# JanusGraph vs TigerGraph

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** JanusGraph

| Attribute | JanusGraph | TigerGraph |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 54.1 (67% (medium)) | 40.9 (71% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 97 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 250 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,855 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Graph Databases.","source":"https://janusgraph.org","question":"What is JanusGraph?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"JanusGraph is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://janusgraph.org","question":"Is JanusGraph free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"JanusGraph supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://janusgraph.org","question":"What platforms does JanusGraph support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. JanusGraph can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://janusgraph.org","question":"Can JanusGraph be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for JanusGraph, including Apache Cassandra, Apache HBase, Google Cloud Bigtable, Oracle BerkeleyDB, ScyllaDB, Elasticsearch, Apache Solr and Apache Lucene, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://janusgraph.org","question":"What does JanusGraph integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"A graph database platform that models relationships between data points, supporting enterprise deployments with features for compliance, fraud detection, real-time identity verification, and integration with existing enterprise infrastructure. It is indexed under Graph Databases.","source":"https://www.tigergraph.com","question":"What is TigerGraph?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"TigerGraph offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Basic, Premium and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.tigergraph.com/savanna-pricing/","question":"Is TigerGraph free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to TigerGraph. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.tigergraph.com/savanna-pricing/","question":"What platforms does TigerGraph support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. TigerGraph can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.tigergraph.com/savanna-pricing/","question":"Can TigerGraph be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for TigerGraph, including Snowflake, Apache Spark, Kafka, Apache Iceberg, AWS S3, MinIO, Ceph and Wasabi, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.tigergraph.com","question":"What does TigerGraph integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A graph database platform that models relationships between data points, supporting enterprise deployments with features for compliance, fraud detection, real-time identity verification, and integration with existing enterprise infrastructure. |
| features.capabilities | `{"storage":"pluggable","workload":"both","deployment":"self_hosted","consistency":"tunable","distributed":"sharded","graph_model":"property_graph","licence_class":"permissive","query_language":"Gremlin","replication_ha":true,"full_text_search":"via_index","standard_support":true,"acid_transactions":"full"}` | `{"storage":"native","workload":"both","consistency":"strong","distributed":"clustered","graph_model":"property_graph","licence_class":"proprietary","query_language":"GSQL, GraphQL, GQL","replication_ha":true,"standard_support":false}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apache Cassandra"},{"name":"Apache HBase"},{"name":"Google Cloud Bigtable"},{"name":"Oracle BerkeleyDB"},{"name":"ScyllaDB"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Apache Solr"},{"name":"Apache Lucene"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Aerospike"},{"name":"DynamoDB"},{"name":"FoundationDB"},{"name":"Gremlin"},{"name":"Apache TinkerPop"},{"name":"Arcade Analytics"},{"name":"Graphexp"},{"name":"Graph Explorer"},{"name":"Graphlytic"},{"name":"ReGraph"},{"name":"Cassandra","native":true,"category":"storage"},{"name":"HBase","native":true,"category":"storage"},{"name":"Bigtable","native":true,"category":"storage"},{"name":"Amazon Managed KeySpace","native":true,"category":"storage"},{"name":"Solr","native":true,"category":"indexing"},{"name":"Lucene","native":true,"category":"indexing"}]` | `[{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"MinIO"},{"name":"Ceph"},{"name":"Wasabi"},{"name":"Kerberos"},{"name":"SAML"},{"name":"OIDC"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"S3","native":true,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Amazon S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Fully open source under Apache 2 license. No commercial licensing required.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://janusgraph.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:32:49.930Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"Pay-per-use VM instances and storage","commitment":"monthly","description":"Entry-level tier with 7-day backup retention","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"Pay-per-use VM instances and storage","commitment":"monthly","description":"Mid-tier with 14-day backup retention","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing for annual and longer commitments","description":"Enterprise tier with 28-day backup retention and long-term commitment options","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Insights","components":[{"of":"compute_usage","kind":"percentage","rate":10}]},{"name":"GraphStudio"},{"name":"GraphQL Service"}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing on compute instances and storage; free tier available","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tigergraph.com/savanna-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:33:57.146Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 74 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2024-11-09T01:29:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v1.0.1","date":"2024-11-08T21:41:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2023-10-22T02:40:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.6.4","date":"2023-10-09T05:14:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc2","date":"2023-02-26T14:20:07Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.0.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.6.3","date":"2023-02-20T22:06:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc1","date":"2022-12-08T09:15:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.6.2","date":"2022-05-31T09:35:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.6.1","date":"2022-01-19T12:51:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2021-09-03T12:33:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.5.3","date":"2020-12-25T12:09:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.5.2","date":"2020-05-06T00:49:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.5.1","date":"2020-04-04T17:21:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2020-03-12T05:40:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.4.1","date":"2020-01-15T16:40:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.3.3","date":"2020-01-14T17:40:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2019-07-02T19:27:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.3.2","date":"2019-06-17T14:29:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.2.3","date":"2019-05-22T01:26:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/JanusGraph/janusgraph/releases/tag/v0.2.2","date":"2018-10-09T18:04:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.2"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 6.4 | - |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.tigergraph.com/blog/from-compliance-to-competitive-moat-takeaways-from-fintech-meetup-2026/ |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Graph Databases)

| Capability | JanusGraph | TigerGraph |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Model** |  |  |
| Graph model | Property graph | Property graph |
| Query language(s) | Gremlin | GSQL, GraphQL, GQL |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| ACID transactions | 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 | - |
| **Search** |  |  |
| Full-text search | Via index | - |
| Built-in vector search | - | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | Proprietary |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| openCypher / TinkerPop standard | ✓ | ✗ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:06:21.974Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*