vioscaleAI
Comparison

Amazon Neptune vs OrientDB

No clear leader: Amazon Neptune (58.1) and OrientDB (53.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Amazon Neptune full profile →OrientDB full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Amazon Neptune58
OrientDB54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Neptune58 / 100medium · 73%
OrientDB54 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Neptune✓
OrientDB✓
Model
Amazon Neptunefreemium
OrientDBopen_source
Price level
Amazon Neptunelow
OrientDBfree
Starting price
Amazon Neptune$0.15
OrientDB–
Transparent
Amazon Neptune✗
OrientDB✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon Neptune4
OrientDB1
Security
Certifications
Amazon NeptuneSOC 2, FedRAMP, HIPAA
OrientDB–
Disclosure policy
Amazon Neptune✓
OrientDB–
Fedramp
Amazon Neptune✓
OrientDB–
Gdpr
Amazon Neptune✓
OrientDB–
Hipaa
Amazon Neptune✓
OrientDB–
Pci
Amazon Neptune✓
OrientDB–
Scorecard
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDB6.3
Soc2
Amazon Neptune✓
OrientDB–
Trust center
Amazon Neptunehttps://aws.amazon.com/security/
OrientDB–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Amazon Neptune✓
OrientDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDB569
Github stars
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDB4,991
Package downloads weekly
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDB955
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDB64
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDB32
History
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDB20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Amazon Neptune–
OrientDBJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon Neptune5 items
OrientDB5 items

Capabilities

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

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
Deployment
Amazon NeptuneManaged
OrientDBSelf-hosted
Search
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 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

OrientDB

An open-source database that unifies multiple data models in one system, including graphs, documents, and text indexing, with flexible schema options.

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

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 ↗

OrientDB

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
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

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

OrientDB

1 total
  • Gremlin Server (TinkerPop)
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Amazon Neptune or OrientDB: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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