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Comparison

JanusGraph vs Memgraph

No clear leader: Memgraph (54.9) 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.

JanusGraph full profile →Memgraph full profile →
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JanusGraph54
Memgraph55
Score
vioscaleAI score
JanusGraph54 / 100medium · 67%
Memgraph55 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tier
JanusGraph✓
Memgraph✓
Model
JanusGraphopen_source
Memgraphfree
Price level
JanusGraphfree
Memgraphfree
Transparent
JanusGraph✓
Memgraph✗
Integrations
Count
JanusGraph10
Memgraph9
Security
Gdpr
JanusGraph–
Memgraph✓
Scorecard
JanusGraph6.4
Memgraph–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
JanusGraph✓
Memgraph–
Adoption
Dependent repos
JanusGraph250
Memgraph0
Github stars
JanusGraph5,855
Memgraph4,617
Activity
Commits last 30d
JanusGraph97
Memgraph100
Release
Cadence days
JanusGraph74
Memgraph18
History
JanusGraph20 items
Memgraph20 items
Language
Primary
JanusGraphJava
MemgraphC++
Market
Availability
JanusGraph–
MemgraphAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
JanusGraph5 items
Memgraph7 items

Capabilities

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

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
Deployment
JanusGraphSelf-hosted
MemgraphSelf-hosted
Search
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 verify ↗

Memgraph

FreeFree tier

Community Edition is free. Enterprise and managed cloud pricing available upon request.

  • Community EditionFree
    • Cypher query language
    • Python client libraries
    • LangChain and LlamaIndex integrations
    • 40+ graph algorithms
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
JanusGraph✓
Memgraph✓
macOS
JanusGraph✗
Memgraph✓
Windows
JanusGraph✗
Memgraph✓
Linux
JanusGraph✗
Memgraph✓
CLI
JanusGraph✓
Memgraph✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
JanusGraph✗
Memgraph✓
Self-hosted
JanusGraph✓
Memgraph✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Apache Spark

JanusGraph

25 total - 24 not shared
  • Apache Cassandra
  • Apache HBase
  • Google Cloud Bigtable
  • Oracle BerkeleyDB
  • ScyllaDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • Apache Solr
  • Apache Lucene
  • Aerospike
  • DynamoDB
  • FoundationDB
  • Gremlin
  • Apache TinkerPop
  • Arcade Analytics
  • Graphexp
  • Graph Explorer
  • Graphlytic
  • ReGraph
  • Cassandra
  • HBase
  • Bigtable
  • Amazon Managed KeySpace
  • Solr
  • Lucene
Independently observed

Memgraph

15 total - 14 not shared
  • Kafka
  • Pulsar
  • Redpanda
  • Cognee
  • AWS (via Marketplace)
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • OpenAI
  • Cohere
  • Kerberos
  • LDAP
  • MCP
  • LiteLLM
  • Neo4j
Independently observed
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JanusGraph or Memgraph: which one depends on you

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