GQL Graph Databases, Ranked Monthly

Neo4j leads with a score of 78.5, followed by SurrealDB (55.3) and TuGraph (46.6) — 17 engines ranked, September 2026.

#	1mo	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	=	Neo4j	78.5	Leader	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	CypherGQL
2	=	SurrealDB	55.3	Strong	Multiple	BUSL-1.1	Rust	GQLGraphQLSurrealQL
3	▲2	TuGraph	46.6	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GQLopenCypher
4	=	Google Cloud Spanner Graph	44.4	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GQLSQL/PGQ
5	▼2	Google Cloud BigQuery Graph	43.5	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GQLSQL/PGQ
6	new	Ultipa GQLDB	42.7	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQL
7	new	Ultipa Graph v5	41.8	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GQLUQL
8	▼2	Grafeo	40.1	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	GQLGraphQLGremlin +3
9	▼1	MillenniumDB	38.6	Growing	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C++	GQLSPARQL
10	▼1	Microsoft Fabric Graph	38.1	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQL
11	▼4	Data Graphs	34.2	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQLopenCypher
12	▼2	MemGQL	29.9	Emerging	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQL
13	▼1	froGQL	27.3	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	GQL
14	▼3	GraphLite	24.9	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	GQL
15	new	AstraeaDB	16.0	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	CypherGQL
16	new	DuckGQL	13.4	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	C++	GQL
17	new	selene-db	9.5	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT OR Apache-2.0	Rust	GQL

1 additional engine has too little public signal to be ranked.