Property Graph Databases, Ranked Monthly

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

Neo4j leads with a score of 88.1, followed by Dgraph (70.1) and Memgraph (67.5) — 79 engines ranked, October 2026.

# 1mo Name Score Tier Type License Language Query Languages
1 = 88.1 Leader Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java CypherGQL
2 = 70.1 Leader Property Graph Apache-2.0 Go DQLGraphQL
3 = 67.5 Leader Property Graph BUSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
4 = 65.7 Leader Property Graph SSPL-1.0 C openCypher
5 = 59.1 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
6 ▲2 56.1 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
7 ▲3 54.5 Strong Property Graph Proprietary C++ GSQL
8 ▼2 54.4 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
9 ▼2 54.1 Strong Property Graph GPL-3.0 Rust GraphQL
10 ▼1 53.9 Strong Property Graph BSD-3-Clause Python GFQLopenCypher
11 ▲1 52.2 Strong Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
12 ▼1 50.5 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
13 = 50.0 Strong Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinSQL
14 = 47.6 Growing Property Graph Zlib OR MIT OR Apache-2.0 JavaScript Custom API
15 ▲1 47.1 Growing Property Graph BUSL-1.1 C++ openCypher
16 ▼1 47.0 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ GQLSQL/PGQ
17 ▲10 46.8 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
18 ▲2 46.7 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ nGQL
19 = 46.6 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Java API
20 ▲8 46.2 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ openCypher
21 ▲9 46.1 Growing Property Graph MIT Go GraphQLopenCypher
22 ▼5 45.8 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GremlinopenCypher
23 = 45.5 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQLopenCypher
24 ▼3 45.4 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
25 ▲1 45.4 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java GremlinopenCypher
26 new 45.0 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
27 ▼5 44.6 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ SQL/PGQ
28 ▼3 44.6 Growing Property Graph MIT Rust Custom API
29 ▼5 43.6 Growing Property Graph MIT + Commons Clause Scala GremlinopenCypher
30 ▲5 42.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ openCypher
31 = 41.6 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GremlinopenCypher
32 ▼3 40.4 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ GQLSQL/PGQ
33 ▲1 40.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary Java CQLGremlin
34 ▼2 39.3 Growing Property Graph MIT C# LIKQ
35 ▼17 39.1 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C++ GQLopenCypher
36 ▼3 39.0 Growing Property Graph AGPL-3.0 C# GQL (Sones)
37 ▼1 38.7 Growing Property Graph PostgreSQL C SQL/PGQ
38 ▼1 37.8 Growing Property Graph Proprietary C++ GQLUQL
39 ▼1 37.4 Growing Property Graph SSPL-1.0 Python openCypher
40 ▼1 36.3 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GQL
41 = 35.4 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
42 ▼2 35.1 Growing Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
43 ▼1 35.1 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - SQLopenCypher
44 ▼1 34.2 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GraphQL
45 ▼1 34.0 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - GQL
46 ▲2 34.0 Growing Property Graph MIT Zig Cypher
47 ▼1 33.3 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 C SQLopenCypher
48 ▲2 32.9 Growing Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
49 ▼4 32.7 Growing Property Graph MIT C openCypher
50 new 32.4 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - SQL
51 new 30.5 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - SQL
52 ▼3 30.4 Growing Property Graph Proprietary - openCypher
53 ▼6 29.7 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Java Gremlin
54 ▼3 28.7 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary Java DO Query Language
55 ▼1 27.1 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust GQL
56 ▼3 26.6 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust GQL
57 ▼5 26.4 Emerging Property Graph ELv2 TypeScript Custom API
58 ▼1 26.2 Emerging Property Graph MIT C++ openCypher
59 = 24.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust Custom APIopenCypher
60 ▼5 24.5 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Scala openCypher
61 ▼5 22.1 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 JavaScript Custom API
62 ▼1 21.9 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 OR AGPL-3.0 Java Cypher
63 ▼3 21.8 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - -
64 ▼2 19.9 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 JavaScript Custom API
65 ▼7 19.6 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust SQL
66 ▼3 17.8 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary - openCypher
67 ▲4 17.6 Emerging Property Graph Apache-2.0 Rust Custom API
68 ▼4 17.5 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript Custom API
69 ▼4 15.6 Emerging Property Graph MIT Rust CypherGQL
70 ▼4 14.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT TypeScript GremlinopenCypher
71 ▼4 13.7 Emerging Property Graph MIT Java openCypher
72 ▼4 12.7 Emerging Property Graph Proprietary C# LINQ
73 ▼4 12.4 Emerging Property Graph MIT C++ GQL
74 ▼4 12.0 Emerging Property Graph AGPL-3.0 Java Gremlin
75 = 9.4 Emerging Property Graph BUSL-1.1 Rust Cypher
76 ▼4 9.2 Emerging Property Graph MIT OR Apache-2.0 Rust GQL
77 ▼4 8.7 Emerging Property Graph GPL-3.0 Java Cypher
78 ▼4 8.5 Emerging Property Graph Elastic-2.0 Rust Custom API
79 new 7.8 Emerging Property Graph PostgreSQL C SQLopenCypher

2 additional engines have too little public signal to be ranked.