Gremlin Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Neptune leads with a score of 60.6, followed by TinkerGraph (59.3) and OrientDB (59.1) — 21 engines ranked, July 2026.

#	1mo	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	=	Neptune	60.6	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
2	=	TinkerGraph	59.3	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
3	=	OrientDB	59.1	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinSQL
4	▲1	ArcadeDB	55.6	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
5	▲1	JanusGraph	54.0	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
6	▼2	Cosmos DB	53.1	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSQL
7	▲2	DataStax Enterprise	50.6	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	CQLGremlin
8	▼1	Apache HugeGraph	49.7	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinopenCypher
9	▲3	Aerospike Graph	48.7	Growing	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	C	Gremlin
10	▲1	GraphScope	48.2	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GremlinopenCypher
11	▼1	Quine	47.7	Growing	Property Graph	MIT + Commons Clause	Scala	GremlinopenCypher
12	▼4	PuppyGraph	45.5	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
13	▲1	ByteGraph	42.2	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	Gremlin
14	▲2	Huawei Graph Engine Service	42.1	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
15	▼2	Grafeo	41.8	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	CypherGQLGraphQL +3
16	▼1	BlazeGraph	41.7	Growing	RDF	GPL-2.0	Java	GremlinSPARQL
17	new	Bitsy	35.6	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
18	▼1	HGraphDB	33.0	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
19	▼1	G-Tran	20.9	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Gremlin
20	▼1	CodeMix Graph	16.0	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	TypeScript	CypherGremlin
21	▼1	ChronoGraph	11.4	Emerging	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	Java	Gremlin

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