# GraphDB Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about GraphDB Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Database products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/157533/Graph-DB --- # GraphDB Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 30, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. Independent research methodology Capterra’s researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/proprietary-data-research/) How Capterra verifies reviews Capterra carefully verified over 2.5 million+ reviews to bring you authentic software experiences from real users. Our human moderators verify that reviewers are real people and that reviews are authentic. They use leading tech to analyze text quality and to detect plagiarism and generative AI. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-verify-reviews/) How Capterra ensures transparency Capterra lists all providers across its website—not just those that pay us—so that users can make informed purchase decisions. Capterra is free for users. Software providers pay us for sponsored profiles to receive web traffic and sales opportunities. Sponsored profiles include a link-out icon that takes users to the provider’s website. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Integrations](#integrations)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) GraphDB ## What is GraphDB? Graphwise GraphDB is probably the best RDF Database for building enterprise knowledge graphs. With this semantic graph database, you can link diverse data, index it for semantic search and enrich it via text analysis to build big knowledge graphs. GraphDB is the preferred choice of data architects, developers and scientists for its visual workbench, data reconciliation and visualization capabilities, open-source plugins for connectivity and virtualization, adequate support and predictable pricing ## What is GraphDB used for? [NoSQL Databases](https://www.capterra.com/nosql-databases-software/)[Database](https://www.capterra.com/database-management-software/) Overall rating Based on 26 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 100% Neutral 0% Negative 0% Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for GraphDB?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.ontotext.com/&name=GraphDB) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### GraphDB 4.7 (26) VS. [### Redis Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/173860/Redis-Enterprise/) [4.8 (65)](https://www.capterra.com/p/173860/Redis-Enterprise/#reviews) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $7 Usage Based, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.6 (26) Ease Of Use 4.6 (65) Value For Money 4.6 (20) Value For Money 4.3 (53) Customer Service 4.5 (21) Customer Service 4.5 (42) ## GraphDB alternatives [Oracle Database](https://www.capterra.com/p/5938/Oracle-Database/) [4.6 (471)](https://www.capterra.com/p/5938/Oracle-Database/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/5938/Oracle-Database/) [DataStax Enterprise](https://www.capterra.com/p/138171/DataStax-Enterprise/) [0.0](https://www.capterra.com/p/138171/DataStax-Enterprise/#reviews) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 0% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/138171/DataStax-Enterprise/) [Azure Cosmos DB](https://www.capterra.com/p/214642/Azure-Cosmos-DB/) [4.2 (10)](https://www.capterra.com/p/214642/Azure-Cosmos-DB/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 80% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/214642/Azure-Cosmos-DB/) [Couchbase Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/132494/Couchbase-Server/) [4.1 (12)](https://www.capterra.com/p/132494/Couchbase-Server/reviews/) Starting price $2499.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 83% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/132494/Couchbase-Server/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/157533/Graph-DB/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Data Import/Export 5.0 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Import and export data to and from software applications Data Retrieval 4.5 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Search and find data in a structured format Data Storage Management 4.5 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Manage and store data in a database Full Text Search 4.5 (2) 50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Search for specific words or phrases within a document or database Graph Database 5.0 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Type of NoSQL database to store and organize data in the form of graphs Monitoring 4.0 (2) 100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user GraphDB 33 features Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Verify the identity of users/devices to enable secure access Create backups and provide methods to recover deleted/lost data Import, collect, and capture data from multiple sources Connect to big data sources Import and export data to and from software applications Track the management and flow of data throughout the organization Ability to restore deleted, hidden, or lost data from an email server/system Process of copying and storing data in more than one site or node Search and find data in a structured format Manage and store data in a database Synchronizing data between two or more devices/systems and automatically updating changes to maintain consistency Process of checking different types of data for accuracy to avoid errors or inconsistencies Retrieve and use data without requiring technical details about the data Graphical representation of data Supports common databases such as MySQL and Oracle Search for specific words or phrases within a document or database Type of NoSQL database to store and organize data in the form of graphs Compile and organize data into specific metrics Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user Allows users to manage data from a number of sources Database management based on customization, fluidity, and document relations Monitor and analyze the performance and status of a server or system/application Allows developers to check if their applications/web browsers are running as expected. Receive data and information in real time Set & manage permission levels based on user roles and restrict access to only authorized individuals Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria Securely stores data to prevent data loss or breaches Security protocol that ensures secure, encrypted communication over the internet, safeguarding sensitive data from unauthorized access Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes Manage user accounts, profiles, roles, permissions, and other details across applications, devices or networks Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.5 (26) 4.5 Based on 26 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.6 (20) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Value for money 4.6 (20) 4.6 Based on 20 reviews ## Integrations [ MongoDB](https://www.capterra.com/p/127374/MongoDB/) Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.5 (21) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.5 (21) 4.5 Based on 21 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.7 Based on 26 reviews Filter by rating 5(19) 4(7) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent NS Nicolas S. Phd Student Research ### "GraphDB, an efficient Graph Database" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 February 7, 2024 Pros \- Easy to use - Fast to deploy - Performant for reasonement - Support most of important things about W3C ontologies Cons \- Some features are restricted for enterprise (example for some access control features) - Expensive if you work alone and need a license for this kind of infrastructure Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Stratos K. Knowledge Graph Engineer Information Services ### "The best RDF graph database in the market" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 6, 2023 I have been using GraphDB for several years now and in almost all the positions I have worked for. In my opinion, it is by far the best tool out there for managing RDF graph databases. I love the simplicity of the interface, the practicality and aesthetic superiority of the visualizations and the overal "smoothness" that comes with using it. I cannot stress enough how great the technical support has always been at responding blazingly fast and always providing solutions to various issues one may come accross, even if they are GraphDB Free users. Pros \- Compliance to all the W3C standards, including SHACL. - User-friendly UI. - Aesthetically superior visualizations. - Great documentation: As detailed as it needs to be, but not more than that. - Great technical support (even for the GraphDB Free version users) that responds almost immediately. Cons I honestly cannot think of anything negative to say about the tool and the customer support. Even though the company behind the tool (Ontotext) is a big global enterprise, every interaction I have with them feels like they genuinely care about whatever issues I am having with GraphDB and honestly want to help out in resolving it. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AM Ashwin M. Prof. Education Management ### "Good tools for ontology" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 November 19, 2019 Good tool Pros Ease of use and functionalities for user Cons Cost for licensing to use by educational institutes and researcher faculty members Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JV Joop V. Data modeller Government Administration ### "GraphDB" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 November 5, 2019 We use GraphDB together with PoolParty as part of the Semantic Integrator solution. We use GraphDB as our test triple store. We use GraphDB to publish our "small" linked open data sets. Pros I can be very short about my (our) experiences so far with GraphDB. GraphDB is a clear winner for our usecases now. The learning curve is not steep, almost self-explanatory. It’s fast and it fits our needs; for now. We loved the graphics of GraphDB. Cons OntoRefine. It looks fine but we missed some modeling features. We switched back to OpenRefine. Switched from [Virtuoso Universal Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/76830/Virtuoso/) Virtuoso was too big and too complicated for our use. Alternatives considered [Stardog](https://www.capterra.com/p/169579/Stardog/) Reasons for choosing GraphDB Stardog is very good, but some things, like sharing the databases, adding data were not so straight forward. Stardog had problems with gzip files or any other files than trig. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 11, 2019 Thank you for your feedback, Joop. Be well! AR Alexander R. Research assistent Research ### "review of graphdb in the production planning" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 November 5, 2019 We are currently using graphdb in a PoC as semantic web stack compliant database for data integration in a laboratory environment. Pros \- ease of use (compared to other semantic web stack solutions) - degree of inferencing implementation - solution for transforming relational data into RDF with OpenRefine integration - query performance (for SELECT, a evaluation for INSERT queries could not be given due to use of free version) - good support even at free version Cons \- versioning of data (see changes over time) - better controllability of role and rights (give rights for specific graphs in repository) - no IdP based authentiaction like OpenID Connect (or something based on oAuth2 or at least SAML) - easy to use integration for object storage (like AWS S3) - documentation could be more detailed in some places Alternatives considered [Stardog](https://www.capterra.com/p/169579/Stardog/) [MarkLogic](https://www.capterra.com/p/129649/MarkLogic/) [Virtuoso Universal Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/76830/Virtuoso/) Reasons for choosing GraphDB \- extensive free version - ease of use (frist time usage of an rdf triplestore / graph database) - visualization - beginner-friendly documentation Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 6, 2019 Thank you for your feedback! VN Vatsala N. Senior Research Associate Information Technology and Services ### "GraphDB review?" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 October 31, 2019 Overall it is a very experience and since I have started using GraphDB, I have not switched to any other semantic platform. Pros The software is easy to use. The User interface is quite nice, and appealing. The blogs are well written and very informative, and is a good means to keep customers updated with the latest developments in the area of semantics. Cons Get some more documentation on the use of Sparql for example - how to formulate complex joins. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 4, 2019 Thank you for the positive review, Vatsala! Best Regards MM Mark M. ontologist Research ### "Nearly instantaneous, rich-featured semantic repository" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 29, 2019 There are other triple stores with different feature sets, but it don't think there's any triplestore that is better than GraphDB. Pros It's very quick and easy to deploy GraphDB, ingest some RDF data, build queries in a IDE-like environment, and visualize relationships. A semantic similarity search tool is provided. Cons The OntoRefine tool is great for converting tabular data files into semantic triples, but there's no support for reading from relational databases. There are nice free text indexing & search tools, but no natural language parser for discovering entities and relationships. There are several pre-configured reasoning levels plus support for writing one's own rules, but no support for SWRL. Like most triplesotres, OWL2 reasoning over complex axioms and millions of data triples isn't fun/fast/realistic? (I say that based on a single node, two threads, and 256 GB RAM.) Switched from [Virtuoso Universal Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/76830/Virtuoso/) Easier to deploy and configure. Better SPARQL query building environment. Built in visualizations. GUI for importing tabular data. Alternatives considered [Stardog](https://www.capterra.com/p/169579/Stardog/) Reasons for choosing GraphDB Great SPARQL query building environment. Built in visualizations. Fully functional 2-core version and reasonable academic prices. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 4, 2019 Thank you for your feedback, dear Mark! We will address all the recommendations you have left to the production team. Be well AA Adonay Andres A. CTO Information Technology and Services ### "The best Ontological Database Engine" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 29, 2019 We've had a really good time working with it. Once we have a good model definition (which applies for any graph engine) it simply works and works really well. Pros Over the last years, GraphDB has improved a lot, speaking about performance and inference. Graph DBs have always had the problem of being too slow for solving queries, we always had to structure them in a way that it was optimal for the engine to solve them. Graph DB has been always the most performant one. Another feature that I loved from it is that, in order to install it, you simply copy a single jar file and you're almost ready to go. The user interface helps a lot. And its compliance with several standards for the interchange formats makes the way pretty straight forward no matter what tool was used to generate an interchange file. Cons The con I find with the product is about updates. When a new version comes up (which sometimes I don't know about the fact that there's a new release), I need to manually download it and deploy it. Also it would be desirable if we had access to connectors for different platforms. We work a lot with node.js and there's almost no libraries to use it with graphDB that are backed by ontotext. Reasons for choosing GraphDB Not specifically switched from another product. About 8 or 9 years ago, we tested several engines. It turned out that graphDB had the best performance and it was really easy to deploy. So, we decided to stay with it. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 4, 2019 Dear Adonay, thank you for your great feedback! It is always great to see some extended prons and cons of the product you create! Regarding the cons: If you are part of the GraphDB Update announcements list you should receive a note about every update of GraphDB, so you won't be missing anything new. About the connectors: Latest releases of GraphDB support connectors and plugins to MongoDB Lucene, SOLR, Elasticsearch. If you need connectors to other popular services, you should make a request to the GraphDB Production team. Best Regards AU Anonymous User Research Assistant Research ### "Perfect tool for your knowledge graph" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 29, 2019 I am using GraphDB for visualizing data which I created for our two EU project I am working on. One is a Healthcare project with NHS Scotland and the other is a transportation project. I also advise​ the ​student of my class to use this product which has a ​grate feature. Pros \-Seamless​ navigation from one tab to another tab -Similarity​ matrix -Index -Visualization -Google map view -documentation Cons \-the way it represents​ class hierarchy -NA Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 4, 2019 Hi and thank you for your feedback! Could you specify what bothers you in the way it represents class hierarchy? Best Regards, SK Stanislav K. Consultant Computer Software ### "Perhaps the best choice for mid-size company" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 October 29, 2019 Well, GraphDB is definitely one of the "triplestores of choice". It's suitable both for experiments and for production. Pros Good performance, a lot of features, great UI and documentation, ease of administration and use. Cons OWL 2 DL reasoning is not supported. The LPG model (i.e. RDF\*/SPARQL\* or Gremlin) is not supported. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor November 13, 2019 Thank you, for your feedback, Stanislav! [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/157533/Graph-DB/reviews/) ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/proprietary-data-research/) How Capterra verifies reviews Capterra carefully verified over 2.5 million+ reviews to bring you authentic software experiences from real users. Our human moderators verify that reviewers are real people and that reviews are authentic. They use leading tech to analyze text quality and to detect plagiarism and generative AI. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-verify-reviews/) How Capterra ensures transparency Capterra lists all providers across its website—not just those that pay us—so that users can make informed purchase decisions. Capterra is free for users. Software providers pay us for sponsored profiles to receive web traffic and sales opportunities. Sponsored profiles include a link-out icon that takes users to the provider's website. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/)