Cypher Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Neo4j leads with a score of 80.5, followed by FalkorDB (64.6) and Kuzu (62.9) — 38 engines ranked, May 2026.

#	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	Neo4j	80.5	Leader	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	CypherGQL
2	FalkorDB	64.6	Strong	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	C	openCypher
3	Kuzu	62.9	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
4	Memgraph	62.8	Strong	Property Graph	BSL-1.1	C++	openCypher
5	Neptune	60.0	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
6	Apache AGE	56.5	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C	SQLopenCypher
7	GFQL	56.0	Strong	Property Graph	BSD-3-Clause	Python	CypherGFQL
8	LadybugDB	55.7	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
9	ArcadeDB	55.4	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
10	SAP Hana	51.7	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	GraphScriptSQLopenCypher
11	Apache HugeGraph	51.0	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinopenCypher
12	Quine	50.4	Strong	Property Graph	MIT + Commons Clause	Scala	GremlinopenCypher
13	PuppyGraph	50.0	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
14	TuGraph	48.9	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	ISO GQLopenCypher
15	GraphScope	48.7	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GremlinopenCypher
16	Lance Graph	46.1	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	SQLopenCypher
17	TuringDB	45.6	Growing	Property Graph	BSL-1.1	C++	openCypher
18	AgensGraph	43.7	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C	SQLopenCypher
19	Grafeo	43.1	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	CypherGQLGraphQL +3
20	Huawei Graph Engine Service	42.1	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
21	Altair Graph Lakehouse	41.0	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQLopenCypher
22	Sparksee	40.4	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	openCypher
23	KatanaGraph	40.0	Growing	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
24	FalkorDBLite	39.4	Growing	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	Python	openCypher
25	NornicDB	38.0	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	Go	CypherGraphQL
26	RyuGraph	37.0	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
27	Data Graphs	35.8	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQLopenCypher
28	StellarDB	34.3	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	SQLopenCypher
29	GalaxyBase	33.9	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	openCypher
30	Bighorn	33.7	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
31	PandaDB	23.5	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Scala	openCypher
32	ONgDB	22.2	Emerging	Property Graph	GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0	Java	Cypher
33	KGLite	20.5	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	Custom APIopenCypher
34	BangDB	19.4	Emerging	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
35	Rocketgraph	17.2	Emerging	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	Cypher
36	CodeMix Graph	15.9	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	TypeScript	CypherGremlin
37	Graphflow	13.0	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	openCypher
38	DozerDB	9.6	Emerging	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	Cypher