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Neo4j Graph Database vs Oracle NoSQL comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 7, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Neo4j Graph Database
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle NoSQL
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Neo4j Graph Database is 6.0%, up from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle NoSQL is 3.8%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Neo4j Graph Database6.0%
Oracle NoSQL3.8%
Other90.2%
NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

RT
VP odfTechnology at Enterpi Software Solutions Private Limited
Delivers superior search and data aggregation capabilities
Neo4j helps with advanced search needs, providing good search results and aggregates compared to MongoDB. Aggregating with MongoDB can be difficult; however, with Neo4j, it's easier. Aggregating data, backing up, and creating new clusters are user-friendly from the back end. In DevOps web deployment, we noticed no database issues. We created Docker instances and set them up efficiently, managing databases up to 50 gigabytes.
SS
Support on banking at Aithent
Handles large data volumes effectively but connection issues require attention
The Oracle NoSQL solution is used primarily for storing data for our web applications. We work alongside the DBA team for this purpose, given that specific departments manage aspects of its use. We choose it specifically to handle large scales of data, such as in one of our bank customer's scenarios using more than nine hundred gigabytes of data.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Neo4j helps with advanced search needs, providing good search results and aggregates compared to MongoDB."
"It is good for search-based tasks, providing solid search results and aggregate results."
"The solution's best feature is how it differs from traditional SQL databases. It's hard to map people and find those near me in SQL, which requires long, complex queries. Neo4j Graph Database makes this easier with simpler queries. It also supports more data types, like JSON, which SQL doesn't."
"It enables circumstances which would have been a complex problem to be simplified."
"As a graph database, I am surprised at their performance and response time."
"The graph modeling paradigm suits our data set well, where there may be orders of magnitude more connections between data points than data points themselves."
"Creates the ability to visualize outputs."
"Enables people to understand what the business problem is and how the technology helps."
"Oracle NoSQL is pretty scalable."
"The features I've found to be most valuable are the speed of reading and writing (read/write performance levels are really high), the transactions model (semantics for data manipulation), and just the overall simplicity of using it."
"The tool is easy to learn."
"NoSQL has high availability; I think it's perfect from a technical perspective, and it's quick to run and go."
"Try it! You’ll be impressed."
"So far, we find stability to be very reasonable, it is dependable and we do not have any big issues."
"With Oracle NoSQL, our clients have a highly scalable, simple to set up database that performs very well when data is organized correctly from the beginning."
"NoSQL has high availability. I think it's perfect from a technical perspective. It's quick to run and go."
 

Cons

"There are concerns about performance and whether the tool can necessarily scale to provide the solution."
"The only problem is that the community is quite small."
"There are things I found unintuitive or difficult to understand, however I can't say this is a deficiency in the product and likely more a function of my relatively low experience."
"The tool could improve by having more resources, especially for Golang, which we use. It lacks good basic libraries and doesn't have an ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) tool, which many NoSQL databases have. We thought about building an ORM for the Neo4j Graph Database but are too busy."
"For me, when the tool was deployed on an on-premises model, it was a little bit difficult the first time."
"There are concerns about performance and whether the tool can necessarily scale to provide the solution."
"The only problem is that the community is quite small."
"So far, we have not had any issues and are happy with the product in general."
"You will get high performance when you organize your data correctly at the beginning. Otherwise, there are instability issues."
"Handling big data in a user-friendly way is currently a bit of an issue. The dashboard for this needs some work."
"The main areas that need improvement with NoSQL are in the area of big data and user-friendly presentation."
"I would rate Oracle NoSQL six or 6.5 out of ten based on my experience."
"Personally, I’d like to see some improvements in the monitoring UI for it."
"Oracle could improve how NoSQL works in containers. I don't think NoSQL needs any new features, but I want to see new features in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. I would like to see some improvements in OCI's building options."
"The installation is difficult."
"Oracle could improve how NoSQL works in containers. I don't think NoSQL needs any new features, but I want to see new features in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is open source so that you can use it for free. They also offer an enterprise version with its billing. If your company is earning well, I suggest using the enterprise version. Otherwise, you can deploy it on your own cloud and pay based on usage."
"The tool is not expensive."
"The product is expensive and Oracle could work to lower the licensing cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
University
8%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Neo4j?
The solution is open source so that you can use it for free. They also offer an enterprise version with its billing. If your company is earning well, I suggest using the enterprise version. Otherwi...
What needs improvement with Neo4j Graph Database?
The only problem is that the community is quite small.
What is your primary use case for Neo4j Graph Database?
We have used Neo4j in microservices. In one of the microservices, we used Neo4j since we have some requirements similar to MongoDB plus Elasticsearch. It performs both functions. Instead of doing t...
What needs improvement with Oracle NoSQL?
Sometimes we face problems with the connection between our applications and the database. It may be due to network issues or performance issues on Oracle's side. Our DBA team requests validations f...
What is your primary use case for Oracle NoSQL?
We use Oracle NoSQL ( /products/oracle-nosql-reviews ) to store data for our web applications. It is being used for customer projects, and we handle one of our bank customers using more than nine h...
 

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Sample Customers

Walmart, Telenor, Wazoku, Adidas, Cerved, GameSys, eBay, Schleich, ICIJ, die Bayerisch, Megree, InfoJobs, LinkedIn
Airbus, Globacom, WebAction
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