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Neo4j Community Edition vs ArcadeDB: catalog facts
Neo4j Community Edition	ArcadeDB
Free The Community Edition is free; Neo4j sells managed and enterprise offerings separately.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Native graph storage for connected data Self-managed, runs on your own hardware	Several data models in one ACID-compliant engine Supports SQL, Cypher, Gremlin, GraphQL and MongoDB queries
Some features are reserved for paid enterprise and cloud products Graph model and query language take time to learn	A database server rather than a desktop client; needs setup and administration Embedding is limited to Java applications
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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