Neo4j vs Quine

Both are property graph databases queried with Cypher. Neo4j (2007, GPL-3.0, Java) ranks #1 this month; Quine (2022-02, MIT + Commons Clause, Scala) ranks #53.

Attribute Neo4j #1 = Leader Quine #53 ▼2 Growing
At a glance
Rank #1#53
Score 88.846.6
GitHub stars 17.4k364
Popularity 98.647.7
Activity 86.556.9
Community 73.830.3
Research 98.750.8
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 streaming graph engine written in Scala that ingests event streams and builds them into a stateful graph in real time. Uses standing queries to continuously match patterns and trigger actions as data arrives. Supports pluggable persistence via RocksDB, Cassandra, and ScyllaDB.
Vendor Neo4j IncthatDot
Model Property GraphProperty Graph
Kind databasedatabase
Category EstablishedEmerging
First released 20072022-02
Status activeactive
License GPL-3.0MIT + Commons Clause
Written in JavaScala
Query languages Cypher, GQLopenCypher, Gremlin
gdotv support yesno

Feature scores — not surveyed for Quine

Feature Neo4jQuine
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 ·—