Neo4j vs PuppyGraph
Both are property graph databases queried with Cypher. Neo4j (2007, GPL-3.0, Java) ranks #1 this month; PuppyGraph (2024-03, Proprietary) ranks #62.
Choosing between them
PuppyGraph stores no data. It connects to existing databases, warehouses and lakes, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Snowflake, BigQuery and Databricks, and runs openCypher or Gremlin queries over those tables in place, so no ETL pipeline is needed. It is proprietary software. Pick it when the data already lives in a warehouse or lake and you want to query it as a graph without copying it.
Neo4j stores the graph itself and handles transactional reads and writes. Pick it when the graph is the system of record for an application.
| Attribute | Neo4j | PuppyGraph |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #1 | #62 |
| Score | 88.8 | 44.7 |
| GitHub stars | 17.4k | — |
| Popularity | 98.6 | 39.7 |
| Activity | 86.5 | 58.0 |
| Community | 73.8 | 31.5 |
| Research | 98.7 | 50.0 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A property graph database that stores data as fixed-size records in linked lists for index-free adjacency traversal. Offers community and commercial editions with an extensive graph algorithms library. | A graph query engine that runs analytics on existing relational databases, data lakes, and warehouses without data migration. |
| Vendor | Neo4j Inc | PuppyQuery Inc |
| Model | Property Graph | Property Graph |
| Kind | database | query-engine |
| Category | Established | Growing |
| First released | 2007 | 2024-03 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Proprietary |
| Written in | Java | — |
| Query languages | Cypher, GQL | Gremlin, openCypher |
| gdotv support | yes | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for PuppyGraph
| Feature | Neo4j | PuppyGraph |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | — |
| Commercial support | ✓ | — |
| Live community | ✓ | — |
| Open Source | ✓ | — |
| Pricing | 0.5 | — |
| Trendiness | ✓ | — |
| 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 | ✓ | — |
| Replication support | ✓ | — |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | ✓ | — |
| 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 | ✓ | — |
| Read committed transaction | ✓ | — |
| Transaction support | ✓ | — |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | ✓ | — |
| Schema support | ✓ | — |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | — |
| Server side procedures | ✓ | — |
| Triggers | ✓ | — |
| Authentication | ✓ | — |
| Authorization | ✓ | — |
| Data encryption | · | — |
Links
- Neo4j · website · github · full profile
- PuppyGraph · website · full profile