# Amazon Neptune vs Apache AGE

| Attribute | Amazon Neptune | Apache AGE |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 44.9 (56% (medium)) | 42.6 (72% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 8 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 4,783 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 2,200 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based graph database that scales serverlessly and analyzes relationships across structured and unstructured data. Designed to improve AI application accuracy through integrated GraphRAG capabilities and support for agentic memory tools. | Apache AGE is a PostgreSQL extension that enables graph database capabilities, allowing users to represent and analyze data as nodes, edges, and properties. It provides Cypher-like query syntax while maintaining PostgreSQL's SQL support and ACID transaction guarantees. |
| features.capabilities | `{"workload":"both","deployment":"managed","distributed":"sharded","graph_model":"multi_model","licence_class":"proprietary","vector_search":true,"query_language":"Gremlin, openCypher, SPARQL","replication_ha":true,"full_text_search":"none","standard_support":true,"acid_transactions":"full"}` | `{"storage":"native","workload":"both","deployment":"embedded","consistency":"strong","distributed":"clustered","graph_model":"property_graph","licence_class":"permissive","query_language":"openCypher / Cypher-like SQL","replication_ha":true,"standard_support":true,"acid_transactions":"full"}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases"},{"name":"Strands AI Agents SDK"}]` | `[{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"pgvector"}]` |
| language.primary | - | C |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"On-demand","summary":"Pay-as-you-go with no commitments","features":["No minimum fees","No upfront commitments","Flexible configuration"],"description":"Pay-as-you-go pricing with no minimum fees or upfront commitments","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Serverless","summary":"Serverless with automatic scaling","features":["Automatic scaling","No minimum fees","No upfront commitments"],"description":"Automatically scales graph workloads with no minimum fees or upfront commitments","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Database Savings Plans","summary":"Usage-based savings plan with 1-year commitment","features":["Savings vs. on-demand","1-year commitment"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Flexible pricing model offering savings in exchange for commitment to specific usage over 1-year term","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Neptune Analytics","summary":"Per m-NCU-hour billing with pause option","features":["Fast analytics on billions of connections","In-memory storage","Optimized graph algorithms","Low-latency queries","Vector search","Pause/resume capability"],"description":"Analytic database engine for fast analytics over graph data. Billed per m-NCU (each m-NCU = 1 GB memory + compute/networking for 1 hour). Pause capability costs 10% of normal compute price.","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Pay-as-you-go pricing with on-demand, serverless, and savings plan options. No minimum fees or upfront commitments for on-demand/serverless.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/neptune/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:15:07.725Z","billingPeriods":["hour","month","year"]}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | no | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | - |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 20 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG18/v1.8.0-rc0","date":"2026-07-09T00:21:23Z","type":"stable","version":"PG18/v1.8.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG17/v1.7.0-rc0","date":"2026-02-11T17:08:27Z","type":"stable","version":"PG17/v1.7.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG18/v1.7.0-rc0","date":"2026-01-21T20:26:32Z","type":"stable","version":"PG18/v1.7.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG15/v1.6.0-rc0","date":"2025-11-20T18:41:38Z","type":"stable","version":"PG15/v1.6.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG14/v1.6.0-rc0","date":"2025-11-20T18:44:58Z","type":"stable","version":"PG14/v1.6.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG17/v1.6.0-rc0","date":"2025-09-22T19:16:21Z","type":"stable","version":"PG17/v1.6.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG16/v1.6.0-rc0","date":"2025-09-04T16:45:06Z","type":"stable","version":"PG16/v1.6.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG14/v1.5.0-rc0","date":"2024-01-10T17:58:13Z","type":"stable","version":"PG14/v1.5.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG13/v1.5.0-rc0","date":"2024-01-10T19:48:57Z","type":"stable","version":"PG13/v1.5.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG12/v1.5.0-rc0","date":"2024-01-10T20:54:29Z","type":"stable","version":"PG12/v1.5.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG11/v1.5.0-rc0","date":"2024-01-11T00:34:23Z","type":"stable","version":"PG11/v1.5.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG15/v1.5.0-rc0","date":"2024-01-09T22:47:55Z","type":"stable","version":"PG15/v1.5.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG16/v1.5.0-rc0","date":"2024-01-08T23:26:51Z","type":"stable","version":"PG16/v1.5.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG15/v1.4.0-rc0","date":"2023-08-22T23:11:08Z","type":"stable","version":"PG15/v1.4.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG14/v1.4.0-rc0","date":"2023-08-22T23:08:17Z","type":"stable","version":"PG14/v1.4.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG13/v1.4.0-rc0","date":"2023-08-22T23:18:25Z","type":"stable","version":"PG13/v1.4.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG12/v1.4.0-rc0","date":"2023-08-22T23:21:26Z","type":"stable","version":"PG12/v1.4.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG11/v1.4.0-rc0","date":"2023-08-22T23:28:16Z","type":"stable","version":"PG11/v1.4.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG11/v1.3.0-rc0","date":"2023-04-28T00:12:57Z","type":"stable","version":"PG11/v1.3.0-rc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/age/releases/tag/PG12/v1.3.0-rc1","date":"2023-04-05T18:10:17Z","type":"stable","version":"PG12/v1.3.0-rc1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=apache-age-python&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Graph Databases)

| Capability | Amazon Neptune | Apache AGE |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Model** |  |  |
| Graph model | Multi-model | Property graph |
| Query language(s) | Gremlin, openCypher, SPARQL | openCypher / Cypher-like SQL |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| ACID transactions | Full | Full |
| Consistency model | - | Strong |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage | - | Native graph |
| Distributed / scale | Sharded | Clustered |
| Replication / HA | ✓ | ✓ |
| OLTP vs OLAP | Both | Both |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed | Embedded |
| **Search** |  |  |
| Full-text search | None | - |
| Built-in vector search | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | Permissive OSS |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| openCypher / TinkerPop standard | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:10:50.847Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*