# Neo4j

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/databases/neo4j/

Managed graph database service (AuraDB) built on Neo4j's native property graph engine, queried with Cypher.

## Who it suits

Teams whose data is naturally relationships-first — recommendation engines, fraud detection, knowledge graphs — where the query itself is a graph traversal Cypher expresses directly and a relational join chain would not.

Consider something else if The data model is tabular and the graph shape is incidental — most CRUD apps fit a relational or document database better, and Neo4j's per-GB memory pricing is a worse fit for large flat datasets than a row-store.

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://neo4j.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11)
- Entry paid plan: $65/GB/month (minimum 1GB cluster) on AuraDB Professional, or $0.09/hour ($65.70/month for 1GB) metered hourly. 14-day free trial available. ([source](https://neo4j.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11)
- Pricing model: Usage-based, metered per GB-hour of memory on the Professional tier. A paused database cuts cost by roughly 80%. ([source](https://neo4j.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11)
- Startup credit program: Neo4j for Startups: up to $16K in Aura credits. Requires Series B or earlier funding, a single product sold to many customers (not custom per-customer work), a functioning website, and a company LinkedIn profile. ([source](https://neo4j.com/startups/), read 2026-09-11)

### Infrastructure

- Regions: AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, across more than 60 global cloud regions; also available through the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud marketplaces. ([source](https://neo4j.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11)

### Data

- Engine: Neo4j, a native property graph database. ([source](https://neo4j.com/docs/aura/auradb/platform/backup-restore/), read 2026-09-11)
- Point-in-time recovery: Not included on the entry-paid (Professional) tier — point-in-time restore is a Business Critical feature, with hourly granularity and 30-day retention. ([source](https://neo4j.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11)
- Read replicas: Supported ([source](https://neo4j.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11)
- Backup retention: Daily backups, 7-day retention on the entry-paid (Professional) tier. Business Critical adds 30-day retention with hourly point-in-time restore; Virtual Dedicated Cloud gets hourly backups with 60-day retention. ([source](https://neo4j.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-11)