Neo4j Graph Database Reviews & Product Details

Neo4j focuses on the relationship aspect of data storage, which is convenient for the use case of my enterprise where we are trying to track the assets on our network and the relationships between those assets. Also, the suite of tools available speeds up development significantly. Spinning up a docker container and trying out data models and Cypher queries locally allows for quick developer growth for learning the Neo4j landscape. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is not much that I dislike about Neo4j other than having an open comparison between the benefits and downsides of using a graph database to solve certain problems vs others. Neo4j is great but it might not be ideal for every use case so transparency around when and where to use it would be great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Neo4j is a total solution space for me. Whereas some engineers use Excel to play with an idea, I feel Neo4j is a superior tool for capturing reality and making modifications that ultimately result in a flexible working model. And then all operations can happen on the data in-place. So for a hackathon it's a total cheat to start with Neo4j as a foundation. But equally, Neo4j has changed the way I think and has opened my mind to what is possible, and that's because when you have the fundamental building blocks of nodes & edges, the sky is the limit. Oh, and cypher. It's basically python in a database--really expressive, and powerful and fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Okay, this isn't really a dislike. It's more a wish. I want it to be even easier for me to build simple web apps...just a javascript front end...no middle layer...but I would wish for a user authentication + authorization layer. So often I want to show something like an interactive chart, custom designed and publishable to the web. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Connection, relationship discovery, apoc, data science applications. Profiler is a life saver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bloom doesn't let me create new node types / relationships unless they exist currently in the graph. The neo4j desktop / web app performs quite terribly when loading data above a certain limit. Even if it's not in the node visualization tab. Not sure what the threshold is, but it's fairly frustrating (I assume it's due to unoptimized js). Option to return only what I queried for in the graph at first load... For example, I might query (n:Person)--(m:Movie) and get back the relationships in the visualization by default, which is generally great, but sometimes I want to quickly see if I'm missing something in the return statement. Although I understand that adding that feature may cause more confusion than it's worth! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have been working with Neo4j professionally since 2020, primarily for the construction of knowledge graphs for regulatory reporting. Lots of things to like about the platform:

* Plenty of quickstart tools - particularly the Bloom browser, the desktop client, and Python tutorials make it easy to pick up as your first graph DB. It's a very accessible tool.

* Rich connector ecosystem for APIs, data sources, and data science capabilities.

* Speed of execution (vs. solving the same problem in a relational database). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not many negatives here. The managed offering (Aura) could be a bit more backward-compatible - as it stands, it is VERY forward-looking and as a result, it does not support older Neo4j versions (==3.x) or the bolt:// protocol. It would be good to see Neo4j 3.x on Aura, as this is the version that a popular OSS data catalog tool (Amundsen) requires. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very Easy to convert a standard dataset to graphical form which provides more detailing and understandability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yet not encountered, still exploring NEO4J Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Insightful connections between the data which you have Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

we can ease more on data ingestion methods for enterprise. Less known in the world of the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The graphical User Interface is good. It's clean and easy to analyse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A few more options for graphs would be good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Providing a great experience during the conference as well as creating awesome atmosphere and inviting the best speakers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it is hard to get a fast response as they are a big company Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Neo4j has an open-source version. Support is good and the community around this database is pretty big. Cypher QL is easy to learn and use. Neo4j browser is user-friendly and has a lot of settings for both new and experienced customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are still some annoying bugs, like queries that can't be terminated by the kill command, in one of the recent versions I couldn't have more than 1 tab open at the same time, etc..... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have tended to work with ontology data over the years. This data does not lend itself to RDBMS. Neo4j provides an excellent resource for storing the data, querying, and building applications on top of ontology data. I have used the community edition while working in academia with much success. There is just enough information on the web to get something up and running without direct sales support. I have moved to a commercial setting recently. We are exploring how to use neo4j to add an important element to our query engine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There seems to be a lot of pain involved in upgrading the neo4j system between versions (ex: 4.1->4.2->4.3). The upgrade path is brittle and very error prone. Simplifying this process is very important. I do not think the upgrade path should necessarily allow users to "skip" versions as part of the upgrade, but I think some of the steps could be automated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.