Question

What is the difference between Neo4J Graph Database and MySQL?

Answer 1

1. Neo4j :

Neo4j is the most famous graph database management system and it is also a NoSQL database system which is developed by Neo4j, Inc. It is different from Mysql or MongoDB as it has its features that makes it special compared to other Database Management System. Neo4j also stores and present the data in the form of the graph not in tabular format or not in a Jason format. In this the whole data is represented by nodes and there you can create a relationship between nodes which means the whole database collection will look like a graph, which makes Neo4j unique from other database management system.

2. MySQL :

It is a relational database management system (RDBMS) based on Structured Query Language (SQL). It is open based database management developed and managed by oracle corporation and initially released on 23 May 1995. It is widely being used in many small and large scale industrial applications and capable of handling a large volume of data.

Answer 2

Neo4j	MySQL
It consists of vertices and edges. Each vertex or node represent a key value or attribute It is possible to store dynamic content like images, videos, audio, It has the capability for deep search into the database without affecting the performance along with efficient timing We can relate any two objects in neo4j by the mean of making relationship between any two nodes	In relational databases, attributes are appended in plain table format In relational databases, such as MySQL, it’s difficult to store videos, audios, images, It takes longer time for database search and also inconvenient compared to neo4j It lacks relationship and difficult to use them for connected graphs and data