CognoDB vs FalkorDB

CognoDB8.8Visit FalkorDB8.6Visit

Higher score CognoDB #5 in Graph Database Hosting 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 3 features Visit CognoDB

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FalkorDB #7 in Graph Database Hosting 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit FalkorDB

• CognoDB fits best

  Budget-conscious Cypher-compatible deployments

• FalkorDB fits best

  Open-source graph and GraphRAG projects

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Side by side

Feature	CognoDB 8.8/10 Visit ↗	FalkorDB 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.6
Ranking	#5 in Graph Database Hosting	#7 in Graph Database Hosting
Best for	Budget-conscious Cypher-compatible deployments	Open-source graph and GraphRAG projects
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$9/unit/mo	$73/GB/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Linux
Support	Email, Docs	Community, Docs
Compliance	SSO/SAML	SOC 2
Integrations	21+ integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features CognoDB 2/3 · FalkorDB 1/3
High availability	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Automated backups	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Vector search	—	✓ (best)
Specs
Supported engines	CognoDB graph engine	Not checked yet
Query languages	Cypher	OpenCypher (Cypher)
Deployment scope	Single-region	Not checked yet
Storage limit	2 GB	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free plan includes Cypher, Neo4j drivers, backups and Terraform Imports data from warehouses, streams, object storage and table formats Supports traversal, BM25 full-text search and MCP-based queries	OpenCypher, graph algorithms, and multiple indexing options GraphRAG SDK supports hybrid retrieval and cited answers Docker, Kubernetes, cloud, and seven official client libraries
Cons	Instances run in a single selected region Vector search is not supported Dedicated hosting starts at $241 per instance per month	OpenCypher extensions may reduce query portability Deployment options require architecture decisions Broad capabilities may exceed simple graph workloads
Our verdict	CognoDB is a managed cloud graph database for applications built around nodes, relationships and traversals. It is aimed at teams that want Cypher over Bolt 5.0–5.4, compatibility with official Neo4j drivers, and provisioned instances… Read the review →	FalkorDB is a Redis-based property graph database for developers and teams working with interconnected data. It supports nodes, relationships, labels, properties, OpenCypher queries, graph traversals, full-text indexing, range indexing,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• CognoDB — where it wins

  • Free plan includes Cypher, Neo4j drivers, backups and Terraform
  • Imports data from warehouses, streams, object storage and table formats
  • Supports traversal, BM25 full-text search and MCP-based queries

  Where it doesn't

  • Instances run in a single selected region
  • Vector search is not supported
  • Dedicated hosting starts at $241 per instance per month

• FalkorDB — where it wins

  • OpenCypher, graph algorithms, and multiple indexing options
  • GraphRAG SDK supports hybrid retrieval and cited answers
  • Docker, Kubernetes, cloud, and seven official client libraries

  Where it doesn't

  • OpenCypher extensions may reduce query portability
  • Deployment options require architecture decisions
  • Broad capabilities may exceed simple graph workloads

• CognoDB8.8/10 · Free plan

  A low-cost Cypher-compatible host with practical automation and single-region deployment.

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• FalkorDB8.6/10 · Free plan

  A flexible graph database for connected data, vector search, and GraphRAG.

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