Cinch Graph

Bolt-compatible graph database. Query with Cypher. Scale-to-zero, a fraction of Neo4j's cost.

python

# Same Neo4j driver. Different URL.

from neo4j import GraphDatabase

driver = GraphDatabase.driver(

"bolt+s://tcp.cinchdb.dev:7687",

auth=("", "cinch_token")

)

with driver.session() as session:

session.run("CREATE NODE TABLE Person(name STRING, PRIMARY KEY(name))")

session.run("CREATE (:Person { name: 'Alice' })")

result = session.run("MATCH (p:Person) RETURN p.name")

PROTOCOL

Neo4j wire protocol. Use any Neo4j driver — Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, .NET. Same Cypher queries.

ARCHITECTURE

Optimized graph storage engine. No JVM, no garbage collection pauses. Each graph is isolated storage on NVMe.

USE CASES

Knowledge graphs, entity resolution, agent memory. Create per-session graphs in milliseconds, discard when done.

ECONOMICS

100 graphs on Neo4j: ~$6,500/mo. 100 graphs on Cinch: ~$300/mo. Idle graphs cost near-zero.

How Cinch Graph compares

Feature	Neo4j Aura	Neptune	Neo4j (self-hosted)	Cinch
Scale to zero	No	Partial	No	Yes
Query language	Cypher	Gremlin/openCypher	Cypher	Cypher
Managed	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
1GB graph/mo	~$65	~$115	~$30+	~$3
100 graphs (1GB each)	~$6,500	~$11,500	~$3,000+	~$300

Same Cypher queries. Same Neo4j drivers. Scale to zero.