Comparison

Memgraph vs TigerGraph

On the evidence we track, Memgraph leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Memgraph55
TigerGraph41
Score
vioscaleAI score
Memgraph55 / 100medium · 58%
TigerGraph41 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Memgraph✓
TigerGraph✓
Model
Memgraphfree
TigerGraphfreemium
Price level
Memgraphfree
TigerGraphlow
Transparent
Memgraph✗
TigerGraph✗
Integrations
Count
Memgraph9
TigerGraph6
Reliability
Sla pct
Memgraph–
TigerGraph99.95
Adoption
Dependent repos
Memgraph0
TigerGraph–
Github stars
Memgraph4,617
TigerGraph–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Memgraph100
TigerGraph–
Release
Cadence days
Memgraph18
TigerGraph–
History
Memgraph20 items
TigerGraph–
Language
Primary
MemgraphC++
TigerGraph–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Memgraph7 items
TigerGraph5 items

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

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.

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
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 ↗

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✓
macOS
Memgraph✓
TigerGraph✗
Windows
Memgraph✓
TigerGraph✗
Linux
Memgraph✓
TigerGraph✗
CLI
Memgraph✓
TigerGraph✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Memgraph✓
TigerGraph✓
Self-hosted
Memgraph✓
TigerGraph✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • Kafka
  • Apache Spark
  • Kerberos
  • LDAP

Memgraph

Leader
15 total - 11 not shared
  • Pulsar
  • Redpanda
  • Cognee
  • AWS (via Marketplace)
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • OpenAI
  • Cohere
  • MCP
  • LiteLLM
  • Neo4j
Independently observed

TigerGraph

15 total - 11 not shared
  • Snowflake
  • Apache Iceberg
  • AWS S3
  • MinIO
  • Ceph
  • Wasabi
  • SAML
  • OIDC
  • GraphQL
  • S3
  • Amazon S3
Independently observed
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