July 7, 2026· ~13 min readCypher Query Optimization Techniques: From Slow to Sub-Second ## The 10-Second Query Problem You wrote a Cypher query. It returns the right data. Then you run it on a real dataset and it takes ten seconds. A qu
July 7, 2026· ~14 min readCypher Query Optimization: Performance Tuning for Neo4j in Production Neo4j's Cypher query planner is remarkably good at translating declarative pattern-matching into an efficient execution plan — most of the time. But