GDB-Engines

An Open Source list and comparison of 115 graph databases

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Vendor
Type
Kind
Category
Status
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License
Query Languages Active development Commercial support Live community Open Source Pricing Trendiness Containerization Work as dedicated instance Work as embedded Testing in-memory version Operating on Linux Operating on Windows SaaS offering Automatic updates Client side caching Data versioning support Live backups Cluster Re-balancing Data Distribution High-Availability Query Distribution Replication support Data types defined Logging/Auditing Object-Graph Mapper Reactive programming Documentation up-to-date Binary protocol CLI GUI Multi-database Graph-native data REST API Query Language Granular locking Multiple isolation levels Read committed transaction Transaction support Constraints Schema support Secondary indexes Server side procedures Triggers Authentication Authorization Data encryption
Garlik RDF Emerging Inactive No GPL-3.0
SPARQL
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Aerospike LPG Enterprise Yes AGPL-3.0
Gremlin
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Agnesoft LPG Embedded Emerging No Apache-2.0
Custom API
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SKAI Worldwide LPG Extension Growing No Apache-2.0
openCypherSQL
eBay RDF Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
Custom API
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Alibaba Cloud LPG Enterprise Yes - -
Franz Inc RDF Established Yes Proprietary
PrologSPARQL
Altair RDF Enterprise No -
openCypherSPARQL
Apache Software Foundation LPG Extension Established Yes Apache-2.0
openCypherSQL
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Apache Software Foundation LPG Query Engine Established Inactive No Apache-2.0
Java API
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Apache Software Foundation LPG Established No Apache-2.0
GremlinopenCypher
Apache Software Foundation RDF Established Yes Apache-2.0
SPARQL
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Apache Software Foundation RDF Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
SPARQL
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Apache Software Foundation RDF Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
SPARQL
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ArangoDB Inc Multiple Enterprise No BSL-1.1
AQL
ArcadeDB Multiple Growing Yes Apache-2.0
GraphQLGremlinopenCypher +1
Ontola Other Emerging No MIT
Custom API
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Gregory Todd Williams RDF Library Emerging No Artistic-2.0
SPARQL
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BangDB Other Embedded Emerging No BSD-3-Clause
openCypher
Kineviz LPG Embedded Emerging No MIT
openCypher
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SYSTAP RDF Established Inactive Yes GPL-2.0
GremlinSPARQL
- RDF Embedded Emerging Inactive No MIT
LINQSPARQL
ByteDance Other Enterprise Inactive No -
Gremlin
- LPG Embedded Emerging Inactive No AGPL-3.0
Gremlin
Comunica Association RDF Query Engine Emerging No MIT
GraphQLSPARQL
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Microsoft Multiple Enterprise Yes -
GremlinSQL
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Other Enterprise Deprecated No -
SPARQL
IBM LPG Established Yes -
CQLGremlin
Istari LPG Enterprise Yes Apache-2.0
DQLGraphQL
Graph Foundation LPG Extension Emerging No GPL-3.0
Cypher
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CWI Database Architectures Group LPG Extension Emerging No MIT
SQL/PGQ
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Datagraph GmbH RDF Emerging Inactive No Proprietary
GraphQLSPARQL
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Eclipse Foundation RDF Established Yes BSD-3-Clause
SPARQL
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FalkorDB LPG Established Yes SSPL-1.0
openCypher
FalkorDB LPG Embedded Emerging No SSPL-1.0
openCypher
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fauna Inc Multiple Emerging Deprecated No -
FQLGraphQL
Twitter (now X) Other Established Inactive No Apache-2.0
Thrift API
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Fluree RDF Growing No EPL-2.0
FlureeQLGraphQLSPARQL
- Other Emerging Inactive No -
Gremlin
GCHQ Other Query Engine Established No Apache-2.0
Custom API
CreateLink LPG Emerging No -
openCypher
Graphistry LPG Query Engine Growing No BSD-3-Clause
CypherGFQL
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Cayley Community RDF Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
GizmoGraphQLMQL
Google LPG Enterprise Yes Proprietary
GQLSQL/PGQ
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
GrafeoDB Multiple Emerging No Apache-2.0
CypherGQLGraphQL +3
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Microsoft LPG Enterprise Inactive No MIT
LIKQ
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FactNexus LPG Enterprise No Proprietary
GraphQL
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University of Waterloo LPG Emerging Deprecated No Apache-2.0
openCypher
DeepGraph AI LPG Embedded Emerging No Apache-2.0
ISO GQL
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Peking University RDF Emerging No BSD-3-Clause
SPARQL
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GUN LPG Established No MIT
Custom API
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Merck RDF Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
SPARQL
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HelixDB Other Emerging No AGPL-3.0
HelixQL
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- Other Extension Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
Gremlin
Huawei Cloud LPG Enterprise Yes -
GremlinopenCypher
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Other Embedded Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
Java API
IBM Other Enterprise Deprecated No -
Gremlin
Objectivity Inc LPG Enterprise Inactive No Proprietary
DO Query Language
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Linux Foundation LPG Established Yes Apache-2.0
Gremlin
Katana Graph Other Embedded Emerging Inactive No BSD-3-Clause
openCypher
Kinetica Multiple Established No Proprietary
SQL
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Kuzu Inc (acquired by Apple) LPG Embedded Emerging Deprecated Yes MIT
openCypher
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LadybugDB LPG Embedded Growing Yes MIT
openCypher
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LanceDB Inc LPG Query Engine Emerging No Apache-2.0
openCypherSQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Other Embedded Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
Custom API
Progress Software Multiple Enterprise Yes Proprietary
SPARQLSQLXQuery
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Memgraph LPG Enterprise Yes BSL-1.1
openCypher
IMFD Chile Multiple Emerging No GPL-2.0
GQLSPARQL
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Mulgara Project RDF Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
iTQLSPARQL
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Vesoft LPG Established No Apache-2.0
nGQL
Neo4j Inc LPG Established Yes GPL-3.0
CypherGQL
Amazon Web Services Multiple Enterprise Yes -
GremlinopenCypherSPARQL
orneryd LPG Emerging No MIT
CypherGraphQL
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Objectivity Inc Other Enterprise Inactive No -
DO Query Language
Ontopic RDF Query Engine Established No Apache-2.0
SPARQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ontotext RDF Enterprise Yes Proprietary
SPARQL
Oracle Multiple Enterprise Yes Proprietary
PGQLSPARQLSQL/PGQ
OrientDB Community Multiple Enterprise No Apache-2.0
GremlinSQL
Oxigraph Community RDF Emerging Yes Apache-2.0 OR MIT
SPARQL
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- LPG Emerging Inactive No Apache-2.0
openCypher
Raytheon BBN Technologies RDF Emerging Inactive No BSD-3-Clause
SPARQL
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PuppyQuery Inc LPG Query Engine Growing Yes Proprietary
GremlinopenCypher
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University of Freiburg RDF Emerging Yes Apache-2.0
SPARQL
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Jacopo Scazzosi RDF Embedded Emerging No MIT
SPARQL
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thatDot LPG Emerging No MIT + Commons Clause
GremlinopenCypher
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Pometry LPG Emerging No GPL-3.0
GraphQL
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Gregory Todd Williams RDF Library Emerging Inactive No Artistic-2.0
SPARQL
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RDFLib Community RDF Library Established Yes BSD-3-Clause
SPARQL
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Samsung RDF Enterprise Yes Proprietary
SPARQL
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Dave Beckett RDF Library Established Inactive No LGPL-2.1
SPARQL
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Nicholas Humfrey RDF Emerging Inactive No GPL-3.0
SPARQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rocketgraph LPG Emerging No Proprietary
Cypher
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RushDB LPG Emerging No ELv2
Custom API
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Predictable Labs LPG Emerging Yes MIT
openCypher
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SAP Multiple Enterprise No -
GraphScriptopenCypherSQL
sones GmbH LPG Emerging Inactive No AGPL-3.0
GQL (Sones)
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SysSurge RDF Emerging Inactive No Proprietary
SPARQL
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Sparsity Technologies LPG Established No Proprietary
openCypher
Stardog Union RDF Enterprise Yes Proprietary
GraphQLSPARQLSQL
Transwarp LPG Emerging No -
openCypherSQL
University of Athens RDF Emerging Inactive No MPL-2.0
GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
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SurrealDB Multiple Growing No BSL-1.1
SurrealQL
Meta Other Established No -
TAO API
DICE Research Group, Paderborn University RDF Emerging Yes Proprietary
SPARQL
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DFRNT Multiple Emerging No Apache-2.0
GraphQLWOQL
TigerGraph LPG Established No Proprietary
GSQL
Apache TinkerPop LPG Embedded Established Yes Apache-2.0
Gremlin
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Ant Group LPG Established No Apache-2.0
ISO GQLopenCypher
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Turing Biosystems LPG Emerging No BSL-1.1
openCypher
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Vaticle Other Growing No MPL-2.0
TypeQL
Ultipa LPG Growing Yes Proprietary
UQL
VelocityDB Inc LPG Extension Emerging Inactive No MIT
LINQ
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OpenLink Software Multiple Enterprise Yes GPL-2.0
SPARQLSQL
- Other Emerging Inactive No BSD-3-Clause
Custom API
- Other Embedded Emerging Inactive No -
Custom API

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gdb-engines.com is an Open Source comparison of graph database features and capabilities.

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The "Research Features" toggle in the menu reveals 43 feature scores from: Coimbra, M. E., Svitakova, L., Francisco, A. P., & Veiga, L. (2025). Survey: Graph Databases. arXiv:2505.24758. Scores range from 0 (not available) to 1 (fully implemented), evaluated using criteria defined in the paper.

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