Graph Engine vs SurrealDB

Graph Engine is a property graph database; SurrealDB is a multiple database. Graph Engine (2015-05, MIT, C#) ranks #73 this month; SurrealDB (2022-07, BUSL-1.1, Rust) ranks #8.

Attribute	Graph Engine #73 ▼5 Growing	SurrealDB #8 ▲1 Leader
At a glance
Rank	#73	#8
Score	42.7	65.8
GitHub stars	2.3k	33.3k
Popularity	54.4	74.2
Activity	46.4	63.3
Community	—	66.7
Research	51.2	52.2
Fundamentals
Description	A distributed, in-memory graph processing engine developed by Microsoft Research, originally known as Trinity. Supports large-scale graph computation on a memory cloud architecture.	A multi-model database written in Rust that combines document, graph, and relational paradigms. Uses inter-document record links for graph traversals, with ACID transactions and row-level permissions.
Vendor	Microsoft	SurrealDB
Model	Property Graph	Multiple
Kind	database	database
Category	Enterprise	Growing
First released	2015-05	2022-07
Status	inactive — Microsoft Research project. Limited recent activity.	active
License	MIT	BUSL-1.1
Written in	C#	Rust
Query languages	LIKQ	SurrealQL, GraphQL, GQL
gdotv support	no	no