Lance Graph vs Memgraph
Both are property graph databases queried with openCypher. Lance Graph (2025-09, Apache-2.0, Rust) ranks #58 this month; Memgraph (2020-05, BUSL-1.1, C++) ranks #5.
| Attribute | Lance Graph | Memgraph |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #58 | #5 |
| Score | 46.9 | 64.6 |
| GitHub stars | 176 | 4.4k |
| Popularity | 41.5 | 67.0 |
| Activity | 44.9 | 82.1 |
| Community | 61.3 | 61.0 |
| Research | — | 61.1 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A graph query engine built on the Lance columnar format, supporting multimodal knowledge graphs in serverless environments. | An in-memory property graph database with ACID transactions and strong consistency. Includes the MAGE library of graph algorithms and supports real-time streaming ingestion. |
| Vendor | LanceDB Inc | Memgraph |
| Model | Property Graph | Property Graph |
| Kind | query-engine | database |
| Category | Emerging | Enterprise |
| First released | 2025-09 | 2020-05 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BUSL-1.1 |
| Written in | Rust | C++ |
| Query languages | SQL, openCypher | openCypher |
| gdotv support | no | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Lance Graph
| Feature | Lance Graph | Memgraph |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | — | ✓ |
| Commercial support | — | ✓ |
| Live community | — | 0.5 |
| Open Source | — | · |
| Pricing | — | · |
| Trendiness | — | 0.25 |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | — | ✓ |
| Work as dedicated instance | — | ✓ |
| Work as embedded | — | · |
| Testing in-memory version | — | 0.75 |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | — | ✓ |
| Operating on Windows | — | 0.5 |
| SaaS offering | — | ✓ |
| Operations | ||
| Automatic updates | — | · |
| Client side caching | — | · |
| Data versioning support | — | · |
| Live backups | — | ✓ |
| Distribution | ||
| Cluster Re-balancing | — | ✓ |
| Data Distribution | — | ✓ |
| High-Availability | — | ✓ |
| Query Distribution | — | ✓ |
| Replication support | — | ✓ |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | — | · |
| Logging/Auditing | — | ✓ |
| Object-Graph Mapper | — | ✓ |
| Reactive programming | — | · |
| Documentation up-to-date | — | 0.75 |
| Binary protocol | — | ✓ |
| CLI | — | ✓ |
| GUI | — | ✓ |
| Data Model | ||
| Multi-database | — | · |
| Graph-native data | — | ✓ |
| REST API | — | · |
| Query Language | — | ✓ |
| Transactions | ||
| Granular locking | — | · |
| Multiple isolation levels | — | · |
| Read committed transaction | — | ✓ |
| Transaction support | — | ✓ |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | — | ✓ |
| Schema support | — | 0.75 |
| Secondary indexes | — | ✓ |
| Server side procedures | — | ✓ |
| Triggers | — | ✓ |
| Authentication | — | ✓ |
| Authorization | — | ✓ |
| Data encryption | — | · |
Links
- Lance Graph · website · github · full profile
- Memgraph · website · github · full profile