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FalkorDB vs OrientDB

No clear leader: FalkorDB (56.8) and OrientDB (53.6) 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.

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FalkorDB57
OrientDB54
Score
vioscaleAI score
FalkorDB57 / 100medium · 64%
OrientDB54 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓
Model
FalkorDBcommercial
OrientDBopen_source
Price level
FalkorDBhigh
OrientDBfree
Starting price
FalkorDB$73
OrientDB–
Transparent
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓
Integrations
Count
FalkorDB–
OrientDB1
Security
Scorecard
FalkorDB–
OrientDB6.3
Soc2
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
FalkorDB0
OrientDB569
Github stars
FalkorDB10,017
OrientDB4,991
Package downloads weekly
FalkorDB86,202
OrientDB955
Activity
Commits last 30d
FalkorDB94
OrientDB64
Release
Cadence days
FalkorDB6
OrientDB32
History
FalkorDB20 items
OrientDB20 items
License
Spdx
FalkorDBMIT
OrientDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
FalkorDBRust
OrientDBJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
FalkorDB7 items
OrientDB5 items

Capabilities

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

Model
Graph model
FalkorDBProperty graph
OrientDBProperty graph
Query language(s)
FalkorDBgraph traversal (natural language queries supported)
OrientDBOrient SQL (implied)
Transactions
ACID transactions
FalkorDB-
OrientDBFull
Consistency model
FalkorDB-
OrientDB-
Architecture
Storage
FalkorDBNative graph
OrientDBNative graph
Distributed / scale
FalkorDBClustered
OrientDBClustered
Replication / HA
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓
OLTP vs OLAP
FalkorDBTransactional
OrientDBBoth
Deployment
Deployment
FalkorDBSelf-hosted
OrientDBSelf-hosted
Search
Full-text search
FalkorDBBuilt-in
OrientDBVia index
Built-in vector search
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✗
Licensing
Licence class
FalkorDB-
OrientDB-
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓

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

OrientDB

An open-source database that unifies multiple data models in one system, including graphs, documents, and text indexing, with flexible schema options.

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 ↗

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
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✗
Windows
FalkorDB✗
OrientDB✓
Linux
FalkorDB✗
OrientDB✓
CLI
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✗
Self-hosted
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓
On-premise
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✗

Integrations

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

FalkorDB

Not documented yet.

OrientDB

1 total
  • Gremlin Server (TinkerPop)
Independently observed
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