From Relational to NoSQL Databases – Comparison and Popularity Graph Databases and the Neo4j Use Cases
Dimitrios Rousidis, Paraskevas Koukaras · 2023
In this chapter an in-depth comparison between Relational Databases (RD) and NoSQL Databases is performed. There is a recent trend for the IT community and enterprises to increasingly rely on the NoSQL Databases. This chapter briefly introduces the main types of NoSQL Databases. It also investigates this trend by discussing the disadvantages of RD and the benefits of NoSQL Databases. The interchanges of the popularity in the past 10 years of both types of Databases is also depicted. Finally, the most important Graph Databases are discussed and the most popular one, namely Neo4j, is analyzed.