# Suggestion: fix outdated comparisons

**URL:** <https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/suggestion-fix-outdated-comparisons/2279>\
**Category:** Users\
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/suggestion-fix-outdated-comparisons/2279 "2018-03-01T23:03:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Offirmo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/offirmo/32/725_2.png) [@Offirmo](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/Offirmo)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/suggestion-fix-outdated-comparisons/2279/1 "2018-03-01T23:03:23Z")

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I read here [GitHub - dgraph-io/dgraph: Native GraphQL Database with graph backend](https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph#dgraph-compared-to-other-graph-dbs) that neo4j is not distributed. However, googling “distributed neo4j” gives this [https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/clustering/causal-clustering/introduction/](https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/clustering/causal-clustering/introduction/) which seems to state otherwise.

Also reading this blog post [https://blog.dgraph.io/post/neptune/](https://blog.dgraph.io/post/neptune/) and visiting AWS Neptune doc [Amazon Neptune - Fast, Reliable Graph Database built for the cloud](https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/) I see ACID compliance mentioned.

Outdated or imprecise comparisons are not helpful to build trust. I suggest fixing.

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**Author:** ![mrjn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/mrjn/32/775_2.png) [@mrjn](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/mrjn)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/suggestion-fix-outdated-comparisons/2279/2 "2018-03-04T04:51:07Z")

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Thanks for bringing this up.

Neo4j is not sharded, the entire data must reside on a single server. Neo4j can have full replicas, which is not horizontal scalability. A distributed system is typically understood to be sharded, not just replicated.

Amazon Neptune’s initial release didn’t mention ACID transactions. I’ll update the blog to mention that they do provide ACID compliance.

**Update** : I’ve clarified Neo4j’s architecture a bit in README. [GitHub - dgraph-io/dgraph: Native GraphQL Database with graph backend](https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/dgraph/original/2X/2/2b38fdece2abe5814f2e51bee69d1e67fc304b0a.png) [@system](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/suggestion-fix-outdated-comparisons/2279/3 "2018-04-03T04:51:19Z")

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Closed on April 3, 2018, 4:51am UTC

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