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Property Graph Database Popularity Ranking

Neo4j leads with a score of 80.8, followed by FalkorDB (63.7) and Dgraph (63.4) — 58 engines ranked, May 2026.

# Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 80.8 Leader Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java CypherGQL
2 63.7 Strong Property Graph SSPL-1.0 C openCypher
3 63.4 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Go DQLGraphQL
4 62.3 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
5 61.0 Strong Property Graph BSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
6 59.2 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
7 57.6 Strong Property Graph Proprietary C++ GSQL
8 55.5 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
9 54.9 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
10 54.8 Strong Property Graph BSD-3-Clause Python CypherGFQL
11 51.9 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
12 51.4 Strong Property Graph GPL-3.0 Rust GraphQL
13 51.0 Strong Property Graph MIT JavaScript Custom API
14 50.7 Strong Property Graph Proprietary - GQLSQL/PGQ
15 50.5 Strong Property Graph Proprietary Java CQLGremlin
16 49.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinopenCypher
17 49.4 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GremlinopenCypher
18 49.3 Growing Property Graph MIT + Commons Clause Scala GremlinopenCypher
19 48.4 Growing Property Graph AGPL-3.0 C Gremlin
20 47.0 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GraphQL
21 46.9 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ nGQL
22 46.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GremlinopenCypher
23 46.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ ISO GQLopenCypher
24 45.4 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GQLSQL/PGQ
25 44.6 Growing Property Graph BSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
26 44.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQLopenCypher
27 43.9 Growing Property Graph MIT C# LIKQ
28 43.7 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ SQL/PGQ
29 42.5 Growing Property Graph PostgreSQL C SQL/PGQ
30 42.5 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - UQL
31 41.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
32 41.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Java API
33 41.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GremlinopenCypher
34 41.2 Growing Property Graph AGPL-3.0 C# GQL (Sones)
35 39.2 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ openCypher
36 38.2 Growing Property Graph SSPL-1.0 Python openCypher
37 38.0 Growing Property Graph MIT Go CypherGraphQL
38 35.1 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
39 34.1 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GQL
40 33.0 Growing Property Graph Proprietary Java DO Query Language
41 32.9 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - -
42 32.5 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - SQLopenCypher
43 32.1 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - openCypher
44 31.9 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
45 31.4 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
46 27.2 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust ISO GQL
47 25.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom API
48 23.0 Emerging Property Graph ELv2 TypeScript Custom API
49 22.5 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Scala openCypher
50 21.5 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0 Java Cypher
51 20.1 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
52 19.6 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQL
53 16.5 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - Cypher
54 15.5 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript CypherGremlin
55 12.9 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 Java Gremlin
56 12.6 Emerging Property Graph MIT C# LINQ
57 12.3 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java openCypher
58 9.1 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java Cypher