# Neo4j alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 233 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Neo4j holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/neo4j/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- MongoDB: 127
- Amazon DynamoDB: 25
- Couchbase: 8
- PostgreSQL: 7
- Google Cloud Firestore: 6
- Azure Cosmos DB: 5

## NoSQL databases

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Neo4j (Neo4j is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- MongoDB: first choice in 58 of those 84
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Google Cloud Firestore: first choice in 5 of those 84
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Couchbase: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Apache CouchDB: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Azure Cosmos DB: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Firebase Realtime Database: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Neo4j (Neo4j is #9 of 13 at 0%).

- MongoDB: first choice in 39 of those 74
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 7 of those 74
- Couchbase: first choice in 2 of those 74
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Google Cloud Firestore: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Google Firebase Firestore: first choice in 1 of those 74
- MongoDB Atlas Free Tier: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Redis: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Neo4j (Neo4j is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- MongoDB: first choice in 30 of those 75
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 10 of those 75
- Azure Cosmos DB: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Couchbase: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Aerospike: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Apache Cassandra: first choice in 1 of those 75
- DataStax Astra DB: first choice in 1 of those 75
- OpenSearch: first choice in 1 of those 75

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