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Kuzu leads with a score of 64.6, followed by TinkerGraph (61.0) and LadybugDB (57.2) — 18 engines ranked, May 2026.

# Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 64.6 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
2 61.0 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
3 57.2 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
4 43.7 Growing Other Apache-2.0 Java Java API
5 42.0 Growing RDF MIT C# LINQSPARQL
6 41.3 Growing Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
7 40.7 Growing Property Graph SSPL-1.0 Python openCypher
8 39.0 Growing Other - Java Custom API
9 36.0 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
10 35.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
11 31.1 Growing RDF MIT TypeScript SPARQL
12 28.9 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust ISO GQL
13 27.1 Emerging Other MIT Python Custom API
14 20.5 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
15 19.8 Emerging Other BSD-3-Clause C++ openCypher
16 16.8 Emerging Other MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
17 15.6 Emerging Other Apache-2.0 C++ Custom API
18 13.5 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 Java Gremlin