vioscale
Comparison

Amazon Neptune vs Dgraph

On the evidence we track, Dgraph leads this comparison with a composite score of 50/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon Neptune full profile →Dgraph full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon Neptune45
★Dgraph50
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Neptune45 / 100medium · 56%
Dgraph50 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Neptune✗
Dgraph–
Model
Amazon Neptunecommercial
Dgraphopen_source
Price level
Amazon Neptuneunknown
Dgraphfree
Transparent
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Integrations
Count
Amazon Neptune2
Dgraph–
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Scorecard
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph6
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph9
Github stars
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph21,780
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph13
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph13
History
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon Neptune–
DgraphApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Amazon Neptune–
DgraphGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for graph databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Model
Graph model
Amazon NeptuneMulti-model
DgraphProperty graph
Query language(s)
Amazon NeptuneGremlin, openCypher, SPARQL
DgraphGraphQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
Amazon NeptuneFull
DgraphFull
Consistency model
Amazon Neptune-
DgraphStrong
Architecture
Storage
Amazon Neptune-
DgraphNative graph
Distributed / scale
Amazon NeptuneSharded
DgraphSharded
Replication / HA
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph✓
OLTP vs OLAP
Amazon NeptuneBoth
DgraphTransactional
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon NeptuneManaged
DgraphSelf-hosted
Search
Full-text search
Amazon NeptuneNone
DgraphBuilt-in
Built-in vector search
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph✗
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon NeptuneProprietary
DgraphPermissive OSS
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Neptune

A cloud-based graph database that scales serverlessly and analyzes relationships across structured and unstructured data. Designed to improve AI application accuracy through integrated GraphRAG capabilities and support for agentic memory tools.

Independently observed

Dgraph

Leader

An open-source, horizontally scalable GraphQL database providing ACID transactions and consistent replication across distributed clusters. Built for handling complex queries over large datasets with strong consistency guarantees.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Neptune

Hybrid

Pay-as-you-go pricing with on-demand, serverless, and savings plan options. No minimum fees or upfront commitments for on-demand/serverless.

  • On-demandPay-as-you-go with no commitments
    • No minimum fees
    • No upfront commitments
    • Flexible configuration
  • ServerlessServerless with automatic scaling
    • Automatic scaling
    • No minimum fees
    • No upfront commitments
  • Database Savings PlansUsage-based savings plan with 1-year commitment
    • Savings vs. on-demand
    • 1-year commitment
  • Neptune AnalyticsPer m-NCU-hour billing with pause option
    • Fast analytics on billions of connections
    • In-memory storage
    • Optimized graph algorithms
    • Low-latency queries
    • Vector search
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Dgraph

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph✗
Linux
Amazon Neptune✗
Dgraph✓
CLI
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph✗
Self-hosted
Amazon Neptune✗
Dgraph✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Neptune

2 total
  • Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases
  • Strands AI Agents SDK
Independently observed

Dgraph

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.