Property Graph Databases, Ranked Monthly

Neo4j leads with a score of 82.1, followed by Dgraph (64.4) and LadybugDB (61.7) — 76 engines ranked, September 2026.

# 1mo Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 = 82.1 Leader Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java CypherGQL
2 = 64.4 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Go DQLGraphQL
3 ▲3 61.7 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
4 ▼1 61.5 Strong Property Graph BUSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
5 ▲2 60.8 Strong Property Graph SSPL-1.0 C openCypher
6 ▲3 60.3 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
7 ▼3 59.9 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
8 ▼3 59.3 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
9 ▼1 56.2 Strong Property Graph BSD-3-Clause Python GFQLopenCypher
10 ▲2 54.6 Strong Property Graph Proprietary C++ GSQL
11 = 54.1 Strong Property Graph GPL-3.0 Rust GraphQL
12 ▼2 52.5 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinSQL
13 ▲1 50.3 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
14 ▲34 49.5 Growing Property Graph MIT Rust Custom API
15 = 49.3 Growing Property Graph Zlib OR MIT OR Apache-2.0 JavaScript Custom API
16 ▲8 49.0 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GremlinopenCypher
17 ▲2 48.8 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ GQLSQL/PGQ
18 ▼2 48.5 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinopenCypher
19 ▼2 48.4 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
20 = 48.4 Growing Property Graph MIT C# LIKQ
21 ▼3 48.4 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GremlinopenCypher
22 ▼9 47.8 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ GQLSQL/PGQ
23 ▼2 47.6 Growing Property Graph MIT + Commons Clause Scala GremlinopenCypher
24 ▲2 47.6 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GQLopenCypher
25 ▼3 47.4 Growing Property Graph Proprietary Java CQLGremlin
26 ▲2 47.3 Growing Property Graph BUSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
27 ▼4 46.9 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ SQL/PGQ
28 ▼3 46.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQLopenCypher
29 ▲2 45.8 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Java API
30 = 44.9 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
31 ▼4 44.4 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ nGQL
32 ▼3 44.2 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GraphQL
33 ▲1 43.9 Growing Property Graph MIT Go GraphQLopenCypher
34 ▼1 43.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ openCypher
35 new 41.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GQL
36 = 40.5 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ GremlinopenCypher
37 ▼2 40.5 Growing Property Graph AGPL-3.0 C# GQL (Sones)
38 ▼6 39.9 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ GQLUQL
39 ▲5 39.2 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
40 ▼2 37.9 Growing Property Graph SSPL-1.0 Python openCypher
41 ▲1 36.9 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
42 ▼3 36.8 Growing Property Graph PostgreSQL C SQL/PGQ
43 ▼3 36.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
44 ▼1 36.0 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GQL
45 ▼4 35.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
46 ▲3 34.9 Growing Property Graph Proprietary Java DO Query Language
47 ▼10 34.6 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ openCypher
48 ▼2 33.1 Growing Property Graph MIT C openCypher
49 ▼4 32.2 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - SQLopenCypher
50 new 32.0 Growing Property Graph MIT Zig Cypher
51 ▼4 31.1 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - openCypher
52 ▼2 29.1 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - -
53 ▼2 28.1 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
54 ▼2 27.3 Emerging Property Graph ELv2 TypeScript Custom API
55 new 26.8 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 JavaScript Custom API
56 = 26.3 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust GQL
57 ▼4 26.0 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust GQL
58 ▼4 24.3 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Scala openCypher
59 ▼4 24.1 Emerging Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
60 ▼3 21.8 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0 Java Cypher
61 ▼1 21.6 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQL
62 ▼4 21.0 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
63 ▼4 20.4 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 JavaScript Custom API
64 ▼3 18.9 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - openCypher
65 ▼3 18.0 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript Custom API
66 new 16.3 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust CypherGQL
67 ▼4 14.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript GremlinopenCypher
68 ▼2 13.9 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 Java Gremlin
69 new 13.2 Emerging Property Graph MIT C++ GQL
70 ▼5 12.9 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary C# LINQ
71 ▼7 12.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT Java openCypher
72 ▼5 11.1 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
73 new 9.4 Emerging Property Graph MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust GQL
74 ▼6 8.7 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java Cypher
75 ▼6 8.4 Emerging Property Graph Elastic-2.0 Rust Custom API
76 new 8.3 Emerging Property Graph BUSL-1.1 Rust Cypher

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