Comparison

Neo4j vs TigerGraph

On the evidence we track, Neo4j leads this comparison with a composite score of 50/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Neo4j50

TigerGraph43

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Neo4jLeader	TigerGraph
Vioscale score	50 / 100medium · 70%	43 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	13
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.4	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.neo4j%3Aneo4j&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.95	99.95
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,698	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	17,141	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	3	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	2	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-3.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Neo4j50 / 100medium · 70%

TigerGraph43 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph✓

Model

Neo4jcommercial

TigerGraphfreemium

Price level

Neo4jlow

TigerGraphlow

Transparent

Neo4j✗

TigerGraph✗

Integrations

Count

Neo4j5

TigerGraph13

Security

Disclosure policy

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph–

Gdpr

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph–

Hipaa

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph–

Scorecard

Neo4j4.4

TigerGraph–

Vulnerabilities

Neo4jCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.neo4j%3Aneo4j&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL

TigerGraph–

Reliability

Sla pct

Neo4j99.95

TigerGraph99.95

Status page

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Neo4j1,698

TigerGraph–

Github stars

Neo4j17,141

TigerGraph–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Neo4j3

TigerGraph–

Release

Cadence days

Neo4j2

TigerGraph–

History

Neo4j20 items

TigerGraph–

License

Spdx

Neo4jGPL-3.0

TigerGraph–

Language

Primary

Neo4jJava

TigerGraph–

Market

Availability

Neo4jAvailable worldwide

TigerGraphAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Graph Databases
Capability	Neo4j	TigerGraph
Model
Graph model	Property graph	Property graph
Query language(s)	Cypher	GSQL, GraphQL, GQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	-
Consistency model	Strong	Strong
Architecture
Storage	Native graph	Native graph
Distributed / scale	Clustered	Clustered
Replication / HA	✓	✓
OLTP vs OLAP	Both	Both
Deployment
Deployment	-	-
Search
Full-text search	Built-in	-
Built-in vector search	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available	Proprietary
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard	✓	✗

Model

Graph model

Neo4jProperty graph

TigerGraphProperty graph

Query language(s)

Neo4jCypher

TigerGraphGSQL, GraphQL, GQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

Neo4jFull

TigerGraph-

Consistency model

Neo4jStrong

TigerGraphStrong

Architecture

Storage

Neo4jNative graph

TigerGraphNative graph

Distributed / scale

Neo4jClustered

TigerGraphClustered

Replication / HA

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph✓

OLTP vs OLAP

Neo4jBoth

TigerGraphBoth

Deployment

Neo4j-

TigerGraph-

Full-text search

Neo4jBuilt-in

TigerGraph-

Built-in vector search

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph-

Licensing

Licence class

Neo4jSource-available

TigerGraphProprietary

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph✗

What each one is

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

Neo4j

Leader

Neo4j is a graph database designed to organize and query connected data using a native graph model. It provides an intuitive query language and tools for discovering patterns and relationships across complex, interconnected datasets.

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.

Neo4j

Leader

freemiumFree tier

Free tier and community edition available; commercial managed and self-hosted options

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	Neo4j	TigerGraph
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph✓

CLI

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph✓

Self-hosted

Neo4j✓

TigerGraph✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

GraphQL
Apache Spark

Neo4j

Leader

5 total - 3 not shared

Spring Framework
StepZen
Apache Kafka

Independently observed

TigerGraph

13 total - 11 not shared

Snowflake
Kafka
Apache Iceberg
AWS S3
MinIO
Ceph
Wasabi
Kerberos
SAML
OIDC
LDAP

Independently observed

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