Memgraph vs NebulaGraph

Memgraph9.2Visit NebulaGraph8.7Visit

Higher score Memgraph #2 in Graph Database Hosting 9.2/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Memgraph

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NebulaGraph #6 in Graph Database Hosting 8.7/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit NebulaGraph

• Memgraph fits best

  Cypher users wanting open-source flexibility

• NebulaGraph fits best

  Open-source distributed graph deployments

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Side by side

Feature	Memgraph 9.2/10 Visit ↗	NebulaGraph 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.7
Ranking	#2 in Graph Database Hosting	#6 in Graph Database Hosting
Best for	Cypher users wanting open-source flexibility	Open-source distributed graph deployments
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	—	Free
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	30 days	14 days
Free trial length	30 days	14 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted, Desktop	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web, Linux, Windows, macOS
Support	Community, Docs	Docs, Tickets
Integrations	10 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Memgraph 1/3 · NebulaGraph 1/3
High availability	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Automated backups	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Vector search	✓	✓
Specs
Supported engines	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Query languages	Cypher	nGQL, openCypher, ISO-GQL
Deployment scope	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Storage limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free open-source edition includes ACID transactions, persistence, and vector search Supports Kafka, Pulsar, Redpanda, graph libraries, and multiple programming languages Combines graph algorithms, visual tooling, failover, and native vector indexes	Distributed storage with horizontal scalability nGQL and openCypher-compatible query support Native vector search, algorithms, and visualization tools
Cons	Enterprise pricing scales with memory capacity and requires contacting the vendor Memgraph Cloud is AWS hosted rather than spanning multiple listed cloud providers The 30-day trial applies to Enterprise, not the perpetual Community Edition	Deployment choices may require more technical planning The product spans multiple editions and deployment models Narrow relational workloads may not need its graph-focused feature set
Our verdict	Memgraph is an open-source, in-memory graph database for developers and teams building real-time graph analytics, knowledge graphs, recommendation systems, fraud detection, and AI applications. It uses the Cypher query language and… Read the review →	NebulaGraph is an open-source, distributed graph database for developers and organizations working with highly connected data. It represents entities as vertices and relationships as edges, then supports traversal and pattern matching… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Memgraph — where it wins

  • Free open-source edition includes ACID transactions, persistence, and vector search
  • Supports Kafka, Pulsar, Redpanda, graph libraries, and multiple programming languages
  • Combines graph algorithms, visual tooling, failover, and native vector indexes

  Where it doesn't

  • Enterprise pricing scales with memory capacity and requires contacting the vendor
  • Memgraph Cloud is AWS hosted rather than spanning multiple listed cloud providers
  • The 30-day trial applies to Enterprise, not the perpetual Community Edition

• NebulaGraph — where it wins

  • Distributed storage with horizontal scalability
  • nGQL and openCypher-compatible query support
  • Native vector search, algorithms, and visualization tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Deployment choices may require more technical planning
  • The product spans multiple editions and deployment models
  • Narrow relational workloads may not need its graph-focused feature set

• Memgraph9.2/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A flexible Cypher graph database spanning open-source, enterprise, and managed cloud deployments.

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• NebulaGraph8.7/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A flexible open-source graph database for distributed data and graph analytics.

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