Neo4j
The best known graph database: nodes, relationships and the Cypher query language. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- database engine
- Developer
- Neo4j, Inc.
- Created by
- Emil Eifrem, Johan Svensson, Peter Neubauer
- First release
- 2007
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Open source
- Yes
- Pricing
- Free with paid plans
- Website
- https://neo4j.com
- Written in
- Java
- Data model
- Graph, Vector
- Storage layout
- Native graph
- Workload
- Transactions (OLTP)
- Analytics architecture
- Not an analytics platform
- Query language
- Cypher
- ACID transactions
- Yes
- Schema
- Flexible
- Deployment
- Server, Managed cloud
- Scaling
- Replication
- Create, read, update, delete
- Create: moderate (Fine for transactions, bulk import tool for loads); Read: fast (Traversals follow pointers, no joins); Update: fast (In-place property updates); Delete: moderate (Relationships must go first)