Comparison

Amazon Neptune vs OrientDB

On the evidence we track, OrientDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon Neptune full profile →OrientDB full profile →

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Amazon Neptune45

★OrientDB55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon Neptune	OrientDBLeader
Vioscale score	45 / 100medium · 56%	55 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	1
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.3
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.orientechnologies%3Aorientdb-client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	569
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	4,983
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	550
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	62
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	34
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon Neptune45 / 100medium · 56%

OrientDB55 / 100high · 78%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon Neptune✗

OrientDB✓

Model

Amazon Neptunecommercial

OrientDBfreemium

Price level

Amazon Neptuneunknown

OrientDBhigh

Transparent

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB✓

Integrations

Count

Amazon Neptune2

OrientDB1

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB–

Scorecard

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDB6.3

Vulnerabilities

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.orientechnologies%3Aorientdb-client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDB569

Github stars

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDB4,983

Package downloads weekly

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDB550

Activity

Commits last 30d

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDB62

Release

Cadence days

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDB34

History

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDB20 items

License

Spdx

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDBApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Amazon Neptune–

OrientDBJava

Market

Availability

Amazon NeptuneAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

OrientDBAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Graph Databases
Capability	Amazon Neptune	OrientDB
Model
Graph model	Multi-model	Property graph
Query language(s)	Gremlin, openCypher, SPARQL	Orient SQL (implied)
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Consistency model	-	-
Architecture
Storage	-	Native graph
Distributed / scale	Sharded	Clustered
Replication / HA	✓	✓
OLTP vs OLAP	Both	Both
Deployment
Deployment	Managed	Self-hosted
Search
Full-text search	None	Via index
Built-in vector search	✓	✗
Licensing
Licence class	Proprietary	-
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard	✓	✓

Model

Graph model

Amazon NeptuneMulti-model

OrientDBProperty graph

Query language(s)

Amazon NeptuneGremlin, openCypher, SPARQL

OrientDBOrient SQL (implied)

Transactions

ACID transactions

Amazon NeptuneFull

OrientDBFull

Consistency model

Amazon Neptune-

OrientDB-

Architecture

Storage

Amazon Neptune-

OrientDBNative graph

Distributed / scale

Amazon NeptuneSharded

OrientDBClustered

Replication / HA

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB✓

OLTP vs OLAP

Amazon NeptuneBoth

OrientDBBoth

Deployment

Amazon NeptuneManaged

OrientDBSelf-hosted

Full-text search

Amazon NeptuneNone

OrientDBVia index

Built-in vector search

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB✗

Licensing

Licence class

Amazon NeptuneProprietary

OrientDB-

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB✓

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

OrientDB

Leader

An open-source NoSQL database that combines graph and document data models in one scalable platform, optimized for high-performance operations with physical record linkage and millisecond-level graph traversal regardless of database size.

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 2026-08-01verify ↗

OrientDB

Leader

from €1000/moHybridFree tier

Free open-source. Paid support from €1,000/month.

CommunityFree
- Discussion
- Issue Tracker
- Documentation
Basic€1,000/month
- Direct Support by mail
- Query Support
Advanced€4,000/month
- Support on Upgrade
- Emergency Patch
- Security Escalation
- Application Model Definition
ConsultancyContact sales
- On Site Support
- Custom consultancy

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon Neptune	OrientDB
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB✓

macOS

Amazon Neptune✗

OrientDB✓

Windows

Amazon Neptune✗

OrientDB✓

Linux

Amazon Neptune✗

OrientDB✓

CLI

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon Neptune✓

OrientDB✗

Self-hosted

Amazon Neptune✗

OrientDB✓

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

OrientDB

Leader

1 total

Gremlin Server (TinkerPop)

Independently observed

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