Dgraph vs NodeDB

Dgraph is a property graph database; NodeDB is a multiple database. Dgraph (2015, Apache-2.0, Go) ranks #3 this month; NodeDB (2026-03, BUSL-1.1, Rust) ranks #103. They differ on 19 of 46 surveyed features.

Attribute	Dgraph #3 = Leader	NodeDB #103 ▼5 Growing
At a glance
Rank	#3	#103
Score	66.5	35.3
GitHub stars	21.8k	180
Popularity	76.7	38.2
Activity	78.5	50.9
Community	67.3	57.0
Research	57.7	50.4
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	2026-03
Status	active	active
License	Apache-2.0	BUSL-1.1
Written in	Go	Rust
Query languages	DQL, GraphQL	SQL, openCypher
gdotv support	yes	no