Amazon Neptune is a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Graph Data Platforms, Q4 2020 report. Leading industry analyst firm Forrester has identified graph data platforms as a new and emerging technology that allows enterprises to generate the insights they need to solve complex problems quickly. In its first Wave report dedicated to graph data platforms, Forrester explains why enterprise architecture professionals need to better understand this landscape and the choices available to them. The report names Amazon Neptune a leader among the 12 vendors who are evaluated.

According to the report, "customers like [Amazon Neptune]'s ease of setup, fully managed offering, the fact it is part of the AWS ecosystem, its technical support, and performance. Top use cases include knowledge graphs, identity graphs, fraud graphs, data science, MDM, recommendation engines, and network security."