Comparison

Dgraph vs FalkorDB

No clear leader: FalkorDB (54.5) and Dgraph (50.3) 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.

Dgraph full profile →FalkorDB full profile →

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Dgraph50

FalkorDB55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Dgraph	FalkorDB
Vioscale score	50 / 100medium · 60%	55 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fdgraph-io%2Fdgraph&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 5 · Max severity: CRITICAL	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FFalkorDB%2FFalkorDB&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	9	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	21,780	5,659
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	23,016
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	13	55
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	13	6
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Rust
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Dgraph50 / 100medium · 60%

FalkorDB55 / 100medium · 62%

Pricing

Free tier

Dgraph–

FalkorDB✓

Model

Dgraphopen_source

FalkorDBcommercial

Price level

Dgraphfree

FalkorDBhigh

Transparent

Dgraph–

FalkorDB✓

Security

Scorecard

Dgraph6

FalkorDB–

Soc2

Dgraph–

FalkorDB✓

Vulnerabilities

DgraphCount: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fdgraph-io%2Fdgraph&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 5 · Max severity: CRITICAL

FalkorDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FFalkorDB%2FFalkorDB&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Dgraph9

FalkorDB0

Github stars

Dgraph21,780

FalkorDB5,659

Package downloads weekly

Dgraph–

FalkorDB23,016

Activity

Commits last 30d

Dgraph13

FalkorDB55

Release

Cadence days

Dgraph13

FalkorDB6

History

Dgraph20 items

FalkorDB20 items

License

Spdx

DgraphApache-2.0

FalkorDBMIT

Language

Primary

DgraphGo

FalkorDBRust

Market

Availability

Dgraph–

FalkorDBAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Graph Databases
Capability	Dgraph	FalkorDB
Model
Graph model	Property graph	Property graph
Query language(s)	GraphQL	graph traversal (natural language queries supported)
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	-
Consistency model	Strong	-
Architecture
Storage	Native graph	Native graph
Distributed / scale	Sharded	Clustered
Replication / HA	✓	✓
OLTP vs OLAP	Transactional	Transactional
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Search
Full-text search	Built-in	-
Built-in vector search	✗	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	-
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard	-	-

Model

Graph model

DgraphProperty graph

FalkorDBProperty graph

Query language(s)

DgraphGraphQL

FalkorDBgraph traversal (natural language queries supported)

Transactions

ACID transactions

DgraphFull

FalkorDB-

Consistency model

DgraphStrong

FalkorDB-

Architecture

Storage

DgraphNative graph

FalkorDBNative graph

Distributed / scale

DgraphSharded

FalkorDBClustered

Replication / HA

Dgraph✓

FalkorDB✓

OLTP vs OLAP

DgraphTransactional

FalkorDBTransactional

Deployment

DgraphSelf-hosted

FalkorDBSelf-hosted

Full-text search

DgraphBuilt-in

FalkorDB-

Built-in vector search

Dgraph✗

FalkorDB✓

Licensing

Licence class

DgraphPermissive OSS

FalkorDB-

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Dgraph-

FalkorDB-

What each one is

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

Dgraph

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

FalkorDB

An open-source graph database built on Redis that combines graph traversal with vector search for AI/ML workloads, offering multi-tenancy, real-time analytics, and cloud or self-hosted deployment 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.

Dgraph

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

FalkorDB

from $73/moUsage-basedFree tier

From $73/GB/month for Startup tier. Free tier available.

FREEFree
- Multi-Graph / Multi-Tenancy
- Graph Access Control
- Community Support
STARTUP$73/GB/month
- Multi-Graph / Multi-Tenancy
- Graph Access Control
- TLS
- Automated Backups (Every 12 Hours)
- Community Support
PRO$350/8GB/month
- Multi-Graph / Multi-Tenancy
- Graph Access Control
- TLS
- Cluster Deployment
- High Availability
- +5 more
ENTERPRISEContact sales
- All features from PRO
- VPC
- Advanced Monitoring
- Custom Automated Backups
- Enterprise 24/7 Support
- +1 more

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	Dgraph	FalkorDB
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Linux

Dgraph✓

FalkorDB✓

CLI

Dgraph✓

FalkorDB✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Dgraph✗

FalkorDB✓

Self-hosted

Dgraph✓

FalkorDB✓

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