Neo4j AuraDB quotas and limits
This document provides an overview of the Neo4j AuraDB and Aura free trial limits regarding graph size and instance configurations. It also outlines feature-specific limits across different tiers. These limits are in place to ensure the stability, performance, and security of the managed service.
AuraDB tiers overview
AuraDB is offered in four distinct tiers, each designed for different use cases, from learning and development to mission-critical enterprise applications.
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AuraDB Free: A perpetual free tier for learning, prototyping, and small projects.
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AuraDB Professional: A scalable, pay-as-you-go tier for production-ready applications.
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AuraDB Business Critical: A highly available, multi-node cluster for mission-critical workloads requiring a 99.95% uptime SLA.
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AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud (VDC): A single-tenant, dedicated environment offering maximum security, isolation, and customizable configurations.
AuraDB graph size & instance configuration limits
These limits define the scale of an AuraDB instance based on its tier and configured size. See Instance details for the descriptions of the instance configurations.
| Limit | AuraDB Free | AuraDB Professional | AuraDB Business Critical | AuraDB VDC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nodes |
200,000 |
Hundreds of Millions of nodes and relationships |
Billions of nodes and relationships |
Billions of nodes and relationships |
Relationships |
400,000 |
Hundreds of Millions of nodes and relationships |
Billions of nodes and relationships |
Billions of nodes and relationships |
Memory (RAM) |
N/A |
1 GB - 128GB |
2GB - 1,952GB [1] (GCP) 2GB - 512GB [1] (AWS & Azure) |
2GB - 1,952GB [1] (GCP) 2GB - 512GB [1] (AWS & Azure) |
Storage |
1GB |
2GB - 2,048GB |
4GB - 5,120GB (AWS & GCP) 4GB - 2,048GB (Azure) |
4GB - 5,120GB (AWS & GCP) 4GB - 2,048GB (Azure) |
RAM/Disk Ratio |
N/A |
Up to 1:16 |
Up to 1:16 |
Up to 1:16 |
vCPU [2] |
N/A |
1 vCPU - 24 vCPU |
1 vCPU - 288 vCPU (GCP) 1 vCPU - 96 VCPU (AWS & Azure) |
1 vCPU - 288 vCPU (GCP) 1 vCPU - 96 vCPU (AWS & Azure) |
1. Higher available on request.
2. Note that when using metrics-forwarding to get access to Neo4j’s built-in metrics, you may see fluctuating values for CPU related series. This is because Aura’s resource scheduling is dynamic at runtime, transparent to the underlying Neo4j process.
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AuraDB service level comparisons
| Feature | AuraDB Free | AuraDB Professional | AuraDB Business Critical | AuraDB VDC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uptime SLA |
None |
None |
99.95% |
99.95% |
Tenancy |
Shared tenancy |
Single tenancy |
Single tenancy |
Single tenancy with dedicated VPC and cloud project |
Highly available |
No (zonal architecture) |
No (zonal architecture) |
Yes (regional architecture) |
Yes (regional architecture) |
Aura free trial limits
See Aura free trial limits for more details.
| Limit | Value |
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Max number of non-free-tier active instances |
1 |
Max instance size |
4GB |
Aura Graph Analytics - Max session size |
8GB |
Aura Graph Analytics - Max concurrent number of sessions |
3 |
Aura Graph Analytics - Max session duration |
1 day |
Aura Agent - Max # of external agents |
1 |
Feature limits
These tables compare the differences of key features across the tiers.
AuraDB backup
See Snapshot/backup details for more details.
| Feature | AuraDB Free | AuraDB Professional | AuraDB Business Critical | AuraDB VDC |
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Backup frequency |
On-demand |
Daily |
Hourly |
Hourly |
Backup retention |
1 backup at a time |
7 days |
30 days |
60-90 days |
Aura Graph Analytics
See Aura deployment comparison for more details.
| Limit | AuraDB Free | AuraDB Professional | AuraDB Business Critical | AuraDB VDC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Max session size |
Up to 2GB |
Up to 128GB |
Up to 128GB |
Up to 512GB |
Max concurrent number of sessions |
Up to 1 |
Up to 100 |
Up to 100 |
Up to 100 |
Max session duration |
4 hours |
7 days |
7 days |
7 days |
IP filtering
See IP filtering for more details.
| Limit | AuraDB Free | AuraDB Professional | AuraDB Business Critical | AuraDB VDC |
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IP ranges |
None |
None |
Up to 20 |
Up to 100 |
AuraDB multiple databases per instance
See Limits (RAM and maximum databases) for more details.
| Limit | AuraDB Free | AuraDB Professional | AuraDB Business Critical | AuraDB VDC |
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Max number of databases per instance |
1 |
1 |
100 |
250 |