Gremlin Graph Database Popularity Ranking

TinkerGraph leads with a score of 59.0, followed by Neptune (58.5) and OrientDB (57.7) — 20 engines ranked, May 2026.

#	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	TinkerGraph	59.0	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
2	Neptune	58.5	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
3	OrientDB	57.7	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinSQL
4	ArcadeDB	53.4	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
5	JanusGraph	51.4	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
6	Cosmos DB	48.6	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSQL
7	Apache HugeGraph	47.0	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinopenCypher
8	DataStax Enterprise	47.0	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	CQLGremlin
9	PuppyGraph	46.9	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
10	Quine	46.3	Growing	Property Graph	MIT + Commons Clause	Scala	GremlinopenCypher
11	Aerospike Graph	45.1	Growing	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	C	Gremlin
12	GraphScope	43.6	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GremlinopenCypher
13	ByteGraph	41.7	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	Gremlin
14	Huawei Graph Engine Service	41.0	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
15	Grafeo	40.0	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	CypherGQLGraphQL +3
16	BlazeGraph	37.5	Growing	RDF	GPL-2.0	Java	GremlinSPARQL
17	HGraphDB	30.6	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
18	G-Tran	20.2	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Gremlin
19	CodeMix Graph	15.3	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	TypeScript	CypherGremlin
20	ChronoGraph	12.9	Emerging	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	Java	Gremlin

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