Fluree vs Neptune
Fluree is a rdf database; Neptune is a multiple database. Fluree (2018-08, BUSL-1.1, Rust) ranks #25 this month; Neptune (2017-11, Proprietary, C++) ranks #14. They differ on 15 of 46 surveyed features.
| Attribute | Fluree | Neptune |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #25 | #14 |
| Score | 55.4 | 61.1 |
| GitHub stars | 474 | — |
| Popularity | 50.3 | 61.0 |
| Activity | 74.6 | 60.9 |
| Community | 40.5 | 61.8 |
| Research | 52.0 | 60.4 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A temporal RDF graph database written in Rust. Each transaction is an immutable, content-addressed commit, so data can be queried as of any point in history, with git-style branching, triple-level access policies, and built-in full-text, vector, and geospatial search. | A fully managed graph database service from AWS supporting both property graph and RDF models. Available as Neptune Database (for transactional workloads) and Neptune Analytics (for analytical queries). |
| Vendor | Fluree | Amazon Web Services |
| Model | RDF | Multiple |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Growing | Enterprise |
| First released | 2018-08 | 2017-11 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | BUSL-1.1 | Proprietary |
| Written in | Rust | C++ |
| Query languages | SPARQL, JSON-LD Query, openCypher, GraphQL | Gremlin, SPARQL, openCypher |
| gdotv support | no | yes |
Feature scores 15 of 46 rows differ
| Feature | Fluree | Neptune |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | ✓ |
| Commercial support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live community | 0.75 | ✓ |
| Open Source | ✓ | · |
| Pricing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trendiness | 0.5 | ✓ |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | ✓ | · |
| Work as dedicated instance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Work as embedded | ✓ | · |
| Testing in-memory version | ✓ | · |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating on Windows | ✓ | · |
| SaaS offering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operations | ||
| Automatic updates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client side caching | · | ✓ |
| Data versioning support | ✓ | · |
| Live backups | ✓ | ✓ |
| Distribution | ||
| Cluster Re-balancing | · | · |
| Data Distribution | · | · |
| High-Availability | ✓ | ✓ |
| Query Distribution | · | 0.5 |
| Replication support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | ✓ | 0.5 |
| Logging/Auditing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Object-Graph Mapper | · | · |
| Reactive programming | · | ✓ |
| Documentation up-to-date | ✓ | ✓ |
| Binary protocol | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLI | ✓ | ✓ |
| GUI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Model | ||
| Multi-database | · | · |
| Graph-native data | ✓ | ✓ |
| REST API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Query Language | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transactions | ||
| Granular locking | · | ✓ |
| Multiple isolation levels | 0.5 | ✓ |
| Read committed transaction | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transaction support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | ✓ | ✓ |
| Schema support | ✓ | 0.5 |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Server side procedures | · | · |
| Triggers | · | · |
| Authentication | ✓ | ✓ |
| Authorization | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data encryption | ✓ | ✓ |
Links
- Fluree · website · github · full profile
- Neptune · website · full profile