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Comparison

JanusGraph vs OrientDB

No clear leader: OrientDB (54.5) 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 →OrientDB full profile →
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JanusGraph53
OrientDB55
Score
Vioscale score
JanusGraph53 / 100medium · 70%
OrientDB55 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tier
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✓
Model
JanusGraphcommercial
OrientDBfreemium
Price level
JanusGraphfree
OrientDBhigh
Transparent
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✓
Integrations
Count
JanusGraph14
OrientDB1
Security
Scorecard
JanusGraph6.5
OrientDB6.3
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
JanusGraph250
OrientDB569
Github stars
JanusGraph5,829
OrientDB4,983
Package downloads weekly
JanusGraph–
OrientDB550
Activity
Commits last 30d
JanusGraph9
OrientDB62
Release
Cadence days
JanusGraph74
OrientDB34
History
JanusGraph20 items
OrientDB20 items
License
Spdx
JanusGraph–
OrientDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
JanusGraphJava
OrientDBJava
Market
Availability
JanusGraph–
OrientDBAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Model
Graph model
JanusGraphProperty graph
OrientDBProperty graph
Query language(s)
JanusGraphGremlin
OrientDBOrient SQL (implied)
Transactions
ACID transactions
JanusGraphFull
OrientDBFull
Consistency model
JanusGraphTunable
OrientDB-
Architecture
Storage
JanusGraphPluggable backend
OrientDBNative graph
Distributed / scale
JanusGraphSharded
OrientDBClustered
Replication / HA
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✓
OLTP vs OLAP
JanusGraphBoth
OrientDBBoth
Deployment
Deployment
JanusGraphSelf-hosted
OrientDBSelf-hosted
Search
Full-text search
JanusGraphVia index
OrientDBVia index
Built-in vector search
JanusGraph-
OrientDB✗
Licensing
Licence class
JanusGraphPermissive OSS
OrientDB-
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✓

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

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.

JanusGraph

Open sourceFree tier

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

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
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✓
macOS
JanusGraph✗
OrientDB✓
Windows
JanusGraph✗
OrientDB✓
Linux
JanusGraph✗
OrientDB✓
CLI
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✓
On-premise
JanusGraph✓
OrientDB✗

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

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.