Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Neo4j leads with a score of 81.3, followed by ArangoDB (71.3) and Dgraph (64.6) — 129 engines ranked, May 2026.

#	Name	Score	Tier	Type	License	Language	Query Languages
1	Neo4j	81.3	Leader	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	CypherGQL
2	ArangoDB	71.3	Leader	Multiple	BSL-1.1	C++	AQL
3	Dgraph	64.6	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Go	DQLGraphQL
4	SurrealDB	64.6	Strong	Multiple	BSL-1.1	Rust	SurrealQL
5	FalkorDB	64.3	Strong	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	C	openCypher
6	HelixDB	62.6	Strong	Other	AGPL-3.0	Rust	HelixQL
7	Kuzu	62.0	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
8	Memgraph	61.9	Strong	Property Graph	BSL-1.1	C++	openCypher
9	TypeDB	61.9	Strong	Other	MPL-2.0	Rust	TypeQL
10	Ontop	61.0	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
11	QLever	60.7	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	C++	SPARQL
12	TinkerGraph	60.3	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
13	OrientDB	60.0	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinSQL
14	Apache Jena Fuseki	59.8	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
15	Neptune	59.8	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSPARQLopenCypher
16	TigerGraph	57.9	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	GSQL
17	Apache AGE	55.7	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C	SQLopenCypher
18	ArcadeDB	55.6	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Java	GraphQLGremlinSQL +1
19	Stardog	55.3	Strong	RDF	Proprietary	Java	GraphQLSPARQLSQL
20	GFQL	55.2	Strong	Property Graph	BSD-3-Clause	Python	CypherGFQL
21	LadybugDB	54.5	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
22	AllegroGraph	53.5	Strong	RDF	Proprietary	Common Lisp	PrologSPARQL
23	Oxigraph	53.4	Strong	RDF	Apache-2.0 OR MIT	Rust	SPARQL
24	Comunica	53.2	Strong	RDF	MIT	TypeScript	GraphQLSPARQL
25	JanusGraph	53.2	Strong	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
26	SAP Hana	52.7	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	GraphScriptSQLopenCypher
27	RDFLib	52.1	Strong	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Python	SPARQL
28	Virtuoso	52.0	Strong	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C	SPARQLSQL
29	Eclipse RDF4J	51.6	Strong	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Java	SPARQL
30	Raphtory	51.6	Strong	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Rust	GraphQL
31	Cosmos DB	51.5	Strong	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GremlinSQL
32	Google Cloud BigQuery Graph	51.4	Strong	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQLSQL/PGQ
33	GUN	51.1	Strong	Property Graph	MIT	JavaScript	Custom API
34	TerminusDB	50.5	Strong	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Prolog	GraphQLWOQL
35	Quine	50.2	Strong	Property Graph	MIT + Commons Clause	Scala	GremlinopenCypher
36	Fluree	50.1	Strong	RDF	EPL-2.0	Rust	FlureeQLGraphQLSPARQL
37	Apache HugeGraph	49.2	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	GremlinopenCypher
38	DataStax Enterprise	48.8	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	CQLGremlin
39	Oracle Graph	48.7	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Java	PGQLSPARQLSQL/PGQ
40	Aerospike Graph	48.6	Growing	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	C	Gremlin
41	MarkLogic	48.6	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	SPARQLSQLXQuery
42	NebulaGraph	47.9	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	nGQL
43	PuppyGraph	47.8	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
44	TuGraph	47.6	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	ISO GQLopenCypher
45	GraphBase	47.0	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GraphQL
46	GraphScope	46.7	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C++	GremlinopenCypher
47	Google Cloud Spanner Graph	46.0	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQLSQL/PGQ
48	Atomic Server	45.8	Growing	Other	MIT	Rust	Custom API
49	Graph Engine	45.7	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C#	LIKQ
50	Google Cayley	45.6	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Go	GizmoGraphQLMQL
51	Ontotext GraphDB	45.6	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	Java	SPARQL
52	gStore	45.1	Growing	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	C++	SPARQL
53	Lance Graph	44.6	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	SQLopenCypher
54	Gaffer	44.5	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Custom API
55	DuckPGQ	44.4	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	SQL/PGQ
56	TuringDB	44.0	Growing	Property Graph	BSL-1.1	C++	openCypher
57	Cray Graph Engine	43.9	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
58	TAO	43.5	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	TAO API
59	RDFox	42.9	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
60	Dydra	42.6	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	-	GraphQLSPARQL
61	AgensGraph	42.3	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	C	SQLopenCypher
62	Apache Giraph	42.2	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	Java API
63	Attean	42.2	Growing	RDF	Artistic-2.0	Perl	SPARQL
64	PostgreSQL SQL/PGQ	42.1	Growing	Property Graph	PostgreSQL	C	SQL/PGQ
65	Ultipa	41.9	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	UQL
66	RDF::Trine	41.8	Growing	RDF	Artistic-2.0	Perl	SPARQL
67	Grafeo	41.7	Growing	Multiple	Apache-2.0	Rust	CypherGQLGraphQL +3
68	ByteGraph	41.2	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	Gremlin
69	Sones GraphDB	41.2	Growing	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	C#	GQL (Sones)
70	FlockDB	40.4	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Scala	Thrift API
71	SparkleDB	40.3	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	-	SPARQL
72	FaunaDB	39.8	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Scala	FQLGraphQL
73	Sparksee	39.8	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	C++	openCypher
74	Huawei Graph Engine Service	39.7	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GremlinopenCypher
75	BlazeGraph	39.6	Growing	RDF	GPL-2.0	Java	GremlinSPARQL
76	Prometheux	39.5	Growing	Other	Proprietary	-	Vadalog
77	HyperGraphDB	39.4	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Java API
78	4store	38.8	Growing	RDF	GPL-3.0	C	SPARQL
79	KatanaGraph	38.7	Growing	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
80	BrightstarDB	38.6	Growing	RDF	MIT	C#	LINQSPARQL
81	FalkorDBLite	38.6	Growing	Property Graph	SSPL-1.0	Python	openCypher
82	Altair Graph Lakehouse	38.5	Growing	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQLopenCypher
83	Redland	38.3	Growing	RDF	LGPL-2.1	C	SPARQL
84	Kinetica	38.1	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	C++	SQL
85	ZipG	37.9	Growing	Other	-	Java	Custom API
86	Halyard	37.7	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
87	NornicDB	37.5	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	Go	CypherGraphQL
88	Apache Rya	37.2	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
89	Objectivity/DB	36.7	Growing	Other	Proprietary	C++	DO Query Language
90	RyuGraph	36.2	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
91	Apache Marmotta KiWi	35.0	Growing	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQL
92	Microsoft Fabric Graph	34.9	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	GQL
93	Data Graphs	34.4	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	Rust	GQLopenCypher
94	MillenniumDB	34.2	Growing	Multiple	GPL-2.0	C++	GQLSPARQL
95	MemGQL	33.5	Growing	Multiple	Proprietary	-	GQL
96	InfiniteGraph	33.4	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	Java	DO Query Language
97	Alibaba GDB	33.2	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	-
98	Bighorn	33.1	Growing	Property Graph	MIT	C++	openCypher
99	StellarDB	32.7	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	SQLopenCypher
100	GalaxyBase	32.3	Growing	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	openCypher
101	HGraphDB	32.2	Growing	Other	Apache-2.0	Java	Gremlin
102	Weaver	32.2	Growing	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	Custom API
103	agdb	31.9	Growing	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	Custom API
104	Parliament	27.7	Emerging	RDF	BSD-3-Clause	Java	SPARQL
105	Quadstore	27.6	Emerging	RDF	MIT	TypeScript	SPARQL
106	GraphLite	27.1	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	ISO GQL
107	OmniGraph	25.5	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	Custom API
108	CogDB	25.4	Emerging	Other	MIT	Python	Custom API
109	RushDB	23.2	Emerging	Property Graph	ELv2	TypeScript	Custom API
110	Akutan	23.1	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Go	Custom API
111	PandaDB	22.6	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Scala	openCypher
112	ONgDB	22.1	Emerging	Property Graph	GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0	Java	Cypher
113	Mulgara	20.6	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Java	SPARQLiTQL
114	G-Tran	20.2	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Gremlin
115	KGLite	20.0	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	Rust	Custom APIopenCypher
116	pgGraph	19.4	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Rust	SQL
117	BangDB	18.2	Emerging	Other	BSD-3-Clause	C++	openCypher
118	Rocketgraph	16.6	Emerging	Property Graph	Proprietary	-	Cypher
119	TribleSpace	16.4	Emerging	Other	MIT OR Apache-2.0	Rust	Custom API
120	OxiRS	15.6	Emerging	RDF	Apache-2.0	Rust	SPARQL
121	CodeMix Graph	15.4	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	TypeScript	CypherGremlin
122	Tentris	15.1	Emerging	RDF	Proprietary	C++	SPARQL
123	LiveGraph	14.6	Emerging	Other	Apache-2.0	C++	Custom API
124	Strabon	14.6	Emerging	RDF	MPL-2.0	Java	GeoSPARQLSPARQLstSPARQL
125	RedStore	13.8	Emerging	RDF	GPL-3.0	C	SPARQL
126	ChronoGraph	13.0	Emerging	Property Graph	AGPL-3.0	Java	Gremlin
127	VelocityGraph	12.7	Emerging	Property Graph	MIT	C#	LINQ
128	Graphflow	12.6	Emerging	Property Graph	Apache-2.0	Java	openCypher
129	DozerDB	9.3	Emerging	Property Graph	GPL-3.0	Java	Cypher

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