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Comparison

OrientDB vs Virtuoso

On the evidence we track, OrientDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★OrientDB54
Virtuoso37
Score
vioscaleAI score
OrientDB54 / 100high · 77%
Virtuoso37 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
OrientDB✓
Virtuoso✓
Model
OrientDBopen_source
Virtuosofreemium
Price level
OrientDBfree
Virtuosohigh
Starting price
OrientDB–
Virtuoso$99.99
Transparent
OrientDB✓
Virtuoso✓
Integrations
Count
OrientDB1
Virtuoso6
Security
Scorecard
OrientDB6.3
Virtuoso2.7
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
OrientDB✓
Virtuoso✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
OrientDB569
Virtuoso1
Github stars
OrientDB4,991
Virtuoso975
Package downloads weekly
OrientDB955
Virtuoso22
Activity
Commits last 30d
OrientDB64
Virtuoso9
Release
Cadence days
OrientDB32
Virtuoso143
History
OrientDB20 items
Virtuoso19 items
License
Spdx
OrientDBApache-2.0
VirtuosoBSD
Language
Primary
OrientDBJava
VirtuosoC
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
OrientDB5 items
Virtuoso7 items

Capabilities

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

Model
Graph model
OrientDBProperty graph
VirtuosoRDF / triple
Query language(s)
OrientDBOrient SQL (implied)
VirtuosoSPARQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
OrientDBFull
Virtuoso-
Consistency model
OrientDB-
Virtuoso-
Architecture
Storage
OrientDBNative graph
Virtuoso-
Distributed / scale
OrientDBClustered
Virtuoso-
Replication / HA
OrientDB✓
Virtuoso✓
OLTP vs OLAP
OrientDBBoth
VirtuosoBoth
Deployment
Deployment
OrientDBSelf-hosted
VirtuosoSelf-hosted
Search
Full-text search
OrientDBVia index
Virtuoso-
Built-in vector search
OrientDB✗
Virtuoso-
Licensing
Licence class
OrientDB-
VirtuosoSource-available
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
OrientDB✓
Virtuoso✓

What each one is

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

OrientDB

Leader

An open-source database that unifies multiple data models in one system, including graphs, documents, and text indexing, with flexible schema options.

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.

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 ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
OrientDB✗
Virtuoso✓
macOS
OrientDB✗
Virtuoso✓
Windows
OrientDB✓
Virtuoso✓
Linux
OrientDB✓
Virtuoso✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
OrientDB✓
Virtuoso✓
On-premise
OrientDB✗
Virtuoso✓

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

Virtuoso

6 total
  • SQLAlchemy
  • RDFLib
  • SQL databases
  • NoSQL databases
  • Linked Data sources
  • APIs
Independently observed
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