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System Properties Comparison Neo4j vs. Valkey

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NameNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonValkey infoOpen source key/value datastore  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsOpen source key/value datastore
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value store
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Score47.59
Rank#20  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#169  Overall
#27  Key-value stores
Websiteneo4j.comvalkey.io
Technical documentationneo4j.com/­docsgithub.com/­valkey-io/­valkey
DeveloperNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release20072024
Current release5.23, August 2024Valkey 8.0.1, October 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageJava, ScalaC
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 handlerno
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 graphsno
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
Neo4jValkey infoOpen source key/value datastore
News

LLM Knowledge Graph Builder Back-End Architecture and API Overview
14 April 2025

Build an Intelligent Movie Search With Neo4j and Vertex AI
14 April 2025

This Week in Neo4j: NODES, GraphRAG, Agents, Knowledge Graph and more
12 April 2025

Google Cloud & Neo4j: Teaming Up at the Intersection of Knowledge Graphs, Agents, MCP, and Natural Language Interfaces
9 April 2025

Neo4j and Google Distributed Cloud: Bringing Graph Technology to Air-Gapped Environments
9 April 2025

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