Neo4j AuraDB
neo4j.com/cloud/auraBuild Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Fully Managed Graph Database Service
How to Replace Neo4j AuraDBOverview
Features
44 features across 19 categories
AI(2)
AI-powered assistant to minimize manual query work and generate insights
Optimized handling of vector data for AI and ML workloads
API(2)
Library for querying graph data using GraphQL
API for executing queries against the database
Administration(2)
Automatic service upgrades, security updates, and new features without interruption
Build apps without managing infrastructure, with automatic service maintenance
Analytics(2)
Advanced analytics capabilities for graph data analysis
65+ pre-tuned graph data science algorithms for pathfinding, centrality, community detection, and network embeddings
Availability(1)
High availability and reliability with minimal downtime for enterprise deployments
Billing(1)
Simplified billing through cloud provider marketplaces
Compliance(1)
Adhere to ISO 27001, ISO 20243, GDPR, CCPA, SOC2 Type II, SOC3, and HIPAA regulations
Cost Management(1)
Pause database when not in use and save 80% of running costs with data securely stored
Data Integration(2)
Track and capture changes to data for streaming and synchronization
Tool for importing data into Neo4j databases
Data Modeling(2)
Add new entities, properties, and relationships without rebuilding the database or modifying application code
Store data in nodes with relationships intact, preserving context and connections that traditional databases strip away
Data Protection(2)
Full or incremental backups across multiple zones, point-in-time recovery, and fully encrypted snapshots
Restore databases to any specific point in time
Infrastructure(1)
Deploy on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud in over 60 global regions
Management(2)
Single console to manage all database instances
Central management interface for database provisioning and monitoring
Monitoring(2)
Track and monitor database activity and changes
Detailed monitoring and analytics for database instances
Performance(4)
Support diverse workloads with automatic splitting of analytical queries to run concurrently across multiple threads
Navigate the graph without index lookups or JOINS, keeping processing time proportional to data size for lightning-fast traversals
Advanced query execution engine for improved performance
Analyze and optimize database queries with detailed logging
Query Language(2)
Simple and expressive query language that requires fewer lines of code than SQL or SPARQL for pattern matching and data retrieval
Find complex or recursive patterns in data and relationships without JOINs using expressive queries
Scalability(2)
Scale instances for data and compute needs, efficiently managing datasets and memory-intensive workloads
Read replicas for distributing query load and improving availability
Security(10)
Control encryption keys for data at rest
Data encrypted at rest with customer-managed keys and TLS encryption for network traffic
Restrict database access to specific IP addresses
Two-factor authentication for enhanced account security
Segregate network traffic and resources with network isolation and private endpoints
Dedicated network endpoints for enhanced security and isolation
Enable selective graph traversals and precise access control for different parts of the graph
Protect data with role-based and property-based access control for precise read/write permissions
Forward security logs to external monitoring systems
Single sign-on integration for enterprise authentication
Visualization(3)
Generate visual insights faster with AI-powered dashboard creation and GenAI Copilot
Easy graph visualization and exploration tool
Explore data insights with visualization tools and built-in dashboards in the Aura console
Pricing
AuraDB Free
- ✓Learn and explore graphs
- ✓No credit card required
- ✓Access to all graph tools
- ✓Aura Console
- ✓Neo4j Data Importer
- ✓Query API
- ✓GraphQL Library
- ✓Multi-Factor Authentication
- ✓Activity Feed
AuraDB Professional
- ✓Build production-ready apps
- ✓Up to 128GB memory per instance
- ✓Scalable on demand
- ✓Daily backups with 7-day retention
- ✓Available on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud
- ✓Advanced instance-level metrics
- ✓Query Log Analyzer
- ✓Advanced Metrics
- ✓Vector Optimization
- ✓Pipelined runtime only
- ✓Graph Analytics
- ✓Aura Agent
- ✓Cloud Marketplace Billing
- ✓Pay as you go with credit card
- ✓Neo4j Bloom visualization
- ✓Dashboards
AuraDB Business Critical
Popular- ✓Scale apps for enterprise use
- ✓Up to 512GB memory per instance
- ✓Highly available 3-zone cluster
- ✓99.95% uptime SLA
- ✓Daily backups with 30-day retention
- ✓Hourly point-in-time restore
- ✓Role-based access control
- ✓Granular security
- ✓Pay-as-you-go and prepaid consumption billing
- ✓24x7 support
- ✓Query Log forwarding
- ✓Pipelined and Parallel Runtime
- ✓Secondaries
- ✓Vector Optimization
- ✓RBAC and Fine-Grained Access Control
- ✓SSO Authentication
- ✓Security Log Forwarding
- ✓IP Filtering
- ✓Property-Based Access Control
- ✓Change Data Capture
- ✓Advanced Metrics with third-party integration
- ✓Pay as you go and prepaid contract terms
AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud
- ✓Deploy with all Business Critical capabilities
- ✓Dedicated environment
- ✓VPC isolation and dedicated infrastructure
- ✓Up to 512GB memory per instance
- ✓Hourly backups with 60-day retention
- ✓Enhanced 24x7 support and services
- ✓99.95% uptime SLA
- ✓Multi-zone configuration
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Integrations
7 known integrations