Aerospike Graph vs GraphDB

Aerospike Graph8.8Visit GraphDB8.5Visit

Higher score Aerospike Graph #4 in Graph Databases 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 60-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Aerospike

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GraphDB #6 in Graph Databases 8.5/10 Free plan · pricing on request Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit GraphDB

• Aerospike Graph fits best

  Distributed enterprise Gremlin graphs

• GraphDB fits best

  Enterprise RDF and semantic reasoning projects

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Side by side

Feature	Aerospike Graph 8.8/10 Visit ↗	GraphDB 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.5
Ranking	#4 in Graph Databases	#6 in Graph Databases
Best for	Distributed enterprise Gremlin graphs	Enterprise RDF and semantic reasoning projects
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	60 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted, Desktop
Platforms	Web, Linux	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Email, Community, Docs
Integrations	6 integrations	9 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Aerospike Graph 1/3 · GraphDB 0/3
ACID transactions	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Graph algorithms	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Vector search	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Query languages	Gremlin	Not checked yet
Included storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Independent scaling for graph compute and storage Gremlin support through Apache TinkerPop Strong-consistency transactions with RBAC, TLS, and audit logging	SPARQL 1.1, RDF-star, federated queries, and configurable reasoning Enterprise clustering and multi-region deployment support Connectors for search, Kafka, MongoDB, and related workflows
Cons	No free plan Paid pricing requires contact with sales No verified graph algorithms or vector search	Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales The product is focused on RDF workloads GraphDB is proprietary rather than open source
Our verdict	Aerospike Graph is a distributed graph database for applications that perform real-time traversal across large connected datasets. It uses a property graph model with vertices, edges, and properties, and provides Gremlin queries and… Read the review →	GraphDB is an RDF and SPARQL semantic graph database for developers, data scientists, knowledge engineers, administrators, and enterprises. It stores and queries RDF data, supports SPARQL 1.1, semantic inference, RDF-star, federated… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Aerospike Graph — where it wins

  • Independent scaling for graph compute and storage
  • Gremlin support through Apache TinkerPop
  • Strong-consistency transactions with RBAC, TLS, and audit logging

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Paid pricing requires contact with sales
  • No verified graph algorithms or vector search

• GraphDB — where it wins

  • SPARQL 1.1, RDF-star, federated queries, and configurable reasoning
  • Enterprise clustering and multi-region deployment support
  • Connectors for search, Kafka, MongoDB, and related workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
  • The product is focused on RDF workloads
  • GraphDB is proprietary rather than open source

• Aerospike Graph8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 60-day trial

  A Gremlin-based graph database for distributed enterprise workloads that need scale-out traversal.

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• GraphDB8.5/10 · Free plan · pricing on request

  A focused RDF platform with semantic reasoning, federation, and enterprise deployment options.

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