# Dgraph vs Neo4j

| Attribute | Dgraph | Neo4j |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 50.3 (60% (medium)) | 49.7 (70% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 13 | 3 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 9 | 1,698 |
| adoption.github_stars | 21,780 | 17,141 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source, horizontally scalable GraphQL database providing ACID transactions and consistent replication across distributed clusters. Built for handling complex queries over large datasets with strong consistency guarantees. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"storage":"native","workload":"transactional","deployment":"self_hosted","consistency":"strong","distributed":"sharded","graph_model":"property_graph","licence_class":"permissive","vector_search":false,"query_language":"GraphQL","replication_ha":true,"full_text_search":"built_in","acid_transactions":"full"}` | `{"storage":"native","workload":"both","consistency":"strong","distributed":"clustered","graph_model":"property_graph","licence_class":"source_available","vector_search":true,"query_language":"Cypher","replication_ha":true,"full_text_search":"built_in","standard_support":true,"acid_transactions":"full"}` |
| integrations.count | - | 5 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Spring Framework"},{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"StepZen"},{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"Apache Spark"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Java |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://dgraph.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:32:22.614Z"}` | `{"type":"freemium","summary":"Free tier and community edition available; commercial managed and self-hosted options","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://neo4j.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:52:51.087Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| release.cadence_days | 13 | 2 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6 | 4.4 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":6,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fdgraph-io%2Fdgraph&per_page=100","last_12m":5,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | `{"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"}` |

## Capabilities (Graph Databases)

| Capability | Dgraph | Neo4j |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Model** |  |  |
| Graph model | Property graph | Property graph |
| Query language(s) | GraphQL | Cypher |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| ACID transactions | Full | Full |
| Consistency model | Strong | Strong |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage | Native graph | Native graph |
| Distributed / scale | Sharded | Clustered |
| Replication / HA | ✓ | ✓ |
| OLTP vs OLAP | Transactional | Both |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | - |
| **Search** |  |  |
| Full-text search | Built-in | Built-in |
| Built-in vector search | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | Source-available |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| openCypher / TinkerPop standard | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:20:51.791Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*