Use case
Databases for Graph analytics
Whole-graph algorithms: PageRank, community detection, centrality. The leading options are Neo4j, Apache TinkerPop Gremlin Server and JanusGraph.
18 active · ordered by fit for this category, then WhichDB Score
The default property-graph database, with Cypher, a big ecosystem and a managed cloud.
Apache TinkerPop's reference server for running Gremlin traversals over any compatible graph.
Open-source distributed graph database layered on Cassandra, HBase, ScyllaDB or Bigtable.
In-memory, Cypher-compatible graph database in C++ for streaming and real-time graph workloads.
Community-maintained continuation of Kùzu: embedded columnar graph database with Cypher.
Shared-nothing distributed graph database for trillion-edge graphs, with GQL in Enterprise v5.
Distributed MPP graph database built for deep-link analytics on very large graphs.
Embedded Datalog database blending relational, graph and vector queries; dormant since 2024.
Apache graph database from Baidu with Gremlin and Cypher, pluggable backends and a distributed store.
Ant Group's open-source C++ graph database with ACID transactions, Cypher and LDBC-record performance.
Zero-ETL graph query engine that runs Cypher and Gremlin directly on your lakehouse and SQL tables.
Embeddable C++ graph database library from Sparsity Technologies, refocused on embedded and mobile.
Web-based relaxed-schema graph data manager for humanities researchers, built on Django over Neo4j.
Memory-optimized AWS graph engine for fast algorithms, openCypher and vector search over large graphs.
Chinese native distributed graph database for HTAP graph workloads in banking and energy.
Commercial distributed graph database marketed as built natively for ISO GQL.
Sorted, distributed key-value store on HDFS with cell-level security labels.
MPP in-memory RDF graph database for OLAP-style SPARQL analytics, now Altair Graph Lakehouse under Siemens.
deprecated, discontinued & research · 5
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