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Neo4j Community Edition vs Gremlin Server: catalog facts
Neo4j Community Edition	Gremlin Server
Free The Community Edition is free; Neo4j sells managed and enterprise offerings separately.	Free Free and open source under the Apache License 2.0.
Windows, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Native graph storage for connected data Self-managed, runs on your own hardware	Reference server for the Gremlin query language Hosts multiple graph instances
Some features are reserved for paid enterprise and cloud products Graph model and query language take time to learn	Aimed at developers rather than end users Requires learning Gremlin and graph concepts
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	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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