Comparison

Memgraph vs Virtuoso

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

Virtuoso37

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MemgraphLeader	Virtuoso
vioscaleAI score	55 / 100medium · 58%	37 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	free	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$99.99
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	9	6
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	2.7
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memgraph%2Fmemgraph-mcp&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.openlinksw%3Avirtjdbc4&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	4,617	975
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	22
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	9
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	18	143
Historyrelease.history	20 items	19 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	BSD
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	C
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Memgraph55 / 100medium · 58%

Virtuoso37 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

Model

Memgraphfree

Virtuosofreemium

Price level

Memgraphfree

Virtuosohigh

Starting price

Memgraph–

Virtuoso$99.99

Transparent

Memgraph✗

Virtuoso✓

Integrations

Count

Memgraph9

Virtuoso6

Security

Gdpr

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso–

Scorecard

Memgraph–

Virtuoso2.7

Vulnerabilities

MemgraphCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memgraph%2Fmemgraph-mcp&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

VirtuosoCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.openlinksw%3Avirtjdbc4&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Memgraph–

Virtuoso✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Memgraph0

Virtuoso1

Github stars

Memgraph4,617

Virtuoso975

Package downloads weekly

Memgraph–

Virtuoso22

Activity

Commits last 30d

Memgraph100

Virtuoso9

Release

Cadence days

Memgraph18

Virtuoso143

History

Memgraph20 items

Virtuoso19 items

License

Spdx

Memgraph–

VirtuosoBSD

Language

Primary

MemgraphC++

VirtuosoC

Market

Availability

MemgraphAvailable worldwide

VirtuosoAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Memgraph7 items

Virtuoso7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Graph Databases
Capability	Memgraph	Virtuoso
Model
Graph model	Property graph	RDF / triple
Query language(s)	Cypher	SPARQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	-
Consistency model	Strong	-
Architecture
Storage	Native graph	-
Distributed / scale	Clustered	-
Replication / HA	✓	✓
OLTP vs OLAP	Both	Both
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Search
Full-text search	Built-in	-
Built-in vector search	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Source-available
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard	✓	✓

Model

Graph model

MemgraphProperty graph

VirtuosoRDF / triple

Query language(s)

MemgraphCypher

VirtuosoSPARQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

MemgraphFull

Virtuoso-

Consistency model

MemgraphStrong

Virtuoso-

Architecture

Storage

MemgraphNative graph

Virtuoso-

Distributed / scale

MemgraphClustered

Virtuoso-

Replication / HA

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

OLTP vs OLAP

MemgraphBoth

VirtuosoBoth

Deployment

MemgraphSelf-hosted

VirtuosoSelf-hosted

Full-text search

MemgraphBuilt-in

Virtuoso-

Built-in vector search

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso-

Licensing

Licence class

MemgraphPermissive OSS

VirtuosoSource-available

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

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

Virtuoso

A database server supporting both conventional relational data via SQL and semantic graphs via SPARQL and GraphQL. Designed to integrate diverse data sources into a unified system that enables knowledge graph creation, reasoning, and enterprise-wide data discovery.

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 2026-10-15verify ↗

Virtuoso

from $99.99/yrHybridFree tier

From $99.99/year for workstation licenses. Free open-source edition available under GPL. Perpetual enterprise licenses available on request.

Personal$99.99/year
- 2 Concurrent Sessions
- CPU Core Affinity
- Linux, Windows, macOS
- Workstation
Developer$199/year
- 5 Concurrent Sessions
- Application Development License
Project$499/year
- 16 Concurrent Sessions
- Unlimited CPU Cores
- Server-Grade Operating Systems
- Enterprise Support

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Memgraph	Virtuoso
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

macOS

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

Windows

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

Linux

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

CLI

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✗

Self-hosted

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

On-premise

Memgraph✗

Virtuoso✓

Integrations

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

Memgraph

Leader

15 total

Kafka
Pulsar
Redpanda
Cognee
AWS (via Marketplace)
LangChain
LlamaIndex
OpenAI
Cohere
Apache Spark
Kerberos
LDAP
MCP
LiteLLM
Neo4j

Independently observed

Virtuoso

6 total

SQLAlchemy
RDFLib
SQL databases
NoSQL databases
Linked Data sources
APIs

Independently observed

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