Graph databases are efficient in exploring multi-hop relationships which are common in many business scenarios. So basically if your application needs to query n-hop relationships all the time, then graph database is a better choice. Some main use cases include real-time recommendation (product/content/shop), risk management like fraud detection in the financial services industry, knowledge graph and machine learning, etc.
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what are the main use cases for these type of graph databases?
Graph databases are efficient in exploring multi-hop relationships which are common in many business scenarios. So basically if your application needs to query n-hop relationships all the time, then graph database is a better choice. Some main use cases include real-time recommendation (product/content/shop), risk management like fraud detection in the financial services industry, knowledge graph and machine learning, etc.