Comparison

NebulaGraph vs TigerGraph

No clear leader: TigerGraph (42.5) and NebulaGraph (40.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

NebulaGraph full profile →TigerGraph full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

NebulaGraph41

TigerGraph43

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	NebulaGraph	TigerGraph
Vioscale score	41 / 100medium · 61%	43 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	13
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.2	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.vesoft%3Anebula-spark-connector&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.95
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	5	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,365	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	74	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

NebulaGraph41 / 100medium · 61%

TigerGraph43 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph✓

Model

NebulaGraphcommercial

TigerGraphfreemium

Price level

NebulaGraphlow

TigerGraphlow

Transparent

NebulaGraph✗

TigerGraph✗

Integrations

Count

NebulaGraph7

TigerGraph13

Security

Gdpr

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph–

Scorecard

NebulaGraph6.2

TigerGraph–

Vulnerabilities

NebulaGraphCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.vesoft%3Anebula-spark-connector&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

TigerGraph–

Reliability

Sla pct

NebulaGraph–

TigerGraph99.95

Adoption

Dependent repos

NebulaGraph5

TigerGraph–

Github stars

NebulaGraph12,365

TigerGraph–

Activity

Commits last 30d

NebulaGraph0

TigerGraph–

Release

Cadence days

NebulaGraph74

TigerGraph–

History

NebulaGraph20 items

TigerGraph–

License

Spdx

NebulaGraphApache-2.0

TigerGraph–

Language

Primary

NebulaGraphC++

TigerGraph–

Market

Availability

NebulaGraphAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

TigerGraphAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Graph Databases
Capability	NebulaGraph	TigerGraph
Model
Graph model	Property graph	Property graph
Query language(s)	nGQL, OpenCypher, ISO-GQL	GSQL, GraphQL, GQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	-
Consistency model	Strong	Strong
Architecture
Storage	Pluggable backend	Native graph
Distributed / scale	Sharded	Clustered
Replication / HA	✓	✓
OLTP vs OLAP	Both	Both
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	-
Search
Full-text search	Built-in	-
Built-in vector search	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Proprietary
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard	✓	✗

Model

Graph model

NebulaGraphProperty graph

TigerGraphProperty graph

Query language(s)

NebulaGraphnGQL, OpenCypher, ISO-GQL

TigerGraphGSQL, GraphQL, GQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

NebulaGraphFull

TigerGraph-

Consistency model

NebulaGraphStrong

TigerGraphStrong

Architecture

Storage

NebulaGraphPluggable backend

TigerGraphNative graph

Distributed / scale

NebulaGraphSharded

TigerGraphClustered

Replication / HA

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph✓

OLTP vs OLAP

NebulaGraphBoth

TigerGraphBoth

Deployment

NebulaGraphSelf-hosted

TigerGraph-

Full-text search

NebulaGraphBuilt-in

TigerGraph-

Built-in vector search

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph-

Licensing

Licence class

NebulaGraphPermissive OSS

TigerGraphProprietary

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph✗

What each one is

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

NebulaGraph

NebulaGraph is a distributed graph database built for processing complex relationship data with millisecond latency. It enables fraud detection, recommendations, knowledge graphs, and real-time analytics across large interconnected datasets for enterprises.

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.

NebulaGraph

from $0.35/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

Free open-source edition; enterprise licensing and managed cloud options available

Open-source EditionFree
- Subset of core features
- Graph query language support (nGQL/openCypher, ISO-GQL)
- Graph algorithms and analytics
- Community support
Enterprise EditionContact sales
- Enhanced performance
- Enterprise-grade stability and security
- Premium support service
- Multiple deployment methods
- Advanced features: REST API, vector search, multi-graph queries, plugin management
- +3 more
NebulaGraph CloudFrom $0.35/hour (beta pricing with 70% discount); 14-day free trial
- One-click deployment and scaling
- High availability with multi-data center replication
- Automatic backup and restoration
- Integrated visualization tools (Nebula Studio, Explorer, Dashboard)
- Fine-grained access control

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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 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	NebulaGraph	TigerGraph
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

NebulaGraph✗

TigerGraph✓

Linux

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph✗

CLI

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph✓

Self-hosted

NebulaGraph✓

TigerGraph✓

Integrations

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

NebulaGraph

7 total

Azure Marketplace
AWS (planned)
Google Cloud Platform (planned)
Nebula Studio
Nebula Explorer
Nebula Dashboard
ElasticSearch

Independently observed

TigerGraph

13 total

Snowflake
Apache Spark
Kafka
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.