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Comparison

Amazon Neptune vs Dgraph

On the evidence we track, Amazon Neptune leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. 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 →
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★Amazon Neptune58
Dgraph50
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Neptune58 / 100medium · 73%
Dgraph50 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Model
Amazon Neptunefreemium
Dgraphopen_source
Price level
Amazon Neptunelow
Dgraphfree
Starting price
Amazon Neptune$0.15
Dgraph–
Transparent
Amazon Neptune✗
Dgraph–
Integrations
Count
Amazon Neptune4
Dgraph–
Security
Certifications
Amazon NeptuneSOC 2, FedRAMP, HIPAA
Dgraph–
Disclosure policy
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Fedramp
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Gdpr
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Hipaa
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Pci
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Scorecard
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph6.1
Soc2
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Trust center
Amazon Neptunehttps://aws.amazon.com/security/
Dgraph–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Amazon Neptune✓
Dgraph–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph9
Github stars
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph21,807
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Neptune–
Dgraph11
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
Content
Faq
Amazon Neptune5 items
Dgraph5 items

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

Leader

A fully managed, serverless graph database that automatically scales for handling billions of relationships. Supports standard query languages and provides ACID transactions, replication, and encryption to enhance AI applications with better context.

Independently observed

Dgraph

A distributed graph database that combines the scalability of NoSQL systems with SQL-like transactions and ACID guarantees. It processes queries in parallel across a cluster to deliver fast results for complex graph operations over terabytes of data.

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

Leader
from $0.15/vCPU-HourUsage-basedFree tier30-day trial

Usage-based pricing. Free tier for 30 days. Options: on-demand hourly, serverless per capacity unit, or annual savings plan.

  • On-demand$0.15 per vCPU-Hour
  • Serverless-
  • Database Savings Plan-
as of verify ↗

Dgraph

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

Leader
6 total
  • Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases
  • Strands AI Agents SDK
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • LangChain
  • Strands AI
  • GraphStorm
Independently observed

Dgraph

Not documented yet.

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Amazon Neptune or Dgraph: which one depends on you

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