# Dgraph vs Virtuoso

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Dgraph

| Attribute | Dgraph | Virtuoso |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 50.3 (60% (medium)) | 34.5 (62% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 13 | 16 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 9 | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | 21,780 | 973 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 22 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":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. | Enterprise-grade platform designed to consolidate and govern data from diverse sources—databases, knowledge graphs, file systems, and APIs—with built-in support for AI agents and language model integration. |
| 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"}` | `{"workload":"both","deployment":"self_hosted","graph_model":"rdf_triple","query_language":"SPARQL"}` |
| integrations.count | - | 6 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"SQLAlchemy"},{"name":"RDFLib"},{"name":"SQL databases"},{"name":"NoSQL databases"},{"name":"Linked Data sources"},{"name":"APIs"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | C |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | BSD |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://dgraph.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:32:22.614Z"}` | `{"type":"perpetual","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Personal","summary":"$99.99 one-time","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":99.99,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Individual workstation license for single-user development","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"cores":"2","users":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Developer","summary":"$199 one-time","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":199,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Development workstation license for small teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"cores":"8","users":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Project","summary":"$499 one-time","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":499,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Project-focused workstation license with expanded resources","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"cores":"16","users":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, contact sales","features":["Unlimited Concurrent Sessions","Unlimited CPU Cores","Server-Grade Operating Systems","Enterprise Support","Custom Licensing Terms"],"description":"Custom license for production server deployment","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $99.99 perpetual license, Enterprise custom pricing","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:36:04.886Z","startingPrice":{"amount":99.99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | no |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | high |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 13 | 143 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6 | 2.6 |
| 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":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.openlinksw%3Avirtjdbc4&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Graph Databases)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:54:08.713Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*