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Graph Database Comparison — 131+ Engines

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Name
Vendor
Type
Kind
Category
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Language
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
1 Neo4j Inc LPG Established 2007 Yes GPL-3.0 Java
2 ArangoDB Inc Multiple Enterprise 2012 No BSL-1.1 C++
AQL
3 FalkorDB LPG Established 2018 Yes SSPL-1.0 C
4 Istari LPG Enterprise 2015 Yes Apache-2.0 Go
DQLGraphQL
5 HelixDB Other Emerging 2025 No AGPL-3.0 Rust
HelixQL
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6 Kuzu Inc (acquired by Apple) LPG Embedded Emerging 2022 Deprecated Yes MIT C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 SurrealDB Multiple Growing 2022 No BSL-1.1 Rust
GraphQLSurrealQL
8 Vaticle Other Growing 2016 No MPL-2.0 Rust
TypeQL
9 Apache Software Foundation RDF Established 2011 Yes Apache-2.0 Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 Memgraph LPG Enterprise 2018 Yes BSL-1.1 C++
11 Ontopic RDF Query Engine Established 2009 No Apache-2.0 Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 University of Freiburg RDF Emerging 2017 Yes Apache-2.0 C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 Apache Software Foundation LPG Extension Established 2021 Yes Apache-2.0 C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 Apache TinkerPop LPG Embedded Established 2009 Yes Apache-2.0 Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 Amazon Web Services Multiple Enterprise 2017 Yes Proprietary -
16 OrientDB Community Multiple Enterprise 2010 No Apache-2.0 Java
17 Stardog Union RDF Enterprise 2011 Yes Proprietary Java
18 SAP Multiple Enterprise 2010 No Proprietary C++
GraphScriptopenCypherSQL
19 Microsoft Multiple Enterprise 2017 Yes Proprietary -
20 Oracle Multiple Enterprise 2005 Yes Proprietary Java
21 Graphistry LPG Query Engine Growing 2023 No BSD-3-Clause Python
CypherGFQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 LadybugDB LPG Embedded Growing 2025 Yes MIT C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 Franz Inc RDF Established 2004 Yes Proprietary Common Lisp
PrologSPARQL
24 TigerGraph LPG Established 2017 No Proprietary C++
GSQL
25 ArcadeDB Multiple Growing 2021 Yes Apache-2.0 Java
26 RDFLib Community RDF Library Established 2002 Yes BSD-3-Clause Python - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 The Linux Foundation LPG Established 2017 Yes Apache-2.0 Java
28 Comunica Association RDF Query Engine Emerging 2018 No MIT TypeScript - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
29 Eclipse Foundation RDF Established 2016 Yes BSD-3-Clause Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 Oxigraph Community RDF Emerging 2020 Yes Apache-2.0 OR MIT Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 DFRNT Multiple Emerging 2019 No Apache-2.0 Prolog
GraphQLWOQL
32 Google LPG Enterprise 2026 Yes Proprietary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
33 Pometry LPG Emerging 2020 No GPL-3.0 Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
34 Fluree RDF Growing 2018 No EPL-2.0 Rust
FlureeQLGraphQLSPARQL
35 OpenLink Software Multiple Enterprise 1998 Yes GPL-2.0 C
36 Ant Group LPG Established 2022 No Apache-2.0 C++
ISO GQLopenCypher
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
37 Apache Software Foundation LPG Established 2018 No Apache-2.0 Java
38 GUN LPG Established 2014 No MIT JavaScript - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 Ontola Other Emerging 2020 No MIT Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
40 Google LPG Enterprise 2024 Yes Proprietary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 thatDot LPG Emerging 2022 No MIT + Commons Clause Scala - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
42 Vesoft LPG Established 2019 No Apache-2.0 C++
nGQL
43 Progress Software Multiple Enterprise 2001 Yes Proprietary C++
SPARQLSQLXQuery
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
44 Alibaba LPG Growing 2021 No Apache-2.0 C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
45 IBM LPG Established 2016 Yes Proprietary Java
CQLGremlin
46 Aerospike LPG Enterprise 2023 Yes AGPL-3.0 C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
47 FactNexus LPG Enterprise - No Proprietary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
48 PuppyQuery Inc LPG Query Engine Growing 2024 Yes Proprietary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
49 Meta Other Established 2012 No Proprietary C++
TAO API
50 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Other Enterprise 2016 Deprecated No Proprietary C++
51 Turing Biosystems LPG Emerging 2025 No BSL-1.1 C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
52 Datagraph GmbH RDF Emerging 2011 Inactive No Proprietary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
53 Microsoft LPG Enterprise 2015 Inactive No MIT C#
LIKQ
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
54 Ultipa LPG Growing 2019 Yes Proprietary -
UQL
55 Cayley Community RDF Emerging 2014 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Go
GizmoGraphQLMQL
56 Peking University RDF Emerging 2015 No BSD-3-Clause C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
57 PostgreSQL Global Development Group LPG Emerging - No PostgreSQL C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
58 GCHQ Other Query Engine Established 2015 No Apache-2.0 Java
59 Samsung RDF Enterprise 2017 Yes Proprietary C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
60 CWI Database Architectures Group LPG Extension Emerging 2023 No MIT C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
61 Fauna Inc Multiple Emerging 2016 Deprecated No Proprietary Scala
FQLGraphQL
62 LanceDB Inc LPG Query Engine Emerging 2025 No Apache-2.0 Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
63 Apache Software Foundation LPG Query Engine Established 2012 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Java
Java API
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64 Gregory Todd Williams RDF Library Emerging 2008 Inactive No Artistic-2.0 Perl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
65 SKAI Worldwide LPG Extension Growing 2017 No Apache-2.0 C
66 GrafeoDB Multiple Emerging 2026 No Apache-2.0 Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
67 Gregory Todd Williams RDF Library Emerging 2014 No Artistic-2.0 Perl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
68 Altair RDF Enterprise 2018 No Proprietary C++
69 SYSTAP RDF Established 2007 Inactive Yes GPL-2.0 Java
70 Twitter (now X) Other Established 2010 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Scala
Thrift API
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71 sones GmbH LPG Emerging 2010 Inactive No AGPL-3.0 C#
GQL (Sones)
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72 FalkorDB LPG Embedded Emerging 2025 No SSPL-1.0 Python - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
73 RelationalAI Other Growing 2021 No Proprietary Julia
RelSQL
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74 Garlik RDF Emerging 2009 Inactive No GPL-3.0 C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
75 Ontotext RDF Enterprise 2005 Yes Proprietary Java
76 Sparsity Technologies LPG Established 2008 No Proprietary C++
77 - RDF Embedded Emerging 2012 Inactive No MIT C#
LINQSPARQL
78 Katana Graph Other Embedded Emerging 2021 Inactive No BSD-3-Clause C++
79 SysSurge RDF Emerging 2012 Inactive No Proprietary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
80 Dave Beckett RDF Library Established 2000 Inactive No LGPL-2.1 C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
81 Kinetica Multiple Established 2009 No Proprietary C++
SQL
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82 - Other Embedded Emerging 2017 Inactive No - Java
83 Apache Software Foundation RDF Emerging 2016 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
84 orneryd LPG Emerging 2025 No MIT Go - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
85 Merck RDF Emerging 2016 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
86 Predictable Labs LPG Emerging 2025 Yes MIT C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
87 ByteDance Other Enterprise 2022 Inactive No Proprietary C++
88 Transwarp LPG Emerging - No Proprietary -
89 - Other Embedded Emerging 2007 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Java
Java API
90 Prometheux Other Query Engine Growing 2022 No Proprietary -
Vadalog
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
91 Apache Software Foundation RDF Emerging 2012 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
92 Memgraph Multiple Query Engine Emerging 2026 No Proprietary -
GQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
93 Microsoft LPG Enterprise 2025 No Proprietary -
GQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
94 Alibaba Cloud LPG Enterprise 2019 Yes Proprietary - -
95 Huawei Cloud LPG Enterprise 2017 Yes Proprietary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
96 Data Language Multiple Emerging 2021 No Proprietary Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
97 IMFD Chile Multiple Emerging 2021 No GPL-2.0 C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
98 CreateLink LPG Emerging 2020 No Proprietary -
99 Objectivity Inc LPG Enterprise 2010 Inactive No Proprietary Java
DO Query Language
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
100 Kineviz LPG Embedded Emerging 2025 No MIT C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
101 Objectivity Inc Other Enterprise 1990 Inactive No Proprietary C++
DO Query Language
102 - Other Extension Emerging 2016 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Java
103 - Other Emerging 2014 Inactive No BSD-3-Clause C++
104 Agnesoft LPG Embedded Emerging 2023 No Apache-2.0 Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
105 Jacopo Scazzosi RDF Embedded Emerging 2017 No MIT TypeScript - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
106 Raytheon BBN Technologies RDF Emerging 2009 Inactive No BSD-3-Clause Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
107 ModernRelay LPG Emerging 2026 No MIT Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
108 - Other Embedded Emerging 2019 No MIT Python - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
109 DeepGraph AI LPG Embedded Emerging 2025 No Apache-2.0 Rust
ISO GQL
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110 RushDB LPG Emerging 2024 No ELv2 TypeScript - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
111 eBay RDF Emerging 2019 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Go - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
112 - LPG Emerging 2019 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Scala
113 Graph Foundation LPG Emerging 2018 No GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0 Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
114 Mulgara Project RDF Emerging 2006 Inactive No Apache-2.0 Java
iTQLSPARQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
115 Kristian dF Kollsgård LPG Embedded Emerging 2025 No MIT Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
116 BangDB Other Embedded Emerging 2021 No BSD-3-Clause C++
117 - Other Emerging 2021 Inactive No Apache-2.0 C++
118 Evokoa LPG Extension Emerging 2026 No Apache-2.0 Rust
SQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
119 Rocketgraph LPG Emerging 2018 No Proprietary - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
120 - Other Embedded Emerging 2020 No MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
121 - RDF Library Emerging 2026 No Apache-2.0 Rust - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
122 DICE Research Group, Paderborn University RDF Emerging 2020 Yes Proprietary C++ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
123 Codemix LPG Library Emerging 2026 No MIT TypeScript - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
124 - Other Embedded Emerging 2020 Inactive No Apache-2.0 C++
125 University of Athens RDF Emerging 2011 Inactive No MPL-2.0 Java
GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
126 Nicholas Humfrey RDF Emerging 2010 Inactive No GPL-3.0 C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
127 VelocityDB Inc LPG Extension Emerging 2013 Inactive No MIT C#
LINQ
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
128 - LPG Embedded Emerging 2016 Inactive No AGPL-3.0 Java
129 University of Waterloo LPG Emerging 2017 Deprecated No Apache-2.0 Java
130 Graph Foundation LPG Extension Emerging 2023 No GPL-3.0 Java - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IBM Other Enterprise 2013 Deprecated No Proprietary C++

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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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