Comparison

JanusGraph vs Memgraph

No clear leader: Memgraph (56.9) and JanusGraph (52.7) 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.

JanusGraph full profile →Memgraph full profile →

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JanusGraph53

Memgraph57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	JanusGraph	Memgraph
Vioscale score	53 / 100medium · 70%	57 / 100medium · 59%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	14	5
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.5	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.janusgraph%3Ajanusgraph-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memgraph%2Fmemgraph-mcp&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	250	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,829	4,364
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	9	88
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	74	18
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	C++
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ HR

Score

Vioscale score

JanusGraph53 / 100medium · 70%

Memgraph57 / 100medium · 59%

Pricing

Free tier

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph✓

Model

JanusGraphcommercial

Memgraphfreemium

Price level

JanusGraphfree

Memgraphlow

Transparent

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph✓

Integrations

Count

JanusGraph14

Memgraph5

Security

Gdpr

JanusGraph–

Memgraph✓

Scorecard

JanusGraph6.5

Memgraph–

Vulnerabilities

JanusGraphCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.janusgraph%3Ajanusgraph-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

MemgraphCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memgraph%2Fmemgraph-mcp&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph–

Adoption

Dependent repos

JanusGraph250

Memgraph0

Github stars

JanusGraph5,829

Memgraph4,364

Activity

Commits last 30d

JanusGraph9

Memgraph88

Release

Cadence days

JanusGraph74

Memgraph18

History

JanusGraph20 items

Memgraph20 items

Language

Primary

JanusGraphJava

MemgraphC++

Market

Availability

JanusGraph–

MemgraphAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ HR

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Graph Databases
Capability	JanusGraph	Memgraph
Model
Graph model	Property graph	Property graph
Query language(s)	Gremlin	Cypher
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Consistency model	Tunable	Strong
Architecture
Storage	Pluggable backend	Native graph
Distributed / scale	Sharded	Clustered
Replication / HA	✓	✓
OLTP vs OLAP	Both	Both
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Search
Full-text search	Via index	Built-in
Built-in vector search	-	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Permissive OSS
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard	✓	✗

Model

Graph model

JanusGraphProperty graph

MemgraphProperty graph

Query language(s)

JanusGraphGremlin

MemgraphCypher

Transactions

ACID transactions

JanusGraphFull

MemgraphFull

Consistency model

JanusGraphTunable

MemgraphStrong

Architecture

Storage

JanusGraphPluggable backend

MemgraphNative graph

Distributed / scale

JanusGraphSharded

MemgraphClustered

Replication / HA

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph✓

OLTP vs OLAP

JanusGraphBoth

MemgraphBoth

Deployment

JanusGraphSelf-hosted

MemgraphSelf-hosted

Full-text search

JanusGraphVia index

MemgraphBuilt-in

Built-in vector search

JanusGraph-

Memgraph✓

Licensing

Licence class

JanusGraphPermissive OSS

MemgraphPermissive OSS

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph✗

What each one is

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

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

Memgraph

A high-performance, in-memory database designed for real-time graph queries and reasoning in AI applications. It combines sub-millisecond traversals with native vector search, ACID transactions, and streaming data connectors for fraud detection, network analysis, and AI augmentation.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

JanusGraph

Open sourceFree tier

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

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Memgraph

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Community Edition free forever. Enterprise and Cloud require contact or trial signup. Simple memory-based pricing with no per-query, per-compute, or per-replica charges.

Community EditionFree
- Full in-memory graph database
- ACID transactions with on-disk persistence
- High-availability replication
- Cypher query language
- Stream connectors (Kafka, Pulsar, Redpanda)
- +3 more
Enterprise Edition – AI PlatformContact sales
- Unlimited vector indexes
- Role-based and label-based access control
- SSO (Entra ID, Okta, OIDC, SAML)
- LDAP/PAM authentication
- Multi-tenancy
- +6 more
Enterprise Edition – Graph AnalyticsContact sales
- Role-based and label-based access control
- SSO (Entra ID, Okta, OIDC, SAML)
- LDAP/PAM authentication
- Multi-tenancy
- Automatic failover
- +5 more
Memgraph CloudStart with 14-day free trial
- Fully managed – no setup, no ops
- AWS hosted (6 regions)
- Automatic updates and backups
- Community support
OEM / SaaSContact sales
- Redistribution rights
- Embedded engine (not exposed standalone)
- Unlimited queries
- Unlimited compute
- Unlimited replicas
- +3 more

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	JanusGraph	Memgraph
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph✓

CLI

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

JanusGraph✗

Memgraph✓

Self-hosted

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph✓

On-premise

JanusGraph✓

Memgraph✓

Integrations

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

JanusGraph

14 total

Apache Cassandra
Apache HBase
Google Cloud Bigtable
Oracle BerkeleyDB
ScyllaDB
Elasticsearch
Apache Solr
Apache Lucene
Apache Spark
Aerospike
DynamoDB
FoundationDB
Gremlin
Apache TinkerPop

Independently observed

Memgraph

5 total

Kafka
Pulsar
Redpanda
Cognee
AWS (via Marketplace)

Independently observed

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