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G.V() Basic is going away February 5th, 2024 – what you need to know and what’s next.

Editor’s NOTE: 

G.V() Basic was removed on February 5th 2024. We’ve since introduced a new free tier for G.V() that once again allows unrestricted use of our software for any graph database meeting our size threshold of 500 vertices and 500 edges. To find out more, head over to this blog post.

What will change with G.V() Basic going away?

G.V() Basic is our free tier. It allows you to use most of our software’s functionality without restrictions for the following Apache TinkerPop Graph Systems:

  • Gremlin Server
  • JanusGraph
  • ArcadeDB
  • Azure Cosmos DB Emulator
On February 5th 2024, this tier will be removed and all G.V() Basic Licenses that have been issued will expire. Continuing to use G.V() with the above Graph Systems will require a paid G.V() Pro license.
 
A new free tier, G.V() Lite, has already been introduced for new users and allows (mostly) unrestricted use of G.V() with our in-memory graph, G.V() Playground.
 

Continuing to support the developer experience with G.V() Lite

 
This free tier is designed to support users learning graph databases or Gremlin and will receive new specific functionality before G.V() Basic’s expiry allowing for in-memory graphs to be exposed over a network to connect your development environment (or any other application).
Initially G.V() Playground will be restricted to running TinkerGraph (Apache TinkerPop’s own in-memory graph) but we plant to extend this to support JanusGraph’s as well.
 
As part of this, we’re also opening up access to our Gremlin Query Debugging functionality and our OpenAI Text To Gremlin feature to all users of G.V() Basic and G.V() Lite.
 
Our goal is to give everyone a free to use software that allows them to stand up and manage Apache TinkerPop in-memory graphs effortlessly, and to expose them over a local network so that they can be accessed from their development environment. 
This will allow developers and engineers to continue to develop their graph project locally using G.V() without the burden of having to stand up and manage Apache TinkerPop graph systems by themselves. When the time comes for these graphs to be deployed in production using one of the many Apache TinkerPop systems G.V() support, they can then choose to start using G.V() Pro to continue supporting their graph use cases.
 
 

Why is this happening?

G.V() is a passion project that I’ve now embarked on three years ago at time of writing. G.V() saw it’s first beta release after a year of work and remained 100% free to use until January 2023, when we’ve introduced G.V() Pro for Amazon Neptune and Azure Cosmos DB. We’ve received a lot of great feedback that helped us improve the software over the years. 

To continue delivering quality updates at a monthly cadence we need financial support from our user base. With your support we can work on more ambitious features that keep pushing the boundaries of tooling in the Apache TinkerPop ecosystem. 

We hope that you will understand and support this decision – it’s essential to sustaining the growth of our software.

Will there be exemptions/exceptions?

We offer a 30% discount on G.V() Pro for small companies like us that you can apply for here.

If you are a student or an academic looking to use G.V() for learning or educational purposes, contact us at support@gdotv.com via your academic email address and we’ll provide you with a G.V() Pro license free of charge.

If you’re a committer to one of the open source Apache TinkerPop systems listed above, we’ll also be happy to send you a free G.V() Pro license. Just contact us at support@gdotv.com from an email address that can be tied back to any of your contributions in the last 12 months.

So I’ll (likely) need a G.V() Pro license – where do I start?

To purchase a G.V() Pro license, head on over to our Pricing page. We’ve included a whole lot of FAQs to help you through the process. If you need to raise a Purchase order with us simply get in touch at support@gdotv.com and we’ll get this all over to you in no time – same goes if you have vendor onboarding questionnaires or any similar due diligence.

 

What’s next for G.V()?

G.V() is going to continue receiving monthly feature updates – and with all your support it will just keep getting better and better, so stay tuned!

 
 

Arthur Bigeard

Hey! I'm Arthur Bigeard, the founder of gdotv Ltd. I'm a former Identity & Access Management developer with a heavy background in cyber security. I've developed a passion for Graph Databases and the Apache TinkerPop ecosystem in particular over the last few years which I've channeled into the making of our flagship product, G.V().

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