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Neo4j System Properties

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NameNeo4j
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offerings
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
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Score53.78
Rank#20  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websiteneo4j.com
Technical documentationneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release2007
Current release5.23, August 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceno
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Implementation languageJava, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes
Secondary indexesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLno
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
More information provided by the system vendor
Neo4j
News

This Week in Neo4j: Graph Architecture, GraphRAG, Integration, Cloud Security and more
13 September 2025

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12 September 2025

Creating a Neo4j Agentic Memory Multi-User Dungeon
11 September 2025

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10 September 2025

Use Weakly Connected Components to Avoid Cypher Query Crashing
9 September 2025

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22 December 2015, Emil Eifrem (guest author)

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Recent citations in the news

Property Sharding in Neo4j Infinigraph: Smarter Scaling for Rich Graph Databases
4 September 2025, Neo4j

Neo4j Launches Breakthrough Architecture to Unify Transactional and Operational Workloads
3 September 2025, Neo4j

Neo4j intros 'property sharding' to tackle scalability
11 September 2025, theregister.com

Neo4j GraphSummit: The OG (Original Graph) Database Player Makes a Bold Play for the Future of AI
9 September 2025, The Futurum Group

Neo4j Launches Infinigraph
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