Category: Database & Data Management
8 European alternatives to Neo4j — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Leading graph database for connected-data applications, originally from Sweden
Facts
- Headquarters
- US (OTHER)
- Category
- Database & Data Management
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Data hosting
- EU, US
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Neo4j
- Elastic↗
Elastic (Elastic N.V.), headquartered at Keizersgracht 281, Amsterdam, Netherlands, develops Elasticsearch, the widely used distributed search and analytics engine, alongside Kibana and Logstash (the "ELK stack"). Since September 2024 Elasticsearch and Kibana source code is triple-licensed under AGPLv3, SSPL, and the Elastic License v2, with AGPLv3 being OSI-approved, restoring genuine open-source status after the 2021 licensing dispute. It can be self-hosted, run via Elastic Cloud with selectable EU data-center regions, or deployed via other providers, giving strong flexibility for EU sovereignty requirements.
NL · open-source
- Meilisearch↗
Open-core search engine: the Community Edition is MIT-licensed and free to use, but the Enterprise Edition (sharding, advanced observability, analytics) has been under BUSL 1.1 since v1.19 (August 2025), requiring a commercial agreement for production use.
FR · commercial
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Neo4j?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Neo4j include Aiven, CrateDB and DuckDB. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Neo4j?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Neo4j include CrateDB, DuckDB, Elastic and MariaDB. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Neo4j GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Neo4j is headquartered in US (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, US. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.