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ArcadeDB vs Neo4j Community Edition: catalog facts
ArcadeDBNeo4j Community Edition
Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

Free

The Community Edition is free; Neo4j sells managed and enterprise offerings separately.

Self-hosted Windows, Self-hosted
  • Several data models in one ACID-compliant engine
  • Supports SQL, Cypher, Gremlin, GraphQL and MongoDB queries
  • Native graph storage for connected data
  • Self-managed, runs on your own hardware
  • A database server rather than a desktop client; needs setup and administration
  • Embedding is limited to Java applications
  • Some features are reserved for paid enterprise and cloud products
  • Graph model and query language take time to learn
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: GPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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