NoSQL databases · RankedNeo4j
Neo4j is a graph database for storing and querying highly connected data, such as social networks and recommendations · neo4j.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Choose Neo4j when relationships—not individual records—are the central part of the workload.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
“Complex relationship queries: Neo4j (but only if your problem is actually a graph problem).”Kimi K2 · Scale-constrained question · alternative
“The leading native graph database designed to query complex, interconnected data easily.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Use a graph database only when relationships...are the primary query pattern.”Perplexity Sonar · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid for most mid-market: Oracle NoSQL or niche options like Neo4j”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
“Performance tanks if your data isn't naturally graph-like, and scaling (especially writes) can be expensive.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“treat MongoDB/Cassandra/Redis/Neo4j as high-op-cost choices that require explicit security hardening”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Neo4j, over the 75 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 45 | View → | |
| 69 | 0 | View → | |
| 65 | 1 | View → | |
| 63 | 3 | View → | |
| 54 | 1 | View → | |
| 36 | 0 | View → | |
| 33 | 1 | View → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 5 | View → |
What the models named instead of Neo4j →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Neo4j's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- security review
- Price stated
- AuraDB Free $0; AuraDB Professional From $65; AuraDB Business Critical From $146; AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud Talk To Sales; Aura Graph Analytics $0.40/GB/hour
- Starting price
- 0
- Free plan or trial
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- Certifications
- GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, ISO 27001, SOC 3, CSA STAR, CCPA
- Hosting
- AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, over 60 global cloud regions, Region of Choice of Customer for the use of the Neo4j Cloud Service + USA, Belgium, East US, USA
- Customers named
- Intuit, Transport for London, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, Boston Scientific, Merck Group, Uber, JupiterOne, Infinitus
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 48 of the 75 answers that named Neo4j and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
124 of the 134 domain citations in answers naming Neo4j came from a third party's page. Ten were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podcast or video | 2,723 | 0 | 2026-05-20 | ETL | |
| Blog | 1,685 | 40 | 2026-09-28 | ETL, API gateways | |
| News or press | 412 | 6 | 2026-09-22 | ||
| Conference or event | 278 | 0 | 2024-05-03 | ||
| Report or ebook | 157 | 5 | 2026-09-25 | ||
| Case study | 122 | 1 | 2026-09-03 | ||
| Comparison | 106 | 2 | 2026-09-23 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 89 | 3 | 2026-09-16 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 50 | 0 | 2025-04-09 | ||
| Template or tool | 11 | 0 | 2026-06-16 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Enterprise knowledge layer kr blog
- 2026-09-25Production ready rag report or ebook
- 2026-09-24Who controls your intelligence analysis platform blog
- 2026-09-23Vector rag vs graphrag comparison
- 2026-09-23Graph grounded copilot recommendations microsoft fabric blog
- 2026-09-23Rescored binary vector search in neo4j search more with less memory blog
Events in person
- September 17, 2026GraphSummit New YorkConvene 237 Park, New York, United States · took part
- April 14, 2026GraphSummit ParisComet Meetings - Bourse, Paris, France · took part
- March 17, 2026GraphSummit MunichDesign Offices München Macherei, Munich, Germany · took part
As the event pages on neo4j.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page neo4j.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name ETL (18); 1 name the category the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.