GQL Graph Databases, Ranked Monthly

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

Neo4j leads with a score of 85.0, followed by SurrealDB (58.0) and Grafeo (45.2) — 17 engines ranked, October 2026.

#	1mo	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	=	Neo4j	85.0	Leader	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	CypherGQL
2	=	SurrealDB	58.0	Strong	Multiple	BUSL-1.1	Rust	GQLGraphQLSurrealQL
3	▲3	Grafeo	45.2	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	GQLGraphQLGremlin +3
4	=	Google Cloud Spanner Graph	44.1	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GQLSQL/PGQ
5	▼2	TuGraph	39.2	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GQLopenCypher
6	▼1	Google Cloud BigQuery Graph	38.4	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GQLSQL/PGQ
7	▲1	Ultipa Graph v5	37.9	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GQLUQL
8	▼1	MillenniumDB	36.8	Growing	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C++	GQLSPARQL
9	=	Ultipa GQLDB	36.5	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQL
10	▲2	MemGQL	33.8	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQL
11	=	Microsoft Fabric Graph	33.5	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQL
12	▼2	Data Graphs	33.2	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQLopenCypher
13	=	froGQL	27.6	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	GQL
14	=	GraphLite	25.8	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	GQL
15	=	AstraeaDB	15.8	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	CypherGQL
16	=	DuckGQL	12.6	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	C++	GQL
17	=	selene-db	9.1	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT OR Apache-2.0	Rust	GQL

1 additional engine has too little public signal to be ranked.