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Comparison

FalkorDB vs OrientDB

No clear leader: FalkorDB (54.5) and OrientDB (54.5) 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 →OrientDB full profile →
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FalkorDB55
OrientDB55
Score
Vioscale score
FalkorDB55 / 100medium · 62%
OrientDB55 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tier
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓
Model
FalkorDBcommercial
OrientDBfreemium
Price level
FalkorDBhigh
OrientDBhigh
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
FalkorDB5,659
OrientDB4,983
Package downloads weekly
FalkorDB23,016
OrientDB550
Activity
Commits last 30d
FalkorDB55
OrientDB62
Release
Cadence days
FalkorDB6
OrientDB34
History
FalkorDB20 items
OrientDB20 items
License
Spdx
FalkorDBMIT
OrientDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
FalkorDBRust
OrientDBJava
Market
Availability

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
FalkorDB-
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

An open-source graph database built on Redis that combines graph traversal with vector search for AI/ML workloads, offering multi-tenancy, real-time analytics, and cloud or self-hosted deployment options.

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.

FalkorDB

from $73/moUsage-basedFree tier

From $73/GB/month for Startup tier. Free tier available.

  • FREEFree
    • Multi-Graph / Multi-Tenancy
    • Graph Access Control
    • Community Support
  • STARTUP$73/GB/month
    • Multi-Graph / Multi-Tenancy
    • Graph Access Control
    • TLS
    • Automated Backups (Every 12 Hours)
    • Community Support
  • PRO$350/8GB/month
    • Multi-Graph / Multi-Tenancy
    • Graph Access Control
    • TLS
    • Cluster Deployment
    • High Availability
    • +5 more
  • ENTERPRISEContact sales
    • All features from PRO
    • VPC
    • Advanced Monitoring
    • Custom Automated Backups
    • Enterprise 24/7 Support
    • +1 more
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✓
macOS
FalkorDB✗
OrientDB✓
Windows
FalkorDB✗
OrientDB✓
Linux
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓
CLI
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
FalkorDB✓
OrientDB✗
Self-hosted
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

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