Comparison
gdotv vs. AWS graph-explorer
How does gdotv compare to AWS graph-explorer?
Compare features and read a deep dive from the team.
About AWS graph-explorer
Amazon Neptune’s graph-explorer is an open-source web application published by Amazon Web Services. It focuses on query-free data exploration, where your graph is controlled entirely by the mouse. AWS graph-explorer can be used not only by Amazon Neptune clusters using openCypher, but any database with a Gremlin/SPARQL endpoint over HTTP.
Here, we’ll focus on the graph-explorer’s LPG functionality.
Summary
AWS graph-explorer does its job well for what it is: a free, self-hosted visual exploration tool for non-technical audiences, but will quickly show its limits to a developer doing detailed work with a graph database. Most obvious is lack of a query editor or dashboarding capabilities.
gdotv is a dedicated IDE purpose-built and fully equipped for graph workloads. It covers everything from querying and debugging to schema management and data editing under one roof, targeted at those who want full control over their data.
Comparison overview
| Feature | gdotv | AWS graph-explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Query Editor | Yes | Yes |
| Query Language | Gremlin, Cypher & more | Gremlin |
| Syntax Highlighting | Yes | No |
| Schema-Aware Autocomplete | Yes | No |
| Gremlin Traversal Debugger | Yes | No |
| Built-in Documentation | Yes | No |
| No-Code Exploration | Yes | Yes |
| Export to JSON/CSV | Yes | Yes |
| Dashboarding | Yes | No |
| Multiple Graph Layouts | Yes | Yes |
| Edit graph within UI | Yes | No |
| Graph filtering | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | Desktop / Cloud | Docker / EC2 / SageMaker / ECS Fargate |
| Pricing model | Commercial / Free trial | Open source |
| Database support | Industry-wide | Neptune + any Gremlin/SPARQL endpoint |
In conclusion
Joe Stainke
Software Developer
AWS graph-explorer is a good fit for non-technical users who need to browse and explore graph data without writing queries. gdotv is the right choice for developers and data professionals who need a complete, day-to-day working environment for their graph database.
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