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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (58.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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$39.99 per backend per month
ArangoDB
Star Rating
(110)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (58.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Free Trial is available
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Star Rating
(22)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$39.99 per backend per month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that ArangoDB excels in its multi-model capabilities, allowing for flexible data representation, while Dgraph is noted for its strong graph database features, making it ideal for complex relationships.
- Reviewers mention that ArangoDB's query language is user-friendly and versatile, scoring 9.2, whereas Dgraph's query optimization is highlighted with a score of 9.7, indicating superior performance in executing complex queries.
- G2 users indicate that ArangoDB's built-in search functionality is robust, scoring 8.6, but Dgraph outshines with a score of 9.4, suggesting a more effective search experience overall.
- Users on G2 report that ArangoDB's data replication feature scores 8.5, providing reliable data availability, while Dgraph's replication is slightly lower at 7.8, which may impact its reliability in high-demand scenarios.
- Reviewers mention that Dgraph's security features, particularly its encryption capabilities, score 9.0, which is higher than ArangoDB's score of 8.4, indicating a stronger focus on data protection.
- Users say that ArangoDB's ease of setup is rated at 8.7, making it accessible for new users, while Dgraph's ease of use is slightly higher at 9.0, suggesting a smoother onboarding experience for users transitioning to a graph database.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
ArangoDB
ArangoGraph Insights Platform
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The managed service for ArangoDB provides fully-hosted, managed, & monitored cluster deployments of any size, with enterprise-grade security. rices depend on selected cloud provider, region, disk & CPU size.
- Fully Managed: ArangoDB Oasis offers a fully-managed graph database, document store and full-text search engine. All in one place
- Highly Secure: Encryption at transit & at rest guarantee all your data is encrypted before it hits the disk or send over the network. In addition, you can assign fine-grained access control policies to your organization, your projects or deployments. This assigns permissions to groups or individual users
- Elastic Scale: You can elastically scale with all deployment models (OneShard & Sharded Clusters) at anytime and use the special Enterprise features for efficient queries against distributed data
Dgraph
Dgraph Cloud Shared Tier
$39.99
per backend per month
5GB data transfers per account, $2 per additional GB.
7 day free trial.
No hidden costs. No costs for data storage. No cost per query.
- GraphQL schema to production in one click
- Change your types and datatypes instantly with flexible schema
- Easiest way to get a production-ready GraphQL backend
Free Trial
ArangoDB
Free Trial is available
Dgraph
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
99
9.4
15
Ease of Use
8.9
100
9.0
15
Ease of Setup
8.7
67
9.0
8
Ease of Admin
8.7
54
9.0
7
Quality of Support
8.9
87
9.3
15
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
46
9.8
7
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
99
10.0
14
Features by Category
Compatibility
8.2
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
Search Queries
7.1
11
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Functionality
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
14
Not enough data
Data Management
9.2
16
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Verified
Not enough data
8.9
16
|
Verified
Not enough data
Availability
9.4
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
12
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
7.9
13
|
Verified
Not enough data
Security
7.7
13
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
13
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
12
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
Support
9.3
15
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
13
|
Verified
Not enough data
Data Management
9.2
34
Not enough data
9.1
34
Not enough data
8.6
32
Not enough data
6.7
28
Not enough data
Availability
7.5
21
Not enough data
7.5
22
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
Performance
8.4
31
Not enough data
Security
7.9
27
Not enough data
7.6
27
Not enough data
7.5
25
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
Support
9.1
31
Not enough data
8.4
30
Not enough data
7.0
24
Not enough data
Data Management
9.1
36
9.7
11
8.8
37
9.5
11
8.4
36
9.4
11
7.2
30
6.9
6
9.1
37
9.5
11
Availability
8.3
25
9.0
8
8.2
26
Not enough data
Performance
8.7
33
9.7
5
Security
8.0
31
7.7
5
7.9
30
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
8.1
32
9.0
7
Support
9.0
35
9.1
9
7.5
29
Not enough data
8.5
36
8.3
7
Configuration
8.4
19
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
7.3
18
Not enough data
7.4
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
Database Administration
7.5
17
Not enough data
7.9
17
Not enough data
7.4
16
Not enough data
Availability
8.8
16
Not enough data
9.1
15
Not enough data
8.9
16
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
Security
7.4
15
Not enough data
7.9
16
Not enough data
7.2
15
Not enough data
Data Management
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
Database Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
ArangoDB and Dgraph are categorized as Graph Databases
Unique Categories
ArangoDB is categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS), Key Value Databases, Document Databases, and Enterprise Search Software
Dgraph has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
ArangoDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Dgraph
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
21.8%
Computer Software
19.1%
Internet
7.3%
Hospital & Health Care
5.5%
Financial Services
4.5%
Other
41.8%
Information Technology and Services
23.8%
Computer Software
14.3%
Financial Services
9.5%
Computer & Network Security
9.5%
Automotive
9.5%
Other
33.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
ArangoDB
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Katherine C.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
I love the way you can easily use AQL queries, the documentation is comprehensive, also the software has a good default configuration, it also provides good facilities, it also allows to combine multiple functionalities within a single query that resembles...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Layth Z.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
No ANSI SQL support, I was hopping for SQL support, that was a disappointing thing to learn a new language. We use CQL at the moment, Spark SQL, and SQL on MySQL, now we have to adapt to AQL which is an unnecessary overhead in my opinion.
Dgraph
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jeremy H.
Verified User in Automotive
It has excellent performance, it's open source, and the team has a good culture. Getting started with it was relatively painless (self-hosting could be easier). DQL is fantastic if you need the additional capabilities it offers over GraphQL It's also...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Katherine C.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
I love the way you can easily use AQL queries, the documentation is comprehensive, also the software has a good default configuration, it also provides good facilities, it also allows to combine multiple functionalities within a single query that resembles...
Jeremy H.
Verified User in Automotive
It has excellent performance, it's open source, and the team has a good culture. Getting started with it was relatively painless (self-hosting could be easier). DQL is fantastic if you need the additional capabilities it offers over GraphQL It's also...
Layth Z.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
No ANSI SQL support, I was hopping for SQL support, that was a disappointing thing to learn a new language. We use CQL at the moment, Spark SQL, and SQL on MySQL, now we have to adapt to AQL which is an unnecessary overhead in my opinion.
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Discussions
How was the experience with driver support and documentation.
1 comment
NG
Documentation is detailed, StackOverflow community for ArangoDB is also active, so it's easy to learn. ArangoDB is accessed primarily via REST interface and...Read more
Is ArangoDB free?
1 comment
PG
ArangoDb community is free, which you can install on your computer (Windows, linux, etc.) This is what I use! I'm pretty sure you can go far with the free...Read more
What is ArangoDB used for?
1 comment
PM
Arango DB is a NoSQL Database software system. It supports the usual features all the traditional NoSQL databases has. It also has support to run graphing...Read more
Is Slash GraphQL also available in other regions?
2 comments
JG
Yes, they have 6 or so regions to choose from.Read more
Will DGraph support Cipher or Gremlin in future?
1 comment
JG
From my understanding not in the near future, but one day maybe. DQL is better, so it is not needed.Read more
What is Dgraph type?
1 comment
JG
Dgraph type is a specific way of storing the graph data as dql in the dgraph database.Read more
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