SPARQL Graph Databases, Ranked Monthly

Neptune leads with a score of 65.9, followed by QLever (64.3) and Ontop (61.8) — 40 engines ranked, September 2026.

# 1mo Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 = 65.9 Leader Multiple Proprietary C++ GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
2 = 64.3 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 C++ SPARQL
3 = 61.8 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
4 ▲1 61.4 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
5 ▲1 59.6 Strong RDF BSD-3-Clause Java SPARQL
6 ▲2 59.5 Strong RDF Apache-2.0 OR MIT Rust SPARQL
7 ▼3 57.3 Strong RDF Proprietary Java GraphQLSPARQLSQL
8 ▲1 56.9 Strong RDF Proprietary Common Lisp PrologSPARQL
9 ▲9 56.8 Strong RDF Proprietary C++ SPARQL
10 ▼3 56.5 Strong RDF BSD-3-Clause Python SPARQL
11 ▲1 56.0 Strong RDF BUSL-1.1 Rust FlureeQLGraphQLSPARQL
12 ▼1 55.1 Strong Multiple Proprietary Java PGQLSPARQLSQL/PGQ
13 ▼3 55.0 Strong RDF MIT TypeScript GraphQLSPARQL
14 ▼1 54.5 Strong Multiple GPL-2.0 C SPARQLSQL
15 ▼1 50.1 Strong Multiple Proprietary C++ SPARQLSQLXQuery
16 ▼1 48.0 Growing RDF BSD-3-Clause C++ SPARQL
17 = 47.1 Growing RDF Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later Perl SPARQL
18 ▼2 45.7 Growing RDF Proprietary Java SPARQL
19 = 45.5 Growing RDF LGPL-2.1 OR GPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 C SPARQL
20 = 44.9 Growing RDF GPL-2.0 Java GremlinSPARQL
21 ▲3 44.2 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
22 ▲1 44.2 Growing RDF MIT C# LINQSPARQL
23 ▼1 42.9 Growing RDF GPL-3.0 C SPARQL
24 ▲3 42.1 Growing Other Proprietary C++ SPARQL
25 ▼4 41.6 Growing RDF Proprietary Common Lisp GraphQLSPARQL
26 = 41.2 Growing Multiple Apache-2.0 Rust GQLGraphQLGremlin +3
27 ▲5 41.1 Growing Multiple GPL-2.0 C++ GQLSPARQL
28 ▲2 40.8 Growing RDF Proprietary C++ SPARQLopenCypher
29 = 40.6 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
30 ▼5 40.1 Growing RDF GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl Perl SPARQL
31 = 39.9 Growing RDF Proprietary - SPARQL
32 ▼4 39.8 Growing RDF Apache-2.0 Java SPARQL
33 new 36.6 Growing RDF MIT C++ SPARQL
34 ▼1 31.0 Growing RDF MIT TypeScript SPARQL
35 ▼1 29.9 Emerging RDF BSD-3-Clause C++ SPARQL
36 ▼1 22.5 Emerging RDF OSL-3.0 Java SPARQLiTQL
37 ▲1 17.9 Emerging RDF Proprietary C++ SPARQL
38 ▼2 16.9 Emerging RDF MPL-2.0 Java GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
39 ▼2 16.1 Emerging RDF Apache-2.0 Rust SPARQL
40 ▼1 15.3 Emerging RDF GPL-3.0 C SPARQL