# What is neo4j good for?

What is neo4j good for?

##### Post Metadata
- Posted at: about 4 years ago
- Author title: Pinned by G2 as a common question



## Comments
### Comment 1

For the simple friends of friends query, Neo4j is 60% faster than MySQL. For friends of friends of friends, Neo is 180 times faster. And for the depth four query, Neo4j is 1,135 times faster.

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Deputy Manager - Information Technology 



### Comment 2

Information has always been served in tabular forms majorly due to the early requirements of the banking industry. Soon, spreadsheets became a tool to assess an employee's subjective productivity.  Turn the page, and Neo4j re-wires the way brains consider data. We know we prefer connecting the dots more than relying on just the numbers presented to us. That's where Neo4j comes into the picture - through nodes and tags you are able to get a numeric-performance included 360-degree picture of the topic / person / object of research. That happens after a 1-time setup (like law enforcement would feed all available citizen data to quickly scan and grab all possible records for a new criminal - in a jiffy!)

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: RPA Business Analyst @ Wyzbo




## Related Product
[Neo4j Graph Database](https://www.g2.com/products/neo4j-graph-database/reviews)

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