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Comparison

FalkorDB vs JanusGraph

No clear leader: FalkorDB (56.8) and JanusGraph (54.1) 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.

FalkorDB full profile →JanusGraph full profile →
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FalkorDB57
JanusGraph54
Score
vioscaleAI score
FalkorDB57 / 100medium · 64%
JanusGraph54 / 100medium · 67%
Pricing
Free tier
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✓
Model
FalkorDBcommercial
JanusGraphopen_source
Price level
FalkorDBhigh
JanusGraphfree
Starting price
FalkorDB$73
JanusGraph–
Transparent
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✓
Integrations
Count
FalkorDB–
JanusGraph10
Security
Scorecard
FalkorDB–
JanusGraph6.4
Soc2
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
FalkorDB0
JanusGraph250
Github stars
FalkorDB10,017
JanusGraph5,855
Package downloads weekly
FalkorDB86,202
JanusGraph–
Activity
Commits last 30d
FalkorDB94
JanusGraph97
Release
Cadence days
FalkorDB6
JanusGraph74
History
FalkorDB20 items
JanusGraph20 items
License
Spdx
FalkorDBMIT
JanusGraph–
Language
Primary
FalkorDBRust
JanusGraphJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
FalkorDB7 items
JanusGraph5 items

Capabilities

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

Model
Graph model
FalkorDBProperty graph
JanusGraphProperty graph
Query language(s)
FalkorDBgraph traversal (natural language queries supported)
JanusGraphGremlin
Transactions
ACID transactions
FalkorDB-
JanusGraphFull
Consistency model
FalkorDB-
JanusGraphTunable
Architecture
Storage
FalkorDBNative graph
JanusGraphPluggable backend
Distributed / scale
FalkorDBClustered
JanusGraphSharded
Replication / HA
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✓
OLTP vs OLAP
FalkorDBTransactional
JanusGraphBoth
Deployment
Deployment
FalkorDBSelf-hosted
JanusGraphSelf-hosted
Search
Full-text search
FalkorDBBuilt-in
JanusGraphVia index
Built-in vector search
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph-
Licensing
Licence class
FalkorDB-
JanusGraphPermissive OSS
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✓

What each one is

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

FalkorDB

A multi-tenant graph database that combines graph traversal with vector search to power AI applications, supporting distributed deployment and industry-standard Cypher queries.

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.

FalkorDB

from $73/moHybridFree tier

Free tier plus paid plans from $73/month

  • FreeFree
    • Multi-Graph
    • Multi-Tenancy
    • Graph Access Control
    • Community Support
  • Startup$73/month
    • Multi-Graph
    • Multi-Tenancy
    • Graph Access Control
    • TLS
    • VPC
    • +8 more
  • Pro$350/month
    • Multi-Graph
    • Multi-Tenancy
    • Graph Access Control
    • TLS
    • VPC
    • +8 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom configuration
    • Enterprise 24/7 support
as of verify ↗

JanusGraph

Open sourceFree tier

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

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✓
CLI
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✗
Self-hosted
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✓
On-premise
FalkorDB✓
JanusGraph✗

Integrations

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

FalkorDB

Not documented yet.

JanusGraph

25 total
  • Apache Cassandra
  • Apache HBase
  • Google Cloud Bigtable
  • Oracle BerkeleyDB
  • ScyllaDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • Apache Solr
  • Apache Lucene
  • Apache Spark
  • Aerospike
  • DynamoDB
  • FoundationDB
  • Gremlin
  • Apache TinkerPop
  • Arcade Analytics
  • Graphexp
  • Graph Explorer
  • Graphlytic
  • ReGraph
  • Cassandra
  • HBase
  • Bigtable
  • Amazon Managed KeySpace
  • Solr
  • +1 more
Independently observed
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FalkorDB or JanusGraph: which one depends on you

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