Comparison

Dgraph vs JanusGraph

No clear leader: JanusGraph (52.7) 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 →JanusGraph full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

Dgraph50

JanusGraph53

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Dgraph	JanusGraph
Vioscale score	50 / 100medium · 60%	53 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	14
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6	6.5
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=maven&package_name=org.janusgraph%3Ajanusgraph-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	9	250
Github starsadoption.github_stars	21,780	5,829
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	13	9
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	13	74
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Java

Score

Vioscale score

Dgraph50 / 100medium · 60%

JanusGraph53 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

Dgraph–

JanusGraph✓

Model

Dgraphopen_source

JanusGraphcommercial

Price level

Dgraphfree

JanusGraphfree

Transparent

Dgraph–

JanusGraph✓

Integrations

Count

Dgraph–

JanusGraph14

Security

Scorecard

Dgraph6

JanusGraph6.5

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

JanusGraphCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.janusgraph%3Ajanusgraph-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Dgraph–

JanusGraph✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Dgraph9

JanusGraph250

Github stars

Dgraph21,780

JanusGraph5,829

Activity

Commits last 30d

Dgraph13

JanusGraph9

Release

Cadence days

Dgraph13

JanusGraph74

History

Dgraph20 items

JanusGraph20 items

License

Spdx

DgraphApache-2.0

JanusGraph–

Language

Primary

DgraphGo

JanusGraphJava

Capabilities

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

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

Model

Graph model

DgraphProperty graph

JanusGraphProperty graph

Query language(s)

DgraphGraphQL

JanusGraphGremlin

Transactions

ACID transactions

DgraphFull

JanusGraphFull

Consistency model

DgraphStrong

JanusGraphTunable

Architecture

Storage

DgraphNative graph

JanusGraphPluggable backend

Distributed / scale

DgraphSharded

JanusGraphSharded

Replication / HA

Dgraph✓

JanusGraph✓

OLTP vs OLAP

DgraphTransactional

JanusGraphBoth

Deployment

DgraphSelf-hosted

JanusGraphSelf-hosted

Full-text search

DgraphBuilt-in

JanusGraphVia index

Built-in vector search

Dgraph✗

JanusGraph-

Licensing

Licence class

DgraphPermissive OSS

JanusGraphPermissive OSS

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Dgraph-

JanusGraph✓

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

JanusGraph

A database system that stores and queries extremely large graphs spread across multiple machines, enabling many users to run complex lookups simultaneously with strong transaction guarantees and support for batch analytics.

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 ↗

JanusGraph

Open sourceFree tier

Fully open source under Apache 2 license. No commercial licensing required.

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	JanusGraph
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Dgraph✗

JanusGraph✓

Linux

Dgraph✓

JanusGraph✗

CLI

Dgraph✓

JanusGraph✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Dgraph✓

JanusGraph✓

On-premise

Dgraph✗

JanusGraph✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Dgraph

Not documented yet.

JanusGraph

14 total

Apache Cassandra
Apache HBase
Google Cloud Bigtable
Oracle BerkeleyDB
ScyllaDB
Elasticsearch
Apache Solr
Apache Lucene
Apache Spark
Aerospike
DynamoDB
FoundationDB
Gremlin
Apache TinkerPop

Independently observed

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