Comparison

Memgraph vs Virtuoso

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.

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★Memgraph57

Virtuoso35

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MemgraphLeader	Virtuoso
Vioscale score	57 / 100medium · 59%updating	35 / 100medium · 62%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	6
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	2.6
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	4,364	973
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	22
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	88	16
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 · Popular in US, EU · HQ HR	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Memgraph57 / 100medium · 59%updating

Virtuoso35 / 100medium · 62%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✗

Model

Memgraphfreemium

Virtuosocommercial

Price level

Memgraphlow

Virtuosohigh

Transparent

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso✓

Integrations

Count

Memgraph5

Virtuoso6

Security

Gdpr

Memgraph✓

Virtuoso–

Scorecard

Memgraph–

Virtuoso2.6

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

Memgraph4,364

Virtuoso973

Package downloads weekly

Memgraph–

Virtuoso22

Activity

Commits last 30d

Memgraph88

Virtuoso16

Release

Cadence days

Memgraph18

Virtuoso143

History

Memgraph20 items

Virtuoso19 items

License

Spdx

Memgraph–

VirtuosoBSD

Language

Primary

MemgraphC++

VirtuosoC

Market

Availability

MemgraphAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ HR

VirtuosoAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

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	-
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

Virtuoso-

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

Enterprise-grade platform designed to consolidate and govern data from diverse sources—databases, knowledge graphs, file systems, and APIs—with built-in support for AI agents and language model integration.

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

Virtuoso

from $99.99/moPerpetual licence

From $99.99 perpetual license, Enterprise custom pricing

Personal$99.99 one-time
Developer$199 one-time
Project$499 one-time
EnterpriseContact sales
- Unlimited Concurrent Sessions
- Unlimited CPU Cores
- Server-Grade Operating Systems
- Enterprise Support
- Custom Licensing Terms

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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

5 total

Kafka
Pulsar
Redpanda
Cognee
AWS (via Marketplace)

Independently observed

Virtuoso

6 total

SQLAlchemy
RDFLib
SQL databases
NoSQL databases
Linked Data sources
APIs

Independently observed

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