# Memgraph vs Virtuoso

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Memgraph

| Attribute | Memgraph | Virtuoso |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 54.9 (58% (medium)) | 36.7 (77% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 9 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | 4,617 | 975 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 22 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Graph Databases.","source":"https://memgraph.com/pricing","question":"What is Memgraph?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Memgraph offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Community Edition, Enterprise Edition – AI Platform, Enterprise Edition – Graph Analytics and Memgraph Cloud. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://memgraph.com/pricing","question":"Is Memgraph free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Memgraph supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://memgraph.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Memgraph support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Memgraph can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://memgraph.com/pricing","question":"Can Memgraph be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for Memgraph, including Kafka, Pulsar, Redpanda, Cognee and AWS (via Marketplace). This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://memgraph.com/pricing","question":"What does Memgraph integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Memgraph. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Memgraph not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://memgraph.com/policies/privacy-policy","question":"What security certifications does Memgraph have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Memgraph is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in Croatia.","source":"https://memgraph.com/pricing","question":"Where is Memgraph available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Graph Databases.","source":"https://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/pricing/","question":"What is Virtuoso?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Virtuoso is a paid product; published pricing starts at $99.99. It is sold across 4 plans (Personal, Developer, Project and Enterprise). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/pricing/","question":"How much does Virtuoso cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Virtuoso supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Virtuoso support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Virtuoso can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/pricing/","question":"Can Virtuoso be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for Virtuoso, including SQLAlchemy, RDFLib, SQL databases, Linked Data sources and APIs. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/pricing/","question":"What does Virtuoso integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Virtuoso is published under the BSD licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://pypi.org/pypi/virtuoso/json","question":"Is Virtuoso open source?","confidence":0.9},{"answer":"Virtuoso is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/pricing/","question":"Where is Virtuoso available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"storage":"native","workload":"both","deployment":"self_hosted","consistency":"strong","distributed":"clustered","graph_model":"property_graph","licence_class":"permissive","vector_search":true,"query_language":"Cypher","replication_ha":true,"full_text_search":"built_in","standard_support":true,"acid_transactions":"full"}` | `{"workload":"both","deployment":"self_hosted","graph_model":"rdf_triple","licence_class":"source_available","query_language":"SPARQL","replication_ha":true,"standard_support":true}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Pulsar"},{"name":"Redpanda"},{"name":"Cognee"},{"name":"AWS (via Marketplace)"},{"name":"LangChain","native":true,"category":"ai_framework","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"LlamaIndex","native":true,"category":"ai_framework","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":true,"category":"ai_models","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Cohere","native":true,"category":"ai_models","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Apache Spark","native":false,"category":"data_integration","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Kerberos","native":true,"category":"authentication","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"LDAP","native":true,"category":"directory","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"MCP","native":true,"category":"protocol","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"LiteLLM","native":false,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Neo4j","native":false,"direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"SQLAlchemy"},{"name":"RDFLib"},{"name":"SQL databases"},{"name":"NoSQL databases"},{"name":"Linked Data sources"},{"name":"APIs"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | C |
| license.spdx | - | BSD |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"free","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","features":["Cypher query language","Python client libraries","LangChain and LlamaIndex integrations","40+ graph algorithms"],"description":"Fully functional community edition, free forever","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Community Edition is free. Enterprise and managed cloud pricing available upon request.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://memgraph.com","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:29:28.752Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Personal","summary":"$99.99/year","features":["2 Concurrent Sessions","CPU Core Affinity","Linux, Windows, macOS","Workstation"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99.99,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Developer","summary":"$199/year","features":["5 Concurrent Sessions","Application Development License"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":199,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Project","summary":"$499/year","features":["16 Concurrent Sessions","Unlimited CPU Cores","Server-Grade Operating Systems","Enterprise Support"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $99.99/year for workstation licenses. Free open-source edition available under GPL. Perpetual enterprise licenses available on request.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:16:38.643Z","startingPrice":{"amount":99.99,"period":"year","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | free | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | high |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":99.99,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 18 | 143 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 2.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memgraph%2Fmemgraph-mcp&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.openlinksw%3Avirtjdbc4&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:52:35.217Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*