Comparison

Neo4j vs Virtuoso

On the evidence we track, Neo4j 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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★Neo4j55

Virtuoso37

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Neo4jLeader	Virtuoso
vioscaleAI score	55 / 100medium · 69%	37 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$99.99
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	8	6
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.4	2.7
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://neo4j.com/blog/developer/aura-activity-feed-enhanced-security-and-compliance/	-
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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.openlinksw%3Avirtjdbc4&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.95	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,698	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	17,272	975
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	22
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	48	9
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	2	143
Historyrelease.history	20 items	19 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	GPL-3.0	BSD
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	C
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Neo4j55 / 100medium · 69%

Virtuoso37 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✓

Model

Neo4jfreemium

Virtuosofreemium

Price level

Neo4jlow

Virtuosohigh

Starting price

Neo4j–

Virtuoso$99.99

Transparent

Neo4j✗

Virtuoso✓

Integrations

Count

Neo4j8

Virtuoso6

Security

Disclosure policy

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso–

Gdpr

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso–

Hipaa

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso–

Scorecard

Neo4j4.4

Virtuoso2.7

Trust center

Neo4jhttps://neo4j.com/blog/developer/aura-activity-feed-enhanced-security-and-compliance/

Virtuoso–

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

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

Reliability

Sla pct

Neo4j99.95

Virtuoso–

Status page

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Neo4j1,698

Virtuoso1

Github stars

Neo4j17,272

Virtuoso975

Package downloads weekly

Neo4j–

Virtuoso22

Activity

Commits last 30d

Neo4j48

Virtuoso9

Release

Cadence days

Neo4j2

Virtuoso143

History

Neo4j20 items

Virtuoso19 items

License

Spdx

Neo4jGPL-3.0

VirtuosoBSD

Language

Primary

Neo4jJava

VirtuosoC

Market

Availability

Neo4jAvailable worldwide

VirtuosoAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Neo4j7 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	Neo4j	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	Managed	Self-hosted
Search
Full-text search	Built-in	-
Built-in vector search	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available	Source-available
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard	✓	✓

Model

Graph model

Neo4jProperty graph

VirtuosoRDF / triple

Query language(s)

Neo4jCypher

VirtuosoSPARQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

Neo4jFull

Virtuoso-

Consistency model

Neo4jStrong

Virtuoso-

Architecture

Storage

Neo4jNative graph

Virtuoso-

Distributed / scale

Neo4jClustered

Virtuoso-

Replication / HA

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✓

OLTP vs OLAP

Neo4jBoth

VirtuosoBoth

Deployment

Neo4jManaged

VirtuosoSelf-hosted

Full-text search

Neo4jBuilt-in

Virtuoso-

Built-in vector search

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso-

Licensing

Licence class

Neo4jSource-available

VirtuosoSource-available

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✓

What each one is

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

Neo4j

Leader

A managed cloud graph database that stores data as interconnected entities and relationships, designed for knowledge graphs, AI applications, and complex relationship analysis.

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.

Neo4j

Leader

SubscriptionFree tier

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

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	Neo4j	Virtuoso
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✓

macOS

Neo4j✗

Virtuoso✓

Windows

Neo4j✗

Virtuoso✓

Linux

Neo4j✗

Virtuoso✓

CLI

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✗

Self-hosted

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✓

On-premise

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✓

Hybrid

Neo4j✓

Virtuoso✗

Integrations

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

Neo4j

Leader

9 total

Spring Framework
GraphQL
StepZen
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
Couchbase
Kafka
JDBC
LDAP

Independently observed

Virtuoso

6 total

SQLAlchemy
RDFLib
SQL databases
NoSQL databases
Linked Data sources
APIs

Independently observed

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