

- PY4B (Prophecy for Business - PySpark)

So P4A/P4B often refers to the same thing. We use PY4B to make a distinction that it is the specific PySpark flavor of P4A/P4B.