vioscaleAI
Comparison

Amazon Neptune vs TigerGraph

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 →TigerGraph full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
★Amazon Neptune58
TigerGraph41
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Neptune58 / 100medium · 73%
TigerGraph41 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph✓
Model
Amazon Neptunefreemium
TigerGraphfreemium
Price level
Amazon Neptunelow
TigerGraphlow
Starting price
Amazon Neptune$0.15
TigerGraph–
Transparent
Amazon Neptune✗
TigerGraph✗
Integrations
Count
Amazon Neptune4
TigerGraph6
Security
Certifications
Amazon NeptuneSOC 2, FedRAMP, HIPAA
TigerGraph–
Disclosure policy
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph–
Fedramp
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph–
Gdpr
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph–
Hipaa
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph–
Pci
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph–
Soc2
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph–
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Neptune–
TigerGraph99.95
Status page
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon Neptune5 items
TigerGraph5 items

Capabilities

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

Model
Graph model
Amazon NeptuneMulti-model
TigerGraphProperty graph
Query language(s)
Amazon NeptuneGremlin, openCypher, SPARQL
TigerGraphGSQL, GraphQL, GQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
Amazon NeptuneFull
TigerGraph-
Consistency model
Amazon Neptune-
TigerGraphStrong
Architecture
Storage
Amazon Neptune-
TigerGraphNative graph
Distributed / scale
Amazon NeptuneSharded
TigerGraphClustered
Replication / HA
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph✓
OLTP vs OLAP
Amazon NeptuneBoth
TigerGraphBoth
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon NeptuneManaged
TigerGraph-
Search
Full-text search
Amazon NeptuneNone
TigerGraph-
Built-in vector search
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph-
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon NeptuneProprietary
TigerGraphProprietary
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph✗

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

TigerGraph

A graph database platform that models relationships between data points, supporting enterprise deployments with features for compliance, fraud detection, real-time identity verification, and integration with existing enterprise infrastructure.

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 ↗

TigerGraph

Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing on compute instances and storage; free tier available

  • BasicPay-per-use VM instances and storage
  • PremiumPay-per-use VM instances and storage
  • EnterpriseContact sales
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✓
TigerGraph✓
CLI
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Neptune✓
TigerGraph✓
Self-hosted
Amazon Neptune✗
TigerGraph✓

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

TigerGraph

15 total
  • Snowflake
  • Apache Spark
  • Kafka
  • Apache Iceberg
  • AWS S3
  • MinIO
  • Ceph
  • Wasabi
  • Kerberos
  • SAML
  • OIDC
  • LDAP
  • GraphQL
  • S3
  • Amazon S3
Independently observed
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Amazon Neptune or TigerGraph: 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.