Graph Database Movers

Neo4j leads with a momentum of 63.0, followed by SurrealDB (57.2) and Google Cloud Spanner Graph (57.1) — 135 engines ranked, July 2026.

#	1mo	Name	Momentum	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	▲1	Neo4j	63.0	Leader	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	CypherGQL
2	▼1	SurrealDB	57.2	Strong	Multiple	BSL-1.1	Rust	GQLGraphQLSurrealQL
3	▲20	Google Cloud Spanner Graph	57.1	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQLSQL/PGQ
4	▲3	PostgreSQL SQL/PGQ	55.4	Growing	Property Graph	PostgreSQL	C	SQL/PGQ
5	=	LadybugDB	55.0	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
6	▲2	Ontop	54.8	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
7	▲7	GFQL	54.4	Strong	Property Graph	BSD-3-Clause	Python	CypherGFQL
8	▲5	Dgraph	54.3	Leader	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Go	DQLGraphQL
9	▼6	Oracle Graph	53.8	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	Java	PGQLSPARQLSQL/PGQ
10	▲22	Microsoft Fabric Graph	52.8	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQL
11	▲4	QLever	52.5	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	C++	SPARQL
12	▼2	TypeDB	51.9	Strong	Other	MPL-2.0	Rust	TypeQL
13	▼9	FalkorDB	51.6	Strong	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	C	openCypher
14	▼3	OrientDB	51.1	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinSQL
15	▼9	Apache AGE	51.0	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C	SQLopenCypher
16	▲5	NebulaGraph	51.0	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	nGQL
17	▲13	ArangoDB	50.9	Leader	Multiple	BSL-1.1	C++	AQL
18	▲25	Google Cloud BigQuery Graph	50.9	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQLSQL/PGQ
19	▼2	Prometheux	50.7	Growing	Other	Proprietary	-	Vadalog
20	▲7	GraphScope	50.2	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GremlinopenCypher
21	▼12	TAO	49.7	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	TAO API
22	▼3	HelixDB	48.8	Leader	Other	AGPL-3.0	Rust	HelixQL
23	▲42	AllegroGraph	48.4	Strong	RDF	Proprietary	Common Lisp	PrologSPARQL
24	▼12	Memgraph	47.1	Strong	Property Graph	BSL-1.1	C++	openCypher
25	▲31	RDFLib	47.1	Strong	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Python	SPARQL
26	▼6	Neptune	46.7	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
27	▼11	RelationalAI	46.5	Growing	Other	Proprietary	Julia	RelSQL
28	▲3	ArcadeDB	46.2	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
29	▲30	Kinetica	46.2	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	SQL
30	▲28	AgensGraph	45.5	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C	SQLopenCypher
31	▲7	Huawei Graph Engine Service	45.1	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
32	▲7	GUN	44.7	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	JavaScript	Custom API
33	▲9	JanusGraph	44.6	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
34	▼1	TinkerGraph	44.4	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
35	▼11	Stardog	44.3	Strong	RDF	Proprietary	Java	GraphQLSPARQLSQL
36	▼18	TuGraph	44.2	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GQLopenCypher
37	=	Raphtory	43.9	Strong	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Rust	GraphQL
38	▲3	Sparksee	43.8	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	openCypher
39	▼11	TerminusDB	43.7	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Prolog	GraphQLWOQL
40	▲15	Aerospike Graph	43.5	Strong	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	C	Gremlin
41	▼15	Apache Jena Fuseki	43.4	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
42	▼6	StellarDB	43.3	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	SQLopenCypher
43	▲3	Cosmos DB	43.2	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSQL
44	▲19	DataStax Enterprise	43.1	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	CQLGremlin
45	▲4	PuppyGraph	43.1	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
46	▲6	Altair Graph Lakehouse	43.1	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQLopenCypher
47	▼22	SAP Hana	43.0	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	GraphScriptSQLopenCypher
48	=	Oxigraph	42.7	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0 OR MIT	Rust	SPARQL
49	▼27	Apache HugeGraph	42.7	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinopenCypher
50	▲18	Virtuoso	41.9	Strong	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C	SPARQLSQL
51	=	TigerGraph	41.8	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GSQL
52	▼23	Quine	40.8	Strong	Property Graph	MIT + Commons Clause	Scala	GremlinopenCypher
53	▲7	Eclipse RDF4J	40.7	Strong	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Java	SPARQL
54	=	Comunica	40.6	Strong	RDF	MIT	TypeScript	GraphQLSPARQL
55	▼10	Alibaba GDB	39.8	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	-
56	▼22	GalaxyBase	39.6	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	openCypher
57	▼22	MemGQL	39.5	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GQL
58	▼11	RDFox	39.4	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
59	▲3	Ontotext GraphDB	39.0	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	Java	SPARQL
60	▼20	Ultipa	38.9	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	UQL
61	▲3	MarkLogic	38.8	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	SPARQLSQLXQuery
62	▼18	GraphBase	38.5	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GraphQL
63	▼10	gStore	38.3	Growing	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	C++	SPARQL
64	▼3	DuckPGQ	38.2	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	SQL/PGQ
65	▼8	FalkorDBLite	38.0	Growing	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	Python	openCypher
66	▼16	RyuGraph	37.5	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
67	▼1	Bighorn	36.8	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
68	▼1	Gaffer	34.2	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Custom API
69	=	Atomic Server	32.3	Strong	Other	MIT	Rust	Custom API
70	▲4	Fluree	31.9	Strong	RDF	EPL-2.0	Rust	FlureeQLGraphQLSPARQL
71	=	Lance Graph	30.5	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	SQLopenCypher
72	=	TuringDB	27.5	Growing	Property Graph	BSL-1.1	C++	openCypher
73	▼3	Grafeo	27.5	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	CypherGQLGraphQL +3
74	▼1	NornicDB	27.0	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	Go	CypherGraphQL
75	new	Bitsy	22.6	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
76	new	GraphQLite	22.4	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C	openCypher
77	▼1	Attean	22.1	Growing	RDF	Artistic-2.0	Perl	SPARQL
78	=	MillenniumDB	22.0	Growing	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C++	GQLSPARQL
79	new	NodeDB	21.8	Emerging	Property Graph	BUSL-1.1	Rust	CypherSQL
80	▼3	agdb	20.2	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	Custom API
81	new	froGQL	20.2	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	GQL
82	new	TurboLynx	19.7	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
83	▼8	OmniGraph	19.4	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	Custom API
84	▼4	Quadstore	19.1	Growing	RDF	MIT	TypeScript	SPARQL
85	▼6	GraphLite	18.2	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	GQL
86	▼3	RushDB	16.4	Emerging	Property Graph	ELv2	TypeScript	Custom API
87	▼6	pgGraph	15.8	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	SQL
88	▼2	ONgDB	15.2	Emerging	Property Graph	GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0	Java	Cypher
89	▼7	BangDB	15.0	Emerging	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
90	▼6	CogDB	14.3	Emerging	RDF	MIT	Python	Custom API
91	▼4	Rocketgraph	14.1	Emerging	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	Cypher
92	▼7	KGLite	13.5	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	Custom APIopenCypher
93	▼5	CodeMix Graph	12.6	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	TypeScript	CypherGremlin
94	▼4	Tentris	11.8	Emerging	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
95	▼6	TribleSpace	11.7	Emerging	Other	MIT OR Apache-2.0	Rust	Custom API
96	▼5	OxiRS	11.3	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Rust	SPARQL
97	▼5	DozerDB	6.8	Emerging	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	Cypher
98	▼5	Kuzu	0.0	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
99	▼2	Google Cayley	0.0	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Go	GizmoGraphQLMQL
100	▼4	Graph Engine	0.0	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C#	LIKQ
101	▼2	Apache Giraph	0.0	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Java API
102	▲5	SparkleDB	0.0	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	-	SPARQL
103	▼3	RDF::Trine	0.0	Growing	RDF	Artistic-2.0	Perl	SPARQL
104	▼10	Cray Graph Engine	0.0	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
105	▼4	BlazeGraph	0.0	Growing	RDF	GPL-2.0	Java	GremlinSPARQL
106	▼8	FaunaDB	0.0	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Scala	FQLGraphQL
107	▼12	Dydra	0.0	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	-	GraphQLSPARQL
108	▼2	KatanaGraph	0.0	Growing	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
109	▲3	ByteGraph	0.0	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	Gremlin
110	▼5	BrightstarDB	0.0	Growing	RDF	MIT	C#	LINQSPARQL
111	▼8	Sones GraphDB	0.0	Growing	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	C#	GQL (Sones)
112	▼8	4store	0.0	Growing	RDF	GPL-3.0	C	SPARQL
113	=	HyperGraphDB	0.0	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Java API
114	▼12	FlockDB	0.0	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Scala	Thrift API
115	▼5	Apache Rya	0.0	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
116	▼7	ZipG	0.0	Growing	Other	-	Java	Custom API
117	▼9	Redland	0.0	Growing	RDF	LGPL-2.1	C	SPARQL
118	▼4	Apache Marmotta KiWi	0.0	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
119	▼8	Halyard	0.0	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
120	▼5	Data Graphs	0.0	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQLopenCypher
121	▼3	HGraphDB	0.0	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
122	▼6	InfiniteGraph	0.0	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	DO Query Language
123	▼6	Objectivity/DB	0.0	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	DO Query Language
124	▼5	Weaver	0.0	Growing	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	Custom API
125	▼5	Parliament	0.0	Emerging	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Java	SPARQL
126	▼4	PandaDB	0.0	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Scala	openCypher
127	▼6	Akutan	0.0	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Go	Custom API
128	▼4	G-Tran	0.0	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Gremlin
129	▼6	Mulgara	0.0	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQLiTQL
130	▼5	LiveGraph	0.0	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Custom API
131	▼4	RedStore	0.0	Emerging	RDF	GPL-3.0	C	SPARQL
132	▼6	Strabon	0.0	Emerging	RDF	MPL-2.0	Java	GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
133	▼3	Graphflow	0.0	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	openCypher
134	▼6	VelocityGraph	0.0	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	C#	LINQ
135	▼6	ChronoGraph	0.0	Emerging	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	Java	Gremlin

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