Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Neo4j leads with a score of 83.6, followed by ArangoDB (69.9) and Dgraph (69.2) — 135 engines ranked, July 2026.

#	1mo	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	=	Neo4j	83.6	Leader	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	CypherGQL
2	=	ArangoDB	69.9	Leader	Multiple	BSL-1.1	C++	AQL
3	▲1	Dgraph	69.2	Leader	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Go	DQLGraphQL
4	▲1	HelixDB	65.8	Leader	Other	AGPL-3.0	Rust	HelixQL
5	▼2	FalkorDB	63.9	Strong	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	C	openCypher
6	▲4	Memgraph	63.7	Strong	Property Graph	BSL-1.1	C++	openCypher
7	▲8	Neptune	62.9	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
8	▲4	QLever	62.9	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	C++	SPARQL
9	▼1	TypeDB	62.5	Strong	Other	MPL-2.0	Rust	TypeQL
10	▼4	Kuzu	62.4	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
11	▲5	OrientDB	62.4	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinSQL
12	▼5	SurrealDB	62.4	Strong	Multiple	BSL-1.1	Rust	GQLGraphQLSurrealQL
13	▼2	Ontop	61.9	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
14	=	TinkerGraph	60.6	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
15	▼2	Apache AGE	59.7	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C	SQLopenCypher
16	▲8	TigerGraph	59.0	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GSQL
17	▲6	AllegroGraph	58.6	Strong	RDF	Proprietary	Common Lisp	PrologSPARQL
18	▼9	Apache Jena Fuseki	58.2	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
19	▲3	LadybugDB	57.9	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
20	▼3	Stardog	57.9	Strong	RDF	Proprietary	Java	GraphQLSPARQLSQL
21	=	GFQL	57.6	Strong	Property Graph	BSD-3-Clause	Python	CypherGFQL
22	▲3	ArcadeDB	57.4	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
23	▼5	SAP Hana	57.2	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	GraphScriptSQLopenCypher
24	▲6	Oxigraph	56.1	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0 OR MIT	Rust	SPARQL
25	▲4	Eclipse RDF4J	55.8	Strong	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Java	SPARQL
26	▲7	Raphtory	55.7	Strong	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Rust	GraphQL
27	▼8	Cosmos DB	55.6	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSQL
28	▼8	Oracle Graph	55.4	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	Java	PGQLSPARQLSQL/PGQ
29	▼3	RDFLib	55.4	Strong	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Python	SPARQL
30	▼3	JanusGraph	55.2	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
31	▲9	Google Cloud Spanner Graph	54.4	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQLSQL/PGQ
32	=	Google Cloud BigQuery Graph	54.2	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQLSQL/PGQ
33	▲1	Fluree	54.1	Strong	RDF	EPL-2.0	Rust	FlureeQLGraphQLSPARQL
34	▼6	Comunica	54.0	Strong	RDF	MIT	TypeScript	GraphQLSPARQL
35	▼4	TerminusDB	53.6	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Prolog	GraphQLWOQL
36	▼1	Virtuoso	53.1	Strong	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C	SPARQLSQL
37	▲8	DataStax Enterprise	52.3	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	CQLGremlin
38	▼1	Apache HugeGraph	51.5	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinopenCypher
39	▲3	NebulaGraph	51.5	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	nGQL
40	▲4	GraphScope	51.4	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GremlinopenCypher
41	▲5	Aerospike Graph	51.3	Strong	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	C	Gremlin
42	▼4	GUN	51.2	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	JavaScript	Custom API
43	▼2	Quine	50.3	Strong	Property Graph	MIT + Commons Clause	Scala	GremlinopenCypher
44	▼5	Atomic Server	50.2	Strong	Other	MIT	Rust	Custom API
45	▼2	MarkLogic	50.2	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	SPARQLSQLXQuery
46	▲19	AgensGraph	48.6	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C	SQLopenCypher
47	▲8	Google Cayley	48.5	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Go	GizmoGraphQLMQL
48	▲5	Graph Engine	48.3	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C#	LIKQ
49	▼13	TuGraph	47.6	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GQLopenCypher
50	▼1	TAO	47.3	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	TAO API
51	▼3	PuppyGraph	46.8	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
52	▼5	GraphBase	46.4	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GraphQL
53	▲3	gStore	46.0	Growing	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	C++	SPARQL
54	▲6	DuckPGQ	45.7	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	SQL/PGQ
55	▼4	TuringDB	45.7	Growing	Property Graph	BSL-1.1	C++	openCypher
56	▲6	Lance Graph	45.4	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	SQLopenCypher
57	▲6	Apache Giraph	45.1	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Java API
58	▲21	SparkleDB	45.1	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	-	SPARQL
59	▼1	Gaffer	45.0	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Custom API
60	▲4	RDF::Trine	44.3	Growing	RDF	Artistic-2.0	Perl	SPARQL
61	▼11	Cray Graph Engine	43.8	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
62	▲19	Kinetica	43.7	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	SQL
63	▲6	BlazeGraph	43.6	Growing	RDF	GPL-2.0	Java	GremlinSPARQL
64	▼5	RDFox	43.3	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
65	▲1	Grafeo	43.2	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	CypherGQLGraphQL +3
66	▼5	FaunaDB	42.7	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Scala	FQLGraphQL
67	▼15	Dydra	42.4	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	-	GraphQLSPARQL
68	▼14	Ultipa	42.2	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	UQL
69	▲9	KatanaGraph	42.1	Growing	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
70	▲17	ByteGraph	42.0	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	Gremlin
71	▼14	PostgreSQL SQL/PGQ	42.0	Growing	Property Graph	PostgreSQL	C	SQL/PGQ
72	▼5	Attean	41.8	Growing	RDF	Artistic-2.0	Perl	SPARQL
73	▲4	BrightstarDB	41.4	Growing	RDF	MIT	C#	LINQSPARQL
74	▼2	FalkorDBLite	41.4	Growing	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	Python	openCypher
75	▲20	Huawei Graph Engine Service	41.4	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
76	▼8	Altair Graph Lakehouse	41.3	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQLopenCypher
77	▼2	Ontotext GraphDB	41.0	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	Java	SPARQL
78	▼7	Sones GraphDB	41.0	Growing	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	C#	GQL (Sones)
79	▼5	4store	40.9	Growing	RDF	GPL-3.0	C	SPARQL
80	▲9	HyperGraphDB	40.6	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Java API
81	▼11	FlockDB	40.5	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Scala	Thrift API
82	▲1	Apache Rya	40.0	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
83	▼1	ZipG	40.0	Growing	Other	-	Java	Custom API
84	▼8	Sparksee	39.7	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	openCypher
85	▼12	RelationalAI	38.9	Growing	Other	Proprietary	Julia	RelSQL
86	▲7	Microsoft Fabric Graph	38.7	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQL
87	▼3	NornicDB	38.6	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	Go	CypherGraphQL
88	▼2	RyuGraph	38.4	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
89	▼9	Redland	38.1	Growing	RDF	LGPL-2.1	C	SPARQL
90	▲1	Apache Marmotta KiWi	37.8	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
91	▼6	Halyard	37.5	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
92	new	Bitsy	37.3	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
93	▼3	Prometheux	36.9	Growing	Other	Proprietary	-	Vadalog
94	new	GraphQLite	36.8	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C	openCypher
95	▼3	MemGQL	35.8	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GQL
96	▼8	StellarDB	35.5	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	SQLopenCypher
97	=	MillenniumDB	35.4	Growing	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C++	GQLSPARQL
98	▼2	Data Graphs	35.2	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQLopenCypher
99	▲3	HGraphDB	34.5	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
100	▼2	GalaxyBase	34.2	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	openCypher
101	▼2	InfiniteGraph	34.1	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	DO Query Language
102	▼1	Objectivity/DB	33.8	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	DO Query Language
103	▼3	Bighorn	33.4	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
104	▼10	Alibaba GDB	32.9	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	-
105	▼1	agdb	31.1	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	Custom API
106	▼3	Weaver	30.9	Growing	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	Custom API
107	▼2	Quadstore	30.0	Growing	RDF	MIT	TypeScript	SPARQL
108	new	NodeDB	29.9	Emerging	Property Graph	BUSL-1.1	Rust	CypherSQL
109	▼3	Parliament	27.9	Emerging	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Java	SPARQL
110	▼1	GraphLite	26.4	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	GQL
111	new	froGQL	25.4	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	GQL
112	▼2	RushDB	25.4	Emerging	Property Graph	ELv2	TypeScript	Custom API
113	▼1	PandaDB	25.1	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Scala	openCypher
114	▼7	OmniGraph	25.0	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	Custom API
115	new	TurboLynx	25.0	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
116	▼5	Akutan	24.9	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Go	Custom API
117	▼9	CogDB	24.5	Emerging	RDF	MIT	Python	Custom API
118	▼5	ONgDB	22.9	Emerging	Property Graph	GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0	Java	Cypher
119	▼2	G-Tran	21.0	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Gremlin
120	▼5	KGLite	20.7	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	Custom APIopenCypher
121	▼7	Mulgara	20.6	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQLiTQL
122	▼6	BangDB	20.1	Emerging	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
123	▼5	pgGraph	20.1	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	SQL
124	▼5	Rocketgraph	18.4	Emerging	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	Cypher
125	▼5	TribleSpace	17.0	Emerging	Other	MIT OR Apache-2.0	Rust	Custom API
126	▼3	CodeMix Graph	16.2	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	TypeScript	CypherGremlin
127	▼6	OxiRS	15.8	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Rust	SPARQL
128	▼6	Tentris	15.8	Emerging	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
129	▼5	LiveGraph	15.2	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Custom API
130	▼4	RedStore	14.7	Emerging	RDF	GPL-3.0	C	SPARQL
131	▼6	Strabon	14.6	Emerging	RDF	MPL-2.0	Java	GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
132	▼3	Graphflow	13.3	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	openCypher
133	▼6	VelocityGraph	13.0	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	C#	LINQ
134	▼6	ChronoGraph	11.7	Emerging	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	Java	Gremlin
135	▼5	DozerDB	9.3	Emerging	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	Cypher

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