Multi-Model Graph Database Popularity Ranking

ArangoDB leads with a score of 67.4, followed by SurrealDB (62.3) and Neptune (61.3) — 17 engines ranked, May 2026.

#	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	ArangoDB	67.4	Strong	Multiple	BSL-1.1	C++	AQL
2	SurrealDB	62.3	Strong	Multiple	BSL-1.1	Rust	SurrealQL
3	Neptune	61.3	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
4	OrientDB	54.6	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinSQL
5	Cosmos DB	54.2	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSQL
6	SAP Hana	54.0	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	GraphScriptSQLopenCypher
7	ArcadeDB	51.8	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
8	Oracle Graph	49.9	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Java	PGQLSPARQLSQL/PGQ
9	MarkLogic	48.5	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	SPARQLSQLXQuery
10	TerminusDB	45.5	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Prolog	GraphQLWOQL
11	Virtuoso	43.9	Growing	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C	SPARQLSQL
12	FaunaDB	40.7	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Scala	FQLGraphQL
13	Grafeo	39.0	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	CypherGQLGraphQL +3
14	Kinetica	38.7	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	SQL
15	MemGQL	37.0	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GQL
16	Data Graphs	36.4	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQLopenCypher
17	MillenniumDB	29.6	Emerging	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C++	GQLSPARQL