Gremlin Graph Databases, Ranked Monthly

TinkerGraph leads with a score of 63.0, followed by Neptune (62.9) and OrientDB (60.3) — 22 engines ranked, September 2026.

# 1mo Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 ▲2 63.0 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
2 ▼1 62.9 Strong Multiple Proprietary C++ GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
3 ▼1 60.3 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Java GremlinSQL
4 ▲2 58.1 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Java GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
5 ▼1 54.7 Strong Multiple Proprietary C++ GremlinSQL
6 ▼1 53.0 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinSQL
7 = 51.6 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
8 ▲1 48.5 Growing Property Graph MIT + Commons Clause Scala GremlinopenCypher
9 ▼1 48.2 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinopenCypher
10 = 47.8 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
11 = 47.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GremlinopenCypher
12 = 46.9 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GremlinopenCypher
13 = 45.8 Growing Property Graph Proprietary Java CQLGremlin
14 ▲2 41.2 Growing RDF GPL-2.0 Java GremlinSPARQL
15 ▼1 40.9 Growing Other Proprietary C++ Gremlin
16 ▲1 38.6 Growing Multiple Apache-2.0 Rust GQLGraphQLGremlin +3
17 ▼2 38.6 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ GremlinopenCypher
18 = 34.5 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
19 = 33.2 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
20 = 23.3 Emerging Other Apache-2.0 C++ Gremlin
21 = 14.8 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript GremlinopenCypher
22 = 13.2 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 Java Gremlin

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