Dgraph vs NodeDB

Dgraph is a property graph database; NodeDB is a multiple database. Dgraph (2015-12, Apache-2.0, Go) ranks #4 this month; NodeDB (2026-04, BUSL-1.1, Rust) ranks #66. They differ on 20 of 46 surveyed features.

Attribute	Dgraph #4 = Leader	NodeDB #66 ▲4 Growing
At a glance
Rank	#4	#66
Score	65.4	38.8
GitHub stars	21.8k	243
Popularity	81.0	37.1
Activity	66.7	41.9
Community	45.2	44.3
Research	—	26.7
Fundamentals
Description	A distributed graph database with horizontal scaling and ACID transactions. Uses its own query language (DQL) derived from GraphQL, with automatic shard rebalancing across cluster nodes.	A multi-model database written in Rust that runs document, key-value, columnar, timeseries, spatial, vector, and array engines in a single binary over shared storage, with graph and full-text search as cross-engine overlays on any collection. Its graph overlay uses a CSR adjacency index with 13 built-in algorithms and a Cypher-subset MATCH syntax, and fuses graph traversal with vector search in a single query for GraphRAG. Speaks SQL over a native MessagePack protocol and the PostgreSQL wire protocol, alongside HTTP/REST, WebSocket, RESP, and ILP.
Vendor	Istari	NodeDB-Lab
Model	Property Graph	Multiple
Kind	database	database
Category	Enterprise	Emerging
First released	2015-12	2026-04
Status	active	active
License	Apache-2.0	BUSL-1.1
Written in	Go	Rust
Query languages	DQL, GraphQL	SQL, openCypher
gdotv support	yes	no