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Comparison

OrientDB vs TigerGraph

On the evidence we track, OrientDB 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.

OrientDB full profile →TigerGraph full profile →
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★OrientDB55
TigerGraph43
Score
Vioscale score
OrientDB55 / 100high · 78%
TigerGraph43 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✓
Model
OrientDBfreemium
TigerGraphfreemium
Price level
OrientDBhigh
TigerGraphlow
Transparent
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✗
Integrations
Count
OrientDB1
TigerGraph13
Security
Scorecard
OrientDB6.3
TigerGraph–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
OrientDB–
TigerGraph99.95
Status page
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph–
Adoption
Dependent repos
OrientDB569
TigerGraph–
Github stars
OrientDB4,983
TigerGraph–
Package downloads weekly
OrientDB550
TigerGraph–
Activity
Commits last 30d
OrientDB62
TigerGraph–
Release
Cadence days
OrientDB34
TigerGraph–
History
OrientDB20 items
TigerGraph–
License
Spdx
OrientDBApache-2.0
TigerGraph–
Language
Primary
OrientDBJava
TigerGraph–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Model
Graph model
OrientDBProperty graph
TigerGraphProperty graph
Query language(s)
OrientDBOrient SQL (implied)
TigerGraphGSQL, GraphQL, GQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
OrientDBFull
TigerGraph-
Consistency model
OrientDB-
TigerGraphStrong
Architecture
Storage
OrientDBNative graph
TigerGraphNative graph
Distributed / scale
OrientDBClustered
TigerGraphClustered
Replication / HA
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✓
OLTP vs OLAP
OrientDBBoth
TigerGraphBoth
Deployment
Deployment
OrientDBSelf-hosted
TigerGraph-
Search
Full-text search
OrientDBVia index
TigerGraph-
Built-in vector search
OrientDB✗
TigerGraph-
Licensing
Licence class
OrientDB-
TigerGraphProprietary
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✗

What each one is

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

OrientDB

Leader

An open-source NoSQL database that combines graph and document data models in one scalable platform, optimized for high-performance operations with physical record linkage and millisecond-level graph traversal regardless of database size.

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.

OrientDB

Leader
from €1000/moHybridFree tier

Free open-source. Paid support from €1,000/month.

  • CommunityFree
    • Discussion
    • Issue Tracker
    • Documentation
  • Basic€1,000/month
    • Direct Support by mail
    • Query Support
  • Advanced€4,000/month
    • Support on Upgrade
    • Emergency Patch
    • Security Escalation
    • Application Model Definition
  • ConsultancyContact sales
    • On Site Support
    • Custom consultancy
as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✓
macOS
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✗
Windows
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✗
Linux
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✗
CLI
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
OrientDB✗
TigerGraph✓
Self-hosted
OrientDB✓
TigerGraph✓

Integrations

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

OrientDB

Leader
1 total
  • Gremlin Server (TinkerPop)
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.