Neo4j vs Weaver
Neo4j is a property graph database; Weaver is a other database. Neo4j (2007, GPL-3.0, Java) ranks #1 this month; Weaver (2014-12, BSD-3-Clause, C++) ranks #115. They differ on 33 of 46 surveyed features.
| Attribute | Neo4j | Weaver |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #1 | #115 |
| Score | 88.8 | 31.0 |
| GitHub stars | 17.4k | 214 |
| Popularity | 98.6 | 35.2 |
| Activity | 86.5 | 37.6 |
| Community | 73.8 | 35.9 |
| Research | 98.7 | — |
| 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 research prototype graph database that introduced refinable timestamps for transactional graph analytics. Distributes graphs across shards with multi-version concurrency control for consistent analytical queries. |
| Vendor | Neo4j Inc | — |
| Model | Property Graph | Other |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Established | Emerging |
| First released | 2007 | 2014-12 |
| Status | active | inactive — Academic research prototype. No active development. |
| License | GPL-3.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | Java | C++ |
| Query languages | Cypher, GQL | Custom API |
| gdotv support | yes | no |
Feature scores 33 of 46 rows differ
| Feature | Neo4j | Weaver |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | · |
| Commercial support | ✓ | · |
| Live community | ✓ | · |
| Open Source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing | 0.5 | · |
| Trendiness | ✓ | · |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | ✓ | 0.5 |
| Work as dedicated instance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Work as embedded | ✓ | · |
| Testing in-memory version | ✓ | · |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating on Windows | ✓ | 0.75 |
| 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 | ✓ | 0.5 |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | ✓ | · |
| Logging/Auditing | ✓ | 0.5 |
| 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 | ✓ | 0.5 |
| Transaction support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | ✓ | · |
| Schema support | ✓ | · |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | · |
| Server side procedures | ✓ | · |
| Triggers | ✓ | · |
| Authentication | ✓ | · |
| Authorization | ✓ | · |
| Data encryption | · | · |
Links
- Neo4j · website · github · full profile
- Weaver · website · github · full profile