# Amazon Neptune

> Serverless graph database service for connected data and improved AI accuracy

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/amazon-neptune
- **Category:** Graph Databases
- **Homepage:** https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/
- **Also known as:** amazon-neptune
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T21:20:44.475Z

## Vioscale score

**47.2 / 100**, confidence 31% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 0 | 6 | 0 | - |
| reliability | 50 | 10 | 500 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 45.8 | 17 | 778.9 | ✓ |
| integrations | 13.7 | 8 | 109.8 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 5 | 18 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 8 | 640 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-01, [verify at source](https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/). Independently observed._

Hybrid

> Pay-as-you-go pricing with on-demand, serverless, and savings plan options. No minimum fees or upfront commitments for on-demand/serverless.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| On-demand | Pay-as-you-go with no commitments | - | - |
| Serverless | Serverless with automatic scaling | - | - |
| Database Savings Plans | Usage-based savings plan with 1-year commitment | - | annual |
| Neptune Analytics | Per m-NCU-hour billing with pause option | - | - |

### On-demand

Pay-as-you-go pricing with no minimum fees or upfront commitments

- No minimum fees
- No upfront commitments
- Flexible configuration

### Serverless

Automatically scales graph workloads with no minimum fees or upfront commitments

- Automatic scaling
- No minimum fees
- No upfront commitments

### Database Savings Plans

Flexible pricing model offering savings in exchange for commitment to specific usage over 1-year term

- Savings vs. on-demand
- 1-year commitment

### Neptune Analytics

Analytic database engine for fast analytics over graph data. Billed per m-NCU (each m-NCU = 1 GB memory + compute/networking for 1 hour). Pause capability costs 10% of normal compute price.

- Fast analytics on billions of connections
- In-memory storage
- Optimized graph algorithms
- Low-latency queries
- Vector search
- Pause/resume capability

## About

Managed graph database that instantly scales graph workloads and improves accuracy of generative AI applications by capturing context in connected data. Analyzes tens of billions of relationships across structured and unstructured data within seconds.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Integrations (2)

_Independently observed._

- Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases
- Strands AI Agents SDK

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Graph Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Model** | |
| Graph model | Property graph |
| Query language(s) | - |
| **Transactions** | |
| ACID transactions | Full |
| Consistency model | - |
| **Architecture** | |
| Storage | Native graph |
| Distributed / scale | Sharded |
| Replication / HA | ✓ |
| OLTP vs OLAP | Both |
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | Managed |
| **Search** | |
| Full-text search | - |
| Built-in vector search | ✓ |
| **Licensing** | |
| Licence class | Proprietary |
| **Portability** | |
| openCypher / TinkerPop standard | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/) | 2026-08-01 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/) | 2026-08-01 | 80% (high) |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 2 | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.aws.amazon.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/amazon-neptune). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*