neo4j Alternatives

neo4j is described as 'You can think of Neo4j as a high-performance graph engine with all the features of a mature and robust database' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to neo4j for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best neo4j alternative is SurrealDB, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like neo4j are ArcadeDB, ArangoDB, GremlinStudio and FalkorDB.

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  1. SurrealDB icon
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    With an SQL-style query language, real-time queries with highly-efficient related data retrieval, advanced security permissions for multi-tenant access, and support for performant analytical workloads, SurrealDB is the next generation serverless database.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
     
  2. ArcadeDB icon
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    One DBMS that supports SQL, Cypher, Gremlin, HTTP/JSON, MongoDB and Redis. ArcadeDB is a conceptual fork of OrientDB, the first Multi-Model DBMS. ArcadeDB supports Vector Embeddings.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • Java
     
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    ArcadeDB vs neo4j Comments
    lvca
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    ArcadeDB supports Cypher and BOLT protocol, it can be a drop-in replacement, but also has much more: time-series, HA (replication), all for free because of its liberal Open Source license Apache2

    • ArcadeDB is Free and Open Sourceneo4j is also Free and Open Source
  3. ArangoDB icon
     34 likes

    ArangoDB database is an open-source NoSQL solution with a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key-values.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. A desktop IDE for Azure Cosmos DB graph databases. Query, visualize, debug, and manage your graph data with a Monaco-powered editor, interactive graph visualization, and step-by-step Gremlin debugger.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    GremlinStudio vs neo4j Comments
    lvca
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    Gremlin Studio is not a Graph Database, like Neo4j, it's an IDE

    • GremlinStudio is Paid and Proprietaryneo4j is Free and Open Source
  5. FalkorDB icon
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    A super fast Graph Database uses GraphBLAS under the hood for its sparse adjacency matrix graph representation. Our goal is to provide the best Knowledge Graph for LLM (GraphRAG).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. HelixDB icon
     1 like

    HelixDB is a database that makes it easy to build all the components needed for AI applications in a single platform.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Rust
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service offered by Amazon.com as part of the Amazon Web Services portfolio. It was announced by Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on January 18, 2012.OverviewDynamoDB differs from other Amazon services by allowing developers to purchase a...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  8. Grafeo icon
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    Grafeo is a pure-Rust, high-performance graph database that can be embedded as a library or run as a standalone database, with optional in-memory or persistent storage. Grafeo supports both LPG and RDF and all major query languages.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  9. Memgraph icon
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    Memgraph is an open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j. Whether you're a developer or a data scientist with interconnected data, Memgraph will get you the immediate actionable insights fast.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
  10. Amazon Neptune is a fast, reliable, fully managed graph database service that makes it easy to build and run applications that work with highly connected datasets.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  11. Wikibase icon
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    Wikibase is the software that runs Wikidata, but is also usable for other projects beyond that. Wikibase allows the collaborative editing of structured data on top of MediaWiki. It is optimized for graph-like, schema-poor data, not for tabular and strongly pre-structured data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MediaWiki
     
  12. NetworkX icon
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    NetworkX is a Python language software package for the creation, manipulation, and study of the structure, dynamics, and functions of complex networks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
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