ArangoDB alternatives

4 tools to consider instead of ArangoDB, shown against it.

ArangoDB Neo4j TigerGraph Dgraph NebulaGraph
Vendor ArangoDB Inc. (operating as Arango) Neo4j, Inc. TigerGraph, Inc. Hypermode (an Istari Digital company) vesoft inc.
Pricing model Quote only Free tier + paid plans Usage-based Open source + paid options Free tier + paid plans
Free tier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Open source No (BSL-1.1) No No Yes (Apache-2.0) Yes (Apache-2.0)
Best for Teams that want graph traversals and document queries against the same dataset without running two databases. Teams doing fraud detection, recommendations or knowledge graphs who want the most mature Cypher/graph tooling ecosystem. Enterprises needing deep multi-hop graph analytics at scale, such as fraud rings or complex supply-chain networks. Teams building a GraphQL-first application that want the graph store and API layer combined. Teams operating very large, high-throughput graphs (social, recommendation, risk) who want an open-source, horizontally scaled store.
Pricing

Community edition is free for non-production use; ArangoGraph cloud and Enterprise self-managed require contacting sales for a quote.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

AuraDB is billed per GB/month above a free tier; self-managed Community edition is free, Enterprise requires a quote.

AuraDB Free $0
AuraDB Professional from $65/GB/month
AuraDB Business Critical from $146/GB/month
AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud custom quote

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Savanna cloud is billed per GB of graph data per month plus elastic storage; self-managed Community edition is free, Enterprise is quoted.

TigerGraph Community Free
Savanna from $45/GB/month
Savanna Business Critical from $126/GB/month
TigerGraph Enterprise (self-managed) custom quote

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Core database is free and open source; enterprise features and managed offerings are arranged directly with Hypermode.

Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site.

Open-Source Edition is free; Enterprise and NebulaGraph Cloud pricing require contacting sales, with a 14-day cloud trial.

Open-source Edition Free
NebulaGraph Cloud custom / pay-as-you-go

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Features
  • AQL: one query language across graph, document and key/value data
  • SmartGraphs for horizontally sharded graph workloads
  • Native full-text and vector search
  • AutoGraph automatic knowledge-graph construction
  • GraphRAG-style retrieval for AI applications
  • ArangoGraph managed cloud (multi-cloud)
  • ACID transactions across collections
  • Cypher query language (basis of ISO GQL)
  • Native graph storage and index-free adjacency
  • Graph Data Science library of algorithms
  • Vector and full-text search alongside graph queries
  • Causal clustering for high availability
  • Bloom for no-code graph visualization
  • Bulk import and ETL tooling
  • Role-based access control
  • GSQL parallel graph query language
  • Massively parallel processing engine for deep-link traversals
  • User-defined functions for custom graph algorithms
  • GraphStudio visual schema and query IDE
  • Machine learning workbench for GNN feature engineering
  • REST++ API for application integration
  • Horizontal scaling via sharding
  • Automated backups on Savanna
  • DQL query language (GraphQL-derived)
  • Native GraphQL API over graph data
  • Natively distributed, sharded storage with no external coordinator
  • ACID transactions
  • Namespaces for multi-tenant graphs
  • Full-text and geo search
  • nGQL graph query language
  • Storage-compute separation for independent scaling
  • Distributed architecture for billion-edge graphs
  • Combined OLTP and OLAP-style graph queries
  • Built-in graph algorithms library
  • Kubernetes-native deployment (NebulaGraph Operator)

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