Best Graph Databases in 2026
Updated
In short: Memgraph is ranked #1 of 37 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of NebulaGraph and LadybugDB. The best-ranked option with a free plan is NebulaGraph. The lowest first paid tier on this page is TypeDB at $0.07/mo.
When your data is defined by connections, a graph database can make those relationships central to the way you query and work with it. Compare query languages and graph algorithms alongside ACID transactions to understand the capabilities on offer. Deployment choices and included storage also shape the practical fit, while vector search may be relevant to some workloads. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help put costs in view. Memgraph, NebulaGraph, and LadybugDB are among the options to examine; ArcadeDB and Aerospike Database offer additional points of comparison. Consider which features matter to your application and how you expect to run the database.
37 graph databases ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
37ranked
16free plans on this page
$0.07/molowest paid tier
4 Oct 2026last checked
Input list Graph Databases 25 channels on this page · 108 of 200 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromDeploymentQuery languagesACID transactionsGraph algorithmsVector searchIncluded storage Spec sheet Score
01 Memgraph Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesCypherACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.9
02 NebulaGraph Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesnGQL, openCypher, ISO-GQLACID transactionsNoGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storage10 GB 6/8spec lines stated 7.9
03 LadybugDB Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesCypherACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 6/8spec lines stated 7.8
04 ArcadeDB Free planYesPaid from$299/moDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesSQL, Cypher, Gremlin, GraphQL, MongoDB Query Language, Redis commandsACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 7/8spec lines stated 7.6
05 Aerospike Database Free planNoPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesGremlinACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 3/8spec lines stated 7.5
06 OrientDB Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesSQL, GremlinACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.5
07 TigerGraph Free planYesPaid from$45/moDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesGSQL, openCypher, GQLACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 6/8spec lines stated 7.5
08 AllegroGraph Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesSPARQL, PrologACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 2/8spec lines stated 7.4
09 TypeDB Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesTypeQLACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 4/8spec lines stated 7.4
10 GraphDB Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesnot statedACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 1/8spec lines stated 7.3
11 Neo4j Free planYesPaid from$65/moDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesCypher, GQLACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storage2 GB 7/8spec lines stated 7.3
12 Eclipse RDF4J Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesnot statedACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 0/8spec lines stated 7.1
13 FalkorDB Free planYesPaid from$73/moDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesOpenCypher (Cypher)ACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storage1 GB 6/8spec lines stated 7.1
14 WhisperGraph Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentcloudQuery languagesCypherACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 3/8spec lines stated 7.1
15 TerminusDB Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesWOQL, GraphQLACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 2/8spec lines stated 6.9
16 ONgDB Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesGeequelACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 3/8spec lines stated 6.8
17 Amazon Neptune Free planNoPaid fromnot statedDeploymentcloudQuery languagesGremlin, openCypher, SPARQLACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 6/8spec lines stated 6.7
18 BigQuery Data Clean Rooms Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentcloudQuery languagesnot statedACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 1/8spec lines stated 6.6
19 CognoDB Free planYesPaid from$9/moDeploymentnot statedQuery languagesCypherACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchNoIncluded storagenot stated 4/8spec lines stated 6.6
20 SeKejap Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesSQL dialect with MATCH graph patternsACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 5/8spec lines stated 6.5
21 Sparksee Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesSparksee Cypher (SCL), Sparksee AlgebraACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchnot statedIncluded storagenot stated 5/8spec lines stated 6.5
22 RyuGraph Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesCypherACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 6/8spec lines stated 6.2
23 AgensGraph Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesANSI SQL, CypherACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 5/8spec lines stated 6.0
24 Apache HugeGraph Free planNoPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesGremlin, Cypher/OpenCypherACID transactionsYesGraph algorithmsYesVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 6/8spec lines stated 6.0
25 HelixDB Free planYesPaid fromnot statedDeploymentself hostedQuery languagesHelixQLACID transactionsnot statedGraph algorithmsnot statedVector searchYesIncluded storagenot stated 4/8spec lines stated 6.0
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment | Query languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memgraph | 7.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | Cypher |
| 2 | NebulaGraph | 7.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | nGQL, openCypher, ISO-GQL |
| 3 | LadybugDB | 7.8 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | self_hosted | Cypher |
| 4 | ArcadeDB | 7.6 | Free plan | $19.99/mo | Yes | 299 /mo | self_hosted | SQL, Cypher, Gremlin, GraphQL, MongoDB Query Language, Redis commands |
| 5 | Aerospike Database | 7.5 | Free plan | Free | No | — | — | Gremlin |
| 6 | OrientDB | 7.5 | Free plan | €1,000/mo | Yes | — | self_hosted | SQL, Gremlin |
| 7 | TigerGraph | 7.5 | Free plan | $45/mo | Yes | 45 /mo | — | GSQL, openCypher, GQL |
| 8 | AllegroGraph | 7.4 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | SPARQL, Prolog |
| 9 | TypeDB | 7.4 | Free plan | $0.07/mo | Yes | — | — | TypeQL |
| 10 | GraphDB | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | — |
| 11 | Neo4j | 7.3 | Free plan | $65/mo | Yes | 65 /mo | — | Cypher, GQL |
| 12 | Eclipse RDF4J | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | FalkorDB | 7.1 | Free plan | $731/mo | Yes | 73 /mo | — | OpenCypher (Cypher) |
| 14 | WhisperGraph | 7.1 | Free plan | €49/mo | Yes | — | cloud | Cypher |
| 15 | TerminusDB | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | WOQL, GraphQL |
| 16 | ONgDB | 6.8 | No | — | Yes | — | — | Geequel |
| 17 | Amazon Neptune | 6.7 | No | — | No | — | cloud | Gremlin, openCypher, SPARQL |
| 18 | BigQuery Data Clean Rooms | 6.6 | No | — | — | — | cloud | — |
| 19 | CognoDB | 6.6 | Free plan | $9/mo | Yes | 9 /mo | — | Cypher |
| 20 | SeKejap | 6.5 | No | — | Yes | — | self_hosted | SQL dialect with MATCH graph patterns |
| 21 | Sparksee | 6.5 | No | — | Yes | — | self_hosted | Sparksee Cypher (SCL), Sparksee Algebra |
| 22 | RyuGraph | 6.2 | No | — | Yes | — | self_hosted | Cypher |
| 23 | AgensGraph | 6.0 | No | — | — | — | self_hosted | ANSI SQL, Cypher |
| 24 | Apache HugeGraph | 6.0 | No | — | No | — | self_hosted | Gremlin, Cypher/OpenCypher |
| 25 | HelixDB | 6.0 | No | — | Yes | — | self_hosted | HelixQL |
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Questions about this list
Which graph database is ranked first on Specifiction?
Memgraph is ranked #1 of 37 with a score of 7.9. NebulaGraph is second and LadybugDB third.
How many of these have a free plan?
16 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, TypeDB has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.07/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.
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