Neo4j Competitors and Alternatives

What is most valuable?

* Simple ring architecture * Replication using peer-to-peer protocol rather than leader selection * Linear scalability (99%) * Configurable consistency

How has it helped my organization?

Ability to achieve write speeds 10k tps: Compared to existing, it is 300% percent higher.

What needs improvement?

Row-level locking is not available; might be very helpful in update use cases.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

The earlier solution used Couchbase, which has leader selection. At times, when leader selection takes time, then we would lose the transactions. This got resolved with the... more»

What is most valuable?

* Cloudera Manager for administering the Hadoop cluster * Cloudera specific solutions like Impala * Extensive... more»

How has it helped my organization?

Implementing a Hadoop cluster has become relatively straight-forward using CDH. Administering it is also less complex.... more»

What needs improvement?

* Some of the UI features seem confusing e.g. charts on the CM Services page * Sometimes it gets confusing to follow a... more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Licensing price on per node basis for Cloudera seems to be pretty steep (based on the inputs we have received from... more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Cloudera is a prominent player in the Hadoop space and we did not have a need to adopt a different solution. However,... more»

What other advice do I have?

It is user friendly and installation is pretty straightforward. Cloudera Manager is a good tool to administer it.... more»