Cypher Graph Databases, Ranked Monthly

Cypher graph databases, ranked monthly by adoption, activity, community and research signals.

Neo4j leads with a score of 86.6, followed by Memgraph (67.8) and FalkorDB (66.0) — 47 engines ranked, October 2026.

# 1mo Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 = 86.6 Leader Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java CypherGQL
2 = 67.8 Leader Property Graph BUSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
3 = 66.0 Leader Property Graph SSPL-1.0 C openCypher
4 = 62.9 Strong Multiple Apache-2.0 Java GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
5 = 59.9 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
6 = 56.8 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
7 ▲1 56.2 Strong Multiple Proprietary C++ GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
8 ▼1 54.1 Strong Property Graph BSD-3-Clause Python GFQLopenCypher
9 = 52.0 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
10 ▲7 47.6 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
11 = 47.6 Growing Property Graph BUSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
12 ▲8 46.6 Growing Property Graph MIT Go GraphQLopenCypher
13 ▼3 46.5 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GremlinopenCypher
14 ▲4 46.4 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ openCypher
15 = 46.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinopenCypher
16 = 46.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQLopenCypher
17 ▲4 45.3 Growing Multiple Apache-2.0 Rust GQLGraphQLGremlin +3
18 ▼5 44.9 Growing Multiple Proprietary C++ GraphScriptSQLopenCypher
19 ▼5 44.3 Growing Property Graph MIT + Commons Clause Scala GremlinopenCypher
20 ▲2 42.9 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ openCypher
21 ▼2 42.6 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GremlinopenCypher
22 ▼10 40.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GQLopenCypher
23 = 38.7 Growing Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
24 = 37.7 Growing Property Graph SSPL-1.0 Python openCypher
25 = 36.9 Growing RDF Proprietary C++ SPARQLopenCypher
26 = 36.0 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - SQLopenCypher
27 ▲3 35.9 Growing Multiple BUSL-1.1 Rust SQLopenCypher
28 ▼1 35.7 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
29 ▼1 35.6 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
30 ▼1 34.1 Growing Multiple Proprietary Rust GQLopenCypher
31 ▲3 33.7 Growing Property Graph MIT Zig Cypher
32 ▼1 33.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
33 ▼1 32.9 Growing Property Graph MIT C openCypher
34 ▼1 30.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - openCypher
35 ▲1 26.4 Emerging Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
36 ▲2 24.6 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
37 ▼2 24.6 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Scala openCypher
38 ▼1 22.1 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0 Java Cypher
39 = 20.0 Emerging Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
40 = 17.8 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - openCypher
41 = 15.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust CypherGQL
42 = 14.8 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript GremlinopenCypher
43 = 13.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT Java openCypher
44 new 10.0 Emerging RDF MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust SPARQLopenCypher
45 = 9.5 Emerging Property Graph BUSL-1.1 Rust Cypher
46 ▼2 8.8 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java Cypher
47 new 7.9 Emerging Property Graph PostgreSQL C SQLopenCypher

2 additional engines have too little public signal to be ranked.