Dgraph alternatives

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

Dgraph NebulaGraph ArangoDB Memgraph JanusGraph
Vendor Hypermode (an Istari Digital company) vesoft inc. ArangoDB Inc. (operating as Arango) Memgraph Ltd. JanusGraph (Linux Foundation project)
Pricing model Open source + paid options Free tier + paid plans Quote only Free tier + paid plans Open source + paid options
Free tier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Deployment Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Yes (Apache-2.0) Yes (Apache-2.0) No (BSL-1.1) No (BSL-1.1) Yes (Apache-2.0)
Best for 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. Teams that want graph traversals and document queries against the same dataset without running two databases. Teams needing sub-second graph queries or GraphRAG/agent memory who want a Cypher-compatible engine without Neo4j's footprint. Teams running large distributed graphs on infrastructure they already operate, such as Cassandra or HBase clusters.
Pricing

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.

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.

Community edition is free and source-available; Enterprise is priced on memory used by graph data, quoted per customer.

Community Free

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

Free open-source software; costs come from the storage and indexing backends you choose to run it on.

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

Features
  • 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)
  • 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
  • openCypher query language (Neo4j-compatible)
  • In-memory storage engine for low-latency queries
  • Built-in and MAGE library graph algorithms
  • Dynamic/streaming algorithm updates
  • Native vector indexing alongside graph data
  • Memgraph Cloud managed instances
  • Kafka and Pulsar streaming ingestion
  • Gremlin query language (Apache TinkerPop)
  • Pluggable storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, ScyllaDB, Bigtable
  • Pluggable indexing: Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene
  • Horizontal scalability via the chosen storage layer
  • Distributed transactions with eventual or strict consistency options
  • Vendor-neutral, community-governed development

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