Amazon Neptune
Amazon Neptune is a fully managed graph database service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed to store and query highly connected data using property graph and RDF models, supporting popular query languages like Gremlin and SPARQL. It offers high availability, durability, and scalability for applications requiring complex relationship analysis, such as social networks, recommendation engines, and fraud detection.
Developers should use Amazon Neptune when building applications that involve traversing complex relationships between data points, such as social networking platforms, knowledge graphs, or real-time recommendation systems. It is particularly valuable in scenarios where traditional relational databases struggle with performance on interconnected queries, as it optimizes for graph traversal operations. Neptune integrates seamlessly with other AWS services, making it a strong choice for cloud-native applications on AWS infrastructure.