# OrientDB vs TigerGraph

**Leader by Vioscale score:** OrientDB

| Attribute | OrientDB | TigerGraph |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 54.5 (78% (high)) | 42.5 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 62 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 569 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 4,983 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 550 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"storage":"native","workload":"both","deployment":"self_hosted","distributed":"clustered","graph_model":"property_graph","vector_search":false,"query_language":"Orient SQL (implied)","replication_ha":true,"full_text_search":"via_index","standard_support":true,"acid_transactions":"full"}` | `{"storage":"native","workload":"both","consistency":"strong","distributed":"clustered","graph_model":"property_graph","licence_class":"proprietary","query_language":"GSQL, GraphQL, GQL","replication_ha":true,"standard_support":false}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 13 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Gremlin Server (TinkerPop)"}]` | `[{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"MinIO"},{"name":"Ceph"},{"name":"Wasabi"},{"name":"Kerberos"},{"name":"SAML"},{"name":"OIDC"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"GraphQL"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community","summary":"Free","features":["Discussion","Issue Tracker","Documentation"],"description":"Community support via GitHub discussions and issue tracker","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"€1,000/month","features":["Direct Support by mail","Query Support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1000,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Direct email support and query assistance","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced","summary":"€4,000/month","features":["Support on Upgrade","Emergency Patch","Security Escalation","Application Model Definition"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":4000,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Upgrade support, emergency patches, security escalation, and application design consultation","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Consultancy","summary":"Case-by-case pricing","features":["On Site Support","Custom consultancy"],"description":"Custom on-site and consultancy services","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source. Paid support from €1,000/month.","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://orientdb.dev/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:30:45.577Z","startingPrice":{"amount":1000,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Basic","summary":"Pay-per-use VM instances and storage","commitment":"monthly","description":"Entry-level tier with 7-day backup retention","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"Pay-per-use VM instances and storage","commitment":"monthly","description":"Mid-tier with 14-day backup retention","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing for annual and longer commitments","description":"Enterprise tier with 28-day backup retention and long-term commitment options","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Insights","components":[{"of":"compute_usage","kind":"percentage","rate":10}]},{"name":"GraphStudio"},{"name":"GraphQL Service"}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing on compute instances and storage; free tier available","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.tigergraph.com/savanna-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:33:57.146Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | high | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 34 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.55","date":"2026-07-20T17:32:48Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.55"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.54","date":"2026-07-06T05:48:43Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.54"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.53","date":"2026-06-01T03:54:34Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.53"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.52","date":"2026-05-14T09:38:48Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.52"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.51","date":"2026-03-30T10:54:53Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.51"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.50","date":"2026-02-24T05:03:59Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.50"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.49","date":"2026-01-27T13:09:54Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.49"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.48","date":"2025-12-24T10:45:49Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.48"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.47","date":"2025-12-09T11:59:51Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.47"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.46","date":"2025-11-17T16:08:22Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.46"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.45","date":"2025-10-20T15:42:44Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.45"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.44","date":"2025-09-04T13:10:58Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.44"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.43","date":"2025-08-07T12:39:48Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.43"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.42","date":"2025-07-03T10:18:27Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.42"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.41","date":"2025-06-17T15:28:56Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.41"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.40","date":"2025-05-29T11:51:46Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.40"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.39","date":"2025-04-14T15:40:39Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.39"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.38","date":"2025-02-20T14:33:17Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.38"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.37","date":"2025-01-14T21:17:13Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.37"},{"url":"https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/releases/tag/3.2.36","date":"2024-11-27T16:30:05Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.36"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 6.3 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.orientechnologies%3Aorientdb-client&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Graph Databases)

| Capability | OrientDB | TigerGraph |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Model** |  |  |
| Graph model | Property graph | Property graph |
| Query language(s) | Orient SQL (implied) | GSQL, GraphQL, GQL |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| ACID transactions | Full | - |
| Consistency model | - | Strong |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Storage | Native graph | Native graph |
| Distributed / scale | Clustered | Clustered |
| Replication / HA | ✓ | ✓ |
| OLTP vs OLAP | Both | Both |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | - |
| **Search** |  |  |
| Full-text search | Via index | - |
| Built-in vector search | ✗ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | - | Proprietary |
| **Portability** |  |  |
| openCypher / TinkerPop standard | ✓ | ✗ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:44:47.604Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*