Using Neo4j Community edition in commercial applications

[Boubouh Karim]

Hello, everyone:

I am not sure about what is allowed license-wise in the use of Neo4j Community Edition.

Can i use it in closed-source commercial applications ?

[Levi Stanley]

The short answer is yes. But also go here to confirm: HTTP://neo4J.com/licensing/

[Dennis O]

Hi @Levi,

Could you please elaborate on the "running inside your organization" phrase on that licensing page?
Let's say I'd like to build a social network with neo4 Community, with all servers in AWS, does this still count as "running inside your organization"?

Thank you,

D

[Levi Stanley]

@Dennis O, yes that is still considered running inside your organization.

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[Michael Hunger]

Dennis,

you can also just apply to the Neo4j startup program for enterprise edition, then all questions are resolved :)

Michael

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[Dennis O]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for the suggestion.
My concerns are:
1. Technically i'm not a "startup" yet: i'm the only person doing a prototype, no investors, 99% chance - will go live like that until i will make a next steps..., while the startup page says "The Startup Program is designed for companies..." So I believe I do not qualify?
2. I would like to have understanding about Enterprise version costs. There's no info on the website. Would like to understand feasibility of moving forward with neo4j compared to open-source Cayley for example.

Thank you!
D

[Dennis O]

Thank you!

[Dave M]

Dennis, I am in a similar situation.  I just have an idea, but am playing with the Community Edition until I know things will actually work.  What decisions have you made about scalability?  For example, right now I'm planning on running everything on a Windows Server VM, just because I am more familiar with Windows.  But I wonder if eventually hosting on EC2 means I have to go the Ubuntu route.  Do you have any suggestions?

[Dennis O]

Hi Dave,

>> What decisions have you made about scalability?  

I started using GrapheneDB.com. Having some neo4j specialists watching over your DB really helps while you are building your application.
As soon as this balance shifts towards "in-house is cheaper" mark - I'll start hosting neo in-house. 
This is directly related to scalability: you can setup a EE cluster yourself - no problem (that's what I did initially). However, you'll need to constantly monitor this, do backups, etc. etc. That. And also, by the time you will really feel the need to scale, you'll have a lot of data. So this should mean you already earn enough to have good choices (maybe host internally and have a dedicated neo specialist).

>>   But I wonder if eventually hosting on EC2 means I have to go the Ubuntu route.  Do you have any suggestions?

With EC2 actually you can use almost any OS/flavor. For example I was on CentOS for some time but for my project decided to move forward with Debian. Maybe something else would work for you better. Cannot give any suggestion here as I have no experience running neo4j for a long time to know its OS-related specifics, if any.

D.

[Michael Hunger]

There is also a free startup / personal option for neo4j enterprise: https://neo4j.com/startup-program/

as well as an accomodating license for OSS projects.

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[santanu DUTTA]

I am in this situation right now - just an idea and me working with the Community edition. I am also planning to run everything on Windows VM. 

How have your experience been with Neo4j? Did you finally go ahead with Neo4j or switched to some other dbs?