Comparison

Dgraph vs Virtuoso

On the evidence we track, Dgraph leads this comparison with a composite score of 50/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Dgraph full profile →Virtuoso full profile →

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★Dgraph50

Virtuoso35

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DgraphLeader	Virtuoso
Vioscale score	50 / 100medium · 60%	35 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✗
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	6
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6	2.6
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=com.openlinksw%3Avirtjdbc4&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	9	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	21,780	973
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	22
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	13	16
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	13	143
Historyrelease.history	20 items	19 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	BSD
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	C
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Dgraph50 / 100medium · 60%

Virtuoso35 / 100medium · 62%

Pricing

Free tier

Dgraph–

Virtuoso✗

Model

Dgraphopen_source

Virtuosocommercial

Price level

Dgraphfree

Virtuosohigh

Transparent

Dgraph–

Virtuoso✓

Integrations

Count

Dgraph–

Virtuoso6

Security

Scorecard

Dgraph6

Virtuoso2.6

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

VirtuosoCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.openlinksw%3Avirtjdbc4&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Dgraph–

Virtuoso✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Dgraph9

Virtuoso1

Github stars

Dgraph21,780

Virtuoso973

Package downloads weekly

Dgraph–

Virtuoso22

Activity

Commits last 30d

Dgraph13

Virtuoso16

Release

Cadence days

Dgraph13

Virtuoso143

History

Dgraph20 items

Virtuoso19 items

License

Spdx

DgraphApache-2.0

VirtuosoBSD

Language

Primary

DgraphGo

VirtuosoC

Market

Availability

Dgraph–

VirtuosoAvailable 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	Virtuoso
Model
Graph model	Property graph	RDF / triple
Query language(s)	GraphQL	SPARQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	-
Consistency model	Strong	-
Architecture
Storage	Native graph	-
Distributed / scale	Sharded	-
Replication / HA	✓	-
OLTP vs OLAP	Transactional	Both
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

VirtuosoRDF / triple

Query language(s)

DgraphGraphQL

VirtuosoSPARQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

DgraphFull

Virtuoso-

Consistency model

DgraphStrong

Virtuoso-

Architecture

Storage

DgraphNative graph

Virtuoso-

Distributed / scale

DgraphSharded

Virtuoso-

Replication / HA

Dgraph✓

Virtuoso-

OLTP vs OLAP

DgraphTransactional

VirtuosoBoth

Deployment

DgraphSelf-hosted

VirtuosoSelf-hosted

Full-text search

DgraphBuilt-in

Virtuoso-

Built-in vector search

Dgraph✗

Virtuoso-

Licensing

Licence class

DgraphPermissive OSS

Virtuoso-

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Dgraph-

Virtuoso-

What each one is

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

Dgraph

Leader

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

Virtuoso

Enterprise-grade platform designed to consolidate and govern data from diverse sources—databases, knowledge graphs, file systems, and APIs—with built-in support for AI agents and language model integration.

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

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Virtuoso

from $99.99/moPerpetual licence

From $99.99 perpetual license, Enterprise custom pricing

Personal$99.99 one-time
Developer$199 one-time
Project$499 one-time
EnterpriseContact sales
- Unlimited Concurrent Sessions
- Unlimited CPU Cores
- Server-Grade Operating Systems
- Enterprise Support
- Custom Licensing Terms

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	Virtuoso
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

macOS

Dgraph✗

Virtuoso✓

Windows

Dgraph✗

Virtuoso✓

Linux

Dgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

CLI

Dgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Dgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

Integrations

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

Dgraph

Leader

Not documented yet.

Virtuoso

6 total

SQLAlchemy
RDFLib
SQL databases
NoSQL databases
Linked Data sources
APIs

Independently observed

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