Comparison

Memgraph vs TigerGraph

On the evidence we track, Memgraph leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Memgraph57
TigerGraph43
Score
Vioscale score
Memgraph57 / 100medium · 59%updating
TigerGraph43 / 100high · 75%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Memgraph
TigerGraph
Model
Memgraphfreemium
TigerGraphfreemium
Price level
Memgraphlow
TigerGraphlow
Transparent
Memgraph
TigerGraph
Integrations
Count
Memgraph5
TigerGraph13
Reliability
Sla pct
Memgraph
TigerGraph99.95
Adoption
Dependent repos
Memgraph0
TigerGraph
Github stars
Memgraph4,364
TigerGraph
Activity
Commits last 30d
Memgraph88
TigerGraph
Release
Cadence days
Memgraph18
TigerGraph
History
Memgraph20 items
TigerGraph
Language
Primary
MemgraphC++
TigerGraph

Capabilities

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

Model
Graph model
MemgraphProperty graph
TigerGraphProperty graph
Query language(s)
MemgraphCypher
TigerGraphGSQL, GraphQL, GQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
MemgraphFull
TigerGraph-
Consistency model
MemgraphStrong
TigerGraphStrong
Architecture
Storage
MemgraphNative graph
TigerGraphNative graph
Distributed / scale
MemgraphClustered
TigerGraphClustered
Replication / HA
Memgraph
TigerGraph
OLTP vs OLAP
MemgraphBoth
TigerGraphBoth
Deployment
Deployment
MemgraphSelf-hosted
TigerGraph-
Search
Full-text search
MemgraphBuilt-in
TigerGraph-
Built-in vector search
Memgraph
TigerGraph-
Licensing
Licence class
MemgraphPermissive OSS
TigerGraphProprietary
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
Memgraph
TigerGraph

What each one is

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

Memgraph

Leader

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

TigerGraph

TigerGraph is a graph database that connects and understands relationships in data to enable context-aware enterprise AI and analytics. It performs fast multi-hop reasoning across connected data for fraud detection, customer intelligence, compliance, and other regulated business use cases at enterprise scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Memgraph

Leader
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 verify ↗

TigerGraph

Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing on compute instances and storage; free tier available

  • BasicPay-per-use VM instances and storage
  • PremiumPay-per-use VM instances and storage
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Memgraph
TigerGraph
CLI
Memgraph
TigerGraph
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Memgraph
TigerGraph
Self-hosted
Memgraph
TigerGraph
On-premise
Memgraph
TigerGraph

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Kafka

Memgraph

Leader
5 total - 4 not shared
  • Pulsar
  • Redpanda
  • Cognee
  • AWS (via Marketplace)
Independently observed

TigerGraph

13 total - 12 not shared
  • Snowflake
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Iceberg
  • AWS S3
  • MinIO
  • Ceph
  • Wasabi
  • Kerberos
  • SAML
  • OIDC
  • LDAP
  • GraphQL
Independently observed

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