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CognoDB vs LadybugDB

Both stand on graph databases. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

CognoDB

Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

CognoDB combines Cypher and Bolt compatibility with managed operations and daily encrypted snapshots. It may not fit projects that require vector search or a self-hosted deployment.

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LadybugDB combines a Cypher property graph model with analytical query processing and broad APIs and extensions. Check its concurrency model and in-memory persistence behavior against your deployment needs.

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The facts

	CognoDB	LadybugDB
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	API, Self-hosted, Web	Android, API, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Shared: $9 a month	Free or on request
Plans published	4	1
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	cognodb.com	ladybugdb.com
On graph databases	#7 of 39	#11 of 39

CognoDB: what it does well

Free plan has no card requirement or expiry
Official Neo4j drivers connect without modification
Includes ACID transactions and full-text search
Daily encrypted snapshots are retained
Imports data from a range of listed sources

What to know first

No vector search or embeddings
No self-hosted distribution is available
Deployment is single-region
Free plan has one c0 instance

LadybugDB: what it does well

Free plan with MIT-licensed source and binaries
ACID-compliant atomic, durable, serializable transactions
Client APIs for eight languages
Browser-based querying and visualization
Extensions include full-text and vector similarity search

What to know first

In-memory data is lost when the process ends
Only one read-write Database object can access a database concurrently
Concurrent writes across processes require an API server pattern

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