# Neo4j Community Edition limitations

**URL:** https://community.neo4j.com/t/neo4j-community-edition-limitations/56106
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform
**Tags:** neo4j-community
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/neo4j-community-edition-limitations/56106 "2022-05-10T14:09:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![sudipta.84.goswami](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/sudipta.84.goswami/32/23872_2.png) [@sudipta.84.goswami](https://community.neo4j.com/u/sudipta.84.goswami)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/neo4j-community-edition-limitations/56106/1 "2022-05-10T14:09:59Z")

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Hi All,

We have recently installed Neo4j Community Edition 4.4. This is installed in a RHEL VM on Azure. After we have started the service, we are not able to do the following:  
a. Not able to create any User or add neo4j user to admin group.  
b. Not able to create a Database.  
c. Not able to create roles.

Is there any limitation with Community Edition. Can this be performed if we try a docker image of the same.

Regards,  
Sudipta

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### Author: ![Cobra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/cobra/32/35243_2.png) [@Cobra](https://community.neo4j.com/u/Cobra)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/neo4j-community-edition-limitations/56106/2 "2022-05-11T11:25:59Z")

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Hello @sudipta.84.goswami and welcome to the Neo4j community 🙂

The Neo4j Community Edition is not able to achieve what you want so you have to switch to Neo4j Enterprise Edition.

1. [Managing users](https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/current/access-control/manage-users/). You should be able to create users, but there will be some limitations
2. [Creating databases](https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/current/databases/#administration-databases-create-database)
3. [Managing roles](https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/current/access-control/manage-roles/)

Regards,  
Cobra

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### Author: ![dana\_canzano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/dana_canzano/32/27392_2.png) [@dana\_canzano](https://community.neo4j.com/u/dana_canzano)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/neo4j-community-edition-limitations/56106/3 "2022-05-11T14:10:41Z")

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@sudipta.84.goswami

[Introduction - Operations Manual](https://neo4j.com/docs/operations-manual/current/introduction/#edition-details) describes functionality per edition (i.e. community vs. enterprise )
