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Neo4j is scalable and can be deployed as a standalone server or across multiple machines in a fault-tolerant cluster for production environments.
Other features for production applications include hot backups and extensive monitoring.

There are two editions of Neo4j to choose from, the xref:introduction.adoc#community-edition[_Community Edition_] and the xref:introduction.adoc#enterprise-edition[_Enterprise Edition_].
The Enterprise Edition includes all that Community Edition has to offer, plus extra enterprise requirements such as backups, clustering, and failover capabilities.
== Neo4j editions

There are two editions of self-managed Neo4j to choose from, the Community Edition (CE) and the Enterprise Edition (EE).
The Enterprise Edition includes all that Community Edition offers, plus extra enterprise requirements such as backups, clustering, and failover capabilities.

[[community-edition]]
== Community Edition

Community Edition::
The Community Edition is a fully functional edition of Neo4j, suitable for single-instance deployments.
It has full support for key Neo4j features, such as, ACID-compliant transactions, Cypher, and programming APIs.
It fully supports key Neo4j features, such as ACID-compliant transactions, Cypher, and programming APIs.
It is ideal for learning Neo4j, do-it-yourself projects, and applications in small workgroups.


[[enterprise-edition]]
== Enterprise Edition

The Enterprise Edition extends the functionality of Community Edition to include key features for performance and scalability, such as, a clustering architecture and online backup functionality.
Enterprise Edition::
The Enterprise Edition extends the functionality of Community Edition to include key features for performance and scalability, such as a clustering architecture and online backup functionality.
Additional security features include role-based access control and LDAP support, for example, Active Directory.
It is the choice for production systems with requirements for scale and availability, such as, commercial solutions and critical internal solutions.

[[versioning]]
== Versioning

Neo4j uses semantic versioning (link:{semver-uri}[Semantic Versioning Specification 2.0.0]).
Given a version number `MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH`, the increment is based on:

* `MAJOR` version - incompatible API changes towards previous `MAJOR` version.
* `MINOR` version - functionality in a backwards compatible manner.
* `PATCH` release - backwards compatible bug fixes.

Neo4j’s fully managed cloud service link:{aura-uri}[Neo4j Aura] uses only `MAJOR` versioning.


== Cypher

Cypher is a declarative query language for graphs.
Neo4j uses the property graph approach, where relationships are stored alongside the data in the model, and not computed at query time.
Cypher is a powerful, graph-optimized query language that understands, and takes advantage of, these stored connections.
When trying to find patterns or insights in data, Cypher queries are often much simpler and easier to write than massive SQL JOINs.
Since Neo4j does not have tables, there are no JOINs to worry about.

For more details, see the link:{neo4j-docs-base-uri}/cypher-manual/{page-version}[Cypher Manual -> Cypher - The Graph Query Language].


== Interaction

The recommended way of programmatically interacting with the database is either through the official link:{neo4j-docs-base-uri}/driver-manual/{page-version}[Driver Manual -> Neo4j Drivers] or using the link:{neo4j-docs-base-uri}/java-reference/{page-version}[Java Reference -> Neo4j Java API].
Neo4j provides an link:{wiki-acid-uri}[ACID]-compliant transactional backend for your applications.


=== The official Neo4j Drivers

The official Neo4j Drivers interacts with Neo4j via the link:{bolt-protocol-uri}[Bolt protocol ({bolt-protocol-uri})].

* link:{github-neo4j-neo4j-java-driver}[Neo4j Java Driver]
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For Spring-powered applications there is also link:{github-spring-projects-spring-data-neo4j}[Spring Data Neo4j].
* link:{github-neo4j-neo4j-javascript-driver}[Neo4j JavaScript Driver]
* link:{github-neo4j-neo4j-python-driver}[Neo4j Python Driver]
* link:{github-neo4j-neo4j-dotnet-driver}[Neo4j .NET Driver]
* link:{github-neo4j-neo4j-go-driver}[Neo4j Go Driver]


[NOTE]
====
See the link:{download-center-drivers}[Neo4j Download Center - Drivers] for more links.
====


=== Other tools

* xref:tools/cypher-shell.adoc[Neo4j Cypher Shell] - Command line tool for Cypher queries. link:{download-center-cyphershell}[Neo4j Download Center - Cypher Shell].
* Neo4j Browser - Interact with Neo4j, create Cypher queries, and basic visualization capabilities.
* Neo4j Desktop - Developer IDE or Management Environment for Neo4j instances. link:{download-center-desktop}[Neo4j Download Center - Neo4j Desktop].
* link:{bloom-uri}[Neo4j Bloom] - Explore and visualize graph data. link:{download-center-bloom}[Neo4j Download Center - Neo4j Bloom].
It is the choice for production systems with requirements for scale and availability, such as commercial and critical internal solutions.

The following table compares the available key features in both editions:

[[edition-details]]
== Neo4j feature details


=== Neo4j key features

.Key features
.Community Edition vs Enterprise Edition key features
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[[versioning]]
== Versioning

Neo4j uses semantic versioning (link:{semver-uri}[Semantic Versioning Specification 2.0.0]).
Given a version number `MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH`, the increment is based on:

* `MAJOR` version - incompatible API changes towards previous `MAJOR` version.
* `MINOR` version - functionality in a backwards compatible manner.
* `PATCH` release - backwards compatible bug fixes.

Neo4j’s fully managed cloud service link:{aura-uri}[Neo4j Aura] uses only `MAJOR` versioning.