--- title: Arango Reviews meta_title: 'Arango Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 115 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Arango works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.6 review_count: 115 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-19' parent_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # Arango Reviews **Vendor:** Arango **Category:** [Graph Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/graph-databases) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 115 ## About Arango Arango provides a trusted data foundation for Contextual AI — transforming enterprise data into a System of Context that truly represents the business, so LLMs can deliver better outcomes with unlimited scale and cost efficiency. The Arango AI Data Platform gives developers a single, integrated environment to build and scale AI-powered applications without the complexity of stitching together multiple databases and tools. At its core is a massively scalable multi-model database that unifies graph, vector, document, and key-value data with full-text, geospatial, and vector search — creating the System of Context, the bridge between enterprise data and LLMs. The Arango AI Suite includes automated data pipelines, multimodal data ingestion, AIOps and MLOps, LLM integrations, Graph Analytics, agentic frameworks for context-aware Hybrid/GraphRAG, GraphML, natural-language support, and GPU acceleration — enabling repeatable ROI and faster innovation. Trusted by NVIDIA, HPE, the London Stock Exchange, the U.S. Air Force, NIH, Siemens, Synopsys and Articul8, Arango powers enterprise AI with context, confidence, and scale. We are a proud member of the NVIDIA Inception Program and the AWS ISV Accelerate Program. Learn more at arango.ai, LinkedIn, YouTube, and G2. ## Arango Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users value the **flexible data handling** of Arango, combining documents, graphs, and key-value pairs effortlessly. (5 reviews) - Users find Arango's **ease of use** remarkable, simplifying data management with its intuitive interface and powerful query language. (4 reviews) - Users appreciate the **flexibility** of Arango, enabling seamless integration of various data models in one engine. (4 reviews) - Users value the **extensive customization options** in Arango, enhancing flexibility and simplifying data management. (3 reviews) - Users value the **comprehensive and well-organized documentation** that simplifies learning and managing Arango's features. (3 reviews) - Users appreciate the **flexibility and ease of use** in Arango's querying features, making complex operations straightforward. (3 reviews) - Chart Variety (2 reviews) - Ease of Setup (2 reviews) - Free Services (2 reviews) - Users value ArangoDB's **intuitive query language** , making it easy for newcomers to adapt and perform complex operations. (2 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **setup process complicated** for ArangoDB, especially for semantic search and views, needing improvement. (4 reviews) - Users find the **difficult learning** curve challenging, particularly when starting to build new databases. (3 reviews) - Users find the **lack of detailed documentation** frustrating, often struggling to locate necessary information for complex use cases. (3 reviews) - Users find the **learning curve steep** , particularly for newcomers navigating database creation and complex queries. (3 reviews) - Users find the **learning difficulty** quite challenging, particularly for newcomers building databases and handling complex queries. (3 reviews) - Complex Configuration (1 reviews) - Complexity (1 reviews) - Complex Setup (1 reviews) - Cost Issues (1 reviews) - Data Size Limitations (1 reviews) ## Arango Reviews ### 1. Zero to 60 App Development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** heath c. | Senior Software Engineer, Education Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** ArangoDB's speed is nothing short of exceptional. Additionally, AQL has made my time spent creating queries be cut in half over other document or relational databases. **What do you dislike about Arango?** I would like more documentation and support for clustering outside the realms of DC/OS and Mesos. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** Please focus more on clustering on setups that do not include DC/OS or Mesos. **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** We currently utilize ArangoDB for all new development involving hybrid mobile applications, and web applications. ### 2. With great flexibility, comes great power **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sky R. | CEO / Director, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 07, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** Super efficient Multi-Model engine. Having a schemaless db is definitely a positive in this day and age of MVP, but one that can efficiently perform all aspects of common development and business logic woes, is a rare find. I've had my faith in ArangoDb for over 3 years now, after being burnt by several Db's, MongoDB included. Not until recently have I really started to aggressively use it, and I am so excited to know that it's passing all my requirements I feel I can deliver a product that will scale and enable me to compete with some of the biggest names out there at a fraction of the time and cost! **What do you dislike about Arango?** Too much freedom! When confronted with a multi-model approach, it's easy to separate your data across the models as one would think appropriate. However, it's often the case that the data is actually used differently based on the different circumstances, something that I learnt rather than got guided on. I do feel you are left to swim on your own in this sea of possibility. And it has taken me 10's of hours to understand it. Whilst the Arango team are there on Slack, I feel there should be more 'instructors' who can advise on how to use the technology best to the problems a new user may face rather than focus on the technical questions / issues. I had nearly lost faith and settled on what I considered a poor performing query but, through persisting for hours, I go the result I wanted...but those 10hrs+ could have been saved perhaps if an Arango team member just gave .a little guidance to how best their tool would perform in the area I was researching... **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** Persevere! It takes time to realise that you have complete flexibility over your data model. Don't constrain yourself to one model. A recent task, showed that whilst I had a graph model for one aspect, also applying a document model to the problem, I reduced search time from ~2seconds to ~1ms due to effective use of being able to use indexes on embedded document arrays! The data was effectively duplicated as edges as well as being with the document, but it was about 20bytes per document totalling 230kb. The edge connections are still important for traversal, data mining purposes. So...approach the problem multi-model fold, and you'll really make the most of ArangoDB as it's intended. **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** Rapid development == schemaless. Social network == graph, Advanced Filters == embedded properties. Whilst several databases out there all deal with these individual components, finding one that conglomerates them all effectively means ubiquity. Writing a social platform the basics of the MVP require you can focus development on the problem at hand, not ensuring systems are all talking. ArangoDB has allowed not only to keep my workspace simple but it's Foxx service allows for quick API generation (has it's own swagger interface to quickly test your endpoints). I am now able to focus on the business features, and minimise cross-language issues as it's uses Javscript for it's data projection ### 3. The Best Multi-Model Database **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael S. | Software Engineer, Computer Software, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** ArangoDB is the most versatile database I have ever used. It also is open source, has a strong and growing community, and tremendous technical support. The performance is also stellar and they offer a unique solution to horizontally scaling graph databases. **What do you dislike about Arango?** Currently, unless you are running a DC/OS cluster, setting up an ArangoDB cluster is a bit of work. Although not much more than mongoDB or other competitors. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** Definitely give it a try, you will be impressed. I highly recommend this product. **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** We were already running a DC/OS cluster to manage our docker containers, so installing ArangoDB was literally one click. We used it exclusively for all of our storage needs and were very impressed. ### 4. A fast, flexible, multi-mode database **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gary G. | Chief Software Architect, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 14, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** Having the option for combined graph and document store was just what we needed. We were replacing a Mysql implementation of our product. Replacing the iterative collection of data with a graph traversal improved performance 1000x. The document store added considerable flexibility for our customers. Foxx added an additional performance boost. **What do you dislike about Arango?** Debugging a Foxx application is painful. There are no debuggers so you start relying on console output. Foxx also doesn't have a way to bind native code or to launch external programs like node.js. This means that we couldn't implement the full business logic in Foxx. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** If you have an application that can benefit from a graph database I highly recommend it. If you need a combined graph/document store then you must take a look at this. I would recomment that you take the time to learn AQL when evaluating it. Once you get comfortable with it, you'll see how powerful it is. **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have a product that we've been marketing for ~15 years. Because of the fixed schema it was difficult to implement new features in a backwards compatible fashion. With the flexibility of ArangoDB, we were not only able to dramatically improve performance, but we were no longer constrained to a fixed schema. This helps future-proof the product. It also allows us to have a well-defined API for customers. ### 5. A great graph database **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stefano M. | Software Developer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 26, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** I tried different graph databases and ArangoDB provides an interesting interface with a good speed. It was lacking of a Ruby driver, but thanks of their amazing documentation it was really easy to create a basic one. **What do you dislike about Arango?** The creation of a cluster with ArangoDB without using Mesos or DC/OS didn't seem of easy implementation. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** I like the graph quality of ArangoDB and I enjoy to create the Ruby gem ArangoRB by using their HTTP API. AQL is a powerful language, easy to learn and with good examples. ArangoDB is a poweful tool that have the potentiality to continue to grow. **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** ArangoDB provides a good speed and an interesting way to manage the database with the power of graph theory. To make connection by a schema provides an easy solution to a hard storage problem as the connection between the objects. ### 6. ArangoDB the multi-model Database **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel R. | CTO, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** Different data models in the same database: Graph DB, Document Store and Key-Value Store with a single language for queries. With Foxx you can create HTTP microservices running inside the database. **What do you dislike about Arango?** Nothing for now. Maybe need more community activities in different countries. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** Try it!!! **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** To serve JSON documents and key-value objects in a single database core with a great performance and single language to manage them. ### 7. OpenSource Graph Database for the Masses **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matt H. | CTO, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 26, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** ArangoDB is a very transparent and open-source friendly application with tons of great features and a friendly community. **What do you dislike about Arango?** Though the community is friendly and the documentation that exists is good, both are severely lacking. Focus on availability of advanced documentation (specifically around AQL) and community involvement would drastically improve the use-case of beginners and advanced developers using AraingoDB. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** It may take a little more effort to get going with ArangoDB in the short-run and grasp the benefits of a graph database, but it's definitely worth the time. **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using ArangoDB for our entire back-end database at https://www.zooxoos.com/ Using Scarango (https://github.com/outr/scarango) driver we've been able to retain great type-safety without sacrificing the flexibility offered in a document database. ### 8. Best database solution nowadays! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael S. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** FLEXIBLE Combination of document-, key-value- and graph database, truly genius! FAST With Foxx Services, I can make complex queries directly on the database, no bottle-neck like conventional backend and database communication. BEAUTIFUL I never saw a beautifully and also function Admin Interface for ANY database I used before. **What do you dislike about Arango?** No FeathersJS Integration yet :( Only found adapters for Waterline and LoopbackJS **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** Use it :) **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** We built a multilevel marketing system, for this solution we needed graphs. Right now we are developing a food guide app which uses a lot of food and food data. For better data usage we want to use semantic linking. ### 9. Easy to learn and use, light on system, helpful people **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 11, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** These guys really do add nice things here that you didn't know you needed. They make good choices. They don't try to do everything. (although multi-model gives you a lot along with FOXX) A very friendly license. **What do you dislike about Arango?** Mostly I wish there were more language bindings and traction in the community. More and bigger examples and some books would make me happy. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** When you want a friendly license, built in admin & access controls, performance (not built on Java) and well thought out features that work. Look to ArangoDB. This will get you up and running fast, and it will leave you with lots of options to keep working. This is not a one-trick-pony, but a very very capable tool. Just working with it as a JSON document database and using one of the several excellent Python language bindings, then figuring out queries as I go, it is just great to work with. AQL makes more sense when you realize it's all about the JSON and it works out really well with Python (and of course very natively in JavaScript apps). If you are doing work in JavaScript, this is a fabulous tool to turn to. I am really looking forward to the benefits this will bring long term. I am curious how well I can get things integrated to other tools like Elastic Search. There are so many friendly tools built in. They are very discoverable and continue to be useful even after you have learned a lot. **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using this to manage data in QA Automation workflows. It is so capable and flexible and easy to bring up and start using. This has allowed me to store data outside our Jenkins CI and outside of our Git repository for both temporary and long term use. The flexible structure is of course super in letting me adjust things quickly to what I need to keep my QA Automations working. ### 10. Graphing and much more **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gregory B. | Senior Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** Everything built in (clustering, graphs, web services) **What do you dislike about Arango?** There is no ArangoDB as a service in the cloud **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** Information management and visualization ### 11. Fast and very flexible multi-model database **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Florian B. | Co-fondateur, CTO, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** Ability to combine graph model and document store gives us the flexibility we need to run our core processes and improve it very efficiently **What do you dislike about Arango?** Foxx application are very useful but the lack of integration with external applications (like an Event Queue System) leads us to separate a single core model application into 2 or 3 applications **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** eLamp provides a way for companies to build a very flexible skill mapping of the company. HR managers create and maintain Skill mapping, include their KPI on each skill, in a way that project managers and collaborators can use it to build the perfect team for a project or find an expert. We had to have a very flexible and fast data model with realtime analysis so Graph Data Model was our requirement. ### 12. Powerful, fast, and keeps getting better **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 06, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** For starters, you can be up and running in minutes. While there are many advanced configuration options, getting a basic installation at a usable level it trivial. Being able to move back and forth between document and graph databases is a huge plus. It is VERY fast and the AQL language is incredibly powerful. **What do you dislike about Arango?** There are places where the documentation is somewhat lacking. It is improving to be sure, but there is still opportunity for improvement. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** Take the time to read *all* of the documentation as well as the community driven Cookbook. **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** As the back-end for a cryptographic key and certificate management system, it is management of incredibly complex and multi-faceted data--and mapping relationships within that data--a quantifiable, repeatable task. AQL queries alone have saved countless hours of effort. ### 13. The best approach available for a Multimodel DB! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stefan E. | Beuth University of Technology Berlin (App.Sc.), Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** As the creator of nosql-database.org, I tested about 80 NoSQL Databases. ArangoDB is by far the best DB for the multimodel world. Awesome graph features, scalable, and ready for the microservice world. Top recommendation! **What do you dislike about Arango?** As ArangoDB has nearly all features available I do have no dislike but simply some missing features: a book (although the doc is great), native C, C++ (fast) code integration and native bitemporal features. **Recommendations to others considering Arango:** Use the Docker image and you can test in seconds!! **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** We do have datasets which are K/V, and JSON. Then we need to dig out graph connections, integrate them and query them. Perfect for ArangoDB, as you only need to admin one DB! ### 14. Hidden champion **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Media Production | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 12, 2017 **What do you like best about Arango?** The overall stability, extensive choice of API's and the performance. **What do you dislike about Arango?** Some very interesting features are now "Enterprise only" - but hey, somebody has to earn some money! **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** Having a multi-model database solved a lot of system architecture problems for us. ### 15. The best multi-model database **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bruno B. | Architecte Data / Développeur, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 11, 2016 **What do you like best about Arango?** Multi -model concept is a nice-to-have feature for a database. Storing documents and graphs allows users to have a single place where to store theirs data and query them in multiple ways. ArangoDB provides a query language (AQL) similar to SQL for querying the data. ArangoDB provides also a microservices framework named Foxx : you can add some business logic that is executed in the database (performance benefits). **What do you dislike about Arango?** A specific AQL shell is missing (you have to embed your queries in Javascript). **What problems is Arango solving and how is that benefiting you?** The main problem was how to store complex data with an evolutive (moving frequently) schema. ArangoDB provides a simple way to store theses kind of documents in a simple way. ## Arango Discussions - [How was the experience with driver support and documentation.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/32930-how-was-the-experience-with-driver-support-and-documentation) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [What is ArangoDB used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-arangodb-used-for) - 1 comment - [Is ArangoDB free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-arangodb-free) - 1 comment - [View Arango pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/arango/reviews?page=3§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-19+18%3A17%3A41+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=2675be37-153d-4602-9924-89bc284fe106&secure%5Btoken%5D=d14c8aa1e8cd525a5f814cda5b3a09ab6f09397a680b65312814ab83597f0d49&format=llm_user) ## Arango Integrations - [Firebase](https://www.g2.com/products/firebase/reviews) - [MongoDB](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb/reviews) - [Python](https://www.g2.com/products/python/reviews) ## Arango Features **Compatibility** - Federated Search - File Types - Global Language Support **Data Management** - Data Model - Data Types **Data Management** - Data Model - Data Types - Built - In Search - Event Triggers **Data Management** - Data Model - Data Types - Built - In Search - Event Triggers - Query Language **Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **Configuration** - Application Performance - Orchestration - Database Monitoring - Anomaly Detection - Network Security **Search Queries** - Typo Tolerance - Faceted Search - Highlighting - Natural Language **Availability** - Auto Sharding - Auto Recovery - Data Replication **Availability** - Auto Sharding - Auto Recovery - Data Replication **Availability** - Auto Sharding - Auto Recovery **AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software** - Generative RAG (Retrieval augmented generation) - Relevance Tuning - NLP & Semantic search **Database Administration** - Provisioning - Governance - Auditing **Functionality** - Integrations **Performance ** - Integrated Cache **Performance** - Query Optimization **Performance** - Query Optimization **Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software** - File Types - Federated Search - Global Language Support **Availability** - Scalability - Backup - Archiving - Indexing **Security** - Data Masking - Authentication And Single Sign-On - Data Anonymization **Security** - Role-Based Authorization - Authentication - Audit Logs - Encryption **Security** - Role-Based Authorization - Authentication - Audit Logs - Encryption **Security** - Role-Based Authorization - Authentication - Audit Logs - Encryption **Functionality - Enterprise Search Software** - Personalization - Search Analytics - Integrations **Data Management** - Data Replication - Advanced Data Analytics **Support** - Multi-Model - Operating Systems **Support** - Multi-Model - Operating Systems - BI Connectors **Support** - Multi-Model - BI Connectors - Operating Systems **Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software** - Highlighting - Faceted Search - Typo Tolerance - Synonyms **Database Features** - Storage - Availability - Stability - Scalability - Security - Data Manipulation - Query Language ## Top Arango Alternatives - [Azure Cosmos DB](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-cosmos-db/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (59 reviews) - [Redis Software](https://www.g2.com/products/redis-software/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (130 reviews) - [Couchbase](https://www.g2.com/products/couchbase/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (143 reviews)