Cypher and Aura

Aura is Neo4j’s fully managed cloud service. It consists of AuraDB and AuraDS. AuraDB is a graph database service for developers building intelligent applications, and AuraDS is a Graph Data Science (GDS) service for data scientists building predictive models and analytics workflows.

AuraDB is available on the following tiers:

For more information, see Aura docs - Neo4j AuraDB overview.

AuraDS is available on the following tiers:

For more information, see Aura docs - Neo4j AuraDS overview.

Most Cypher features are available across all tiers of Aura. However, certain features are not supported in Aura instances. For example, it is not possible to create, alter, or drop databases using Aura, nor is it possible to alter or drop servers.

Additionally, some Cypher features are exclusive to AuraDB Business Critical and AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud tiers. These primarily fall under database administration and role-based access control capabilities. For more information, see the Operations Manual → Database administration and the Operations Manual → Authentication and authorization.

Each different tier of Aura has a customized version of the Cypher Cheat Sheet which only shows the features of Cypher available for the chosen tier.

The Cypher Cheat Sheet can be accessed here. You can select your desired Aura tier and Neo4j version by using the dropdown menus provided. Note that the default tier is AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud.