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 →

Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.

★Dgraph50

Virtuoso37

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DgraphLeader	Virtuoso
vioscaleAI score	50 / 100medium · 60%	37 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$99.99
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	6
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.1	2.7
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	21,807	975
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	22
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	11	9
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
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Dgraph50 / 100medium · 60%

Virtuoso37 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

Dgraph–

Virtuoso✓

Model

Dgraphopen_source

Virtuosofreemium

Price level

Dgraphfree

Virtuosohigh

Starting price

Dgraph–

Virtuoso$99.99

Transparent

Dgraph–

Virtuoso✓

Integrations

Count

Dgraph–

Virtuoso6

Security

Scorecard

Dgraph6.1

Virtuoso2.7

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

Dgraph21,807

Virtuoso975

Package downloads weekly

Dgraph–

Virtuoso22

Activity

Commits last 30d

Dgraph11

Virtuoso9

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

Content

Faq

Dgraph5 items

Virtuoso7 items

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	Source-available
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

VirtuosoSource-available

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Dgraph-

Virtuoso✓

What each one is

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

Dgraph

Leader

A distributed graph database that combines the scalability of NoSQL systems with SQL-like transactions and ACID guarantees. It processes queries in parallel across a cluster to deliver fast results for complex graph operations over terabytes of data.

Independently observed

Virtuoso

A database server supporting both conventional relational data via SQL and semantic graphs via SPARQL and GraphQL. Designed to integrate diverse data sources into a unified system that enables knowledge graph creation, reasoning, and enterprise-wide data discovery.

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/yrHybridFree tier

From $99.99/year for workstation licenses. Free open-source edition available under GPL. Perpetual enterprise licenses available on request.

Personal$99.99/year
- 2 Concurrent Sessions
- CPU Core Affinity
- Linux, Windows, macOS
- Workstation
Developer$199/year
- 5 Concurrent Sessions
- Application Development License
Project$499/year
- 16 Concurrent Sessions
- Unlimited CPU Cores
- Server-Grade Operating Systems
- Enterprise Support

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

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
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Dgraph✗

Virtuoso✓

macOS

Dgraph✗

Virtuoso✓

Windows

Dgraph✗

Virtuoso✓

Linux

Dgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

CLI

Dgraph✓

Virtuoso✗

Deployment

Self-hosted

Dgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

On-premise

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

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Dgraph or Virtuoso: which one depends on you

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