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Comparison

Dgraph vs OrientDB

No clear leader: OrientDB (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 →OrientDB full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Dgraph50
OrientDB55
Score
Vioscale score
Dgraph50 / 100medium · 60%
OrientDB55 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tier
Dgraph–
OrientDB✓
Model
Dgraphopen_source
OrientDBfreemium
Price level
Dgraphfree
OrientDBhigh
Transparent
Dgraph–
OrientDB✓
Integrations
Count
Dgraph–
OrientDB1
Security
Scorecard
Dgraph6
OrientDB6.3
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Dgraph–
OrientDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Dgraph9
OrientDB569
Github stars
Dgraph21,780
OrientDB4,983
Package downloads weekly
Dgraph–
OrientDB550
Activity
Commits last 30d
Dgraph13
OrientDB62
Release
Cadence days
Dgraph13
OrientDB34
History
Dgraph20 items
OrientDB20 items
License
Spdx
DgraphApache-2.0
OrientDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
DgraphGo
OrientDBJava
Market
Availability
Dgraph–
OrientDBAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Model
Graph model
DgraphProperty graph
OrientDBProperty graph
Query language(s)
DgraphGraphQL
OrientDBOrient SQL (implied)
Transactions
ACID transactions
DgraphFull
OrientDBFull
Consistency model
DgraphStrong
OrientDB-
Architecture
Storage
DgraphNative graph
OrientDBNative graph
Distributed / scale
DgraphSharded
OrientDBClustered
Replication / HA
Dgraph✓
OrientDB✓
OLTP vs OLAP
DgraphTransactional
OrientDBBoth
Deployment
Deployment
DgraphSelf-hosted
OrientDBSelf-hosted
Search
Full-text search
DgraphBuilt-in
OrientDBVia index
Built-in vector search
Dgraph✗
OrientDB✗
Licensing
Licence class
DgraphPermissive OSS
OrientDB-
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
Dgraph-
OrientDB✓

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

OrientDB

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.

Dgraph

Open source
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
Dgraph✗
OrientDB✓
macOS
Dgraph✗
OrientDB✓
Windows
Dgraph✗
OrientDB✓
Linux
Dgraph✓
OrientDB✓
CLI
Dgraph✓
OrientDB✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Dgraph✓
OrientDB✓

Integrations

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

Dgraph

Not documented yet.

OrientDB

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.