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SurrealDBNeo4j Community Edition
Freemium

The database can be run yourself; a fully managed cloud service is also offered.

 Free

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

Windows, Self-hosted, Command line Windows, Self-hosted
  • Documents, graphs, vectors and relational data in one engine
  • One query language for SQL, graph and vector search
  • Native graph storage for connected data
  • Self-managed, runs on your own hardware
  • Business Source License rather than an OSI open-source license
  • SurrealQL is its own language to learn
  • Some features are reserved for paid enterprise and cloud products
  • Graph model and query language take time to learn
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License: BUSL-1.1 License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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