FalkorDB

Spec sheet

What it does

FalkorDB is a Redis-based property graph database designed for knowledge graphs, GraphRAG, agent memory, fraud detection and connected-data applications.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Product

FalkorDB is a high-performance graph database for managing complex relationships and supporting AI applications.Read 3 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Intended users

The company describes FalkorDB as designed for development teams working with interconnected data in real-time or interactive environments.Read 3 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Deployment

FalkorDB can be launched locally using Docker or used as a fully managed cloud instance.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Integrations

Official materials list Graphiti, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Cognee, g.v(), OpenAI, Gemini, Google Cloud, Azure, Grafana, Docker, Snowflake and Model Context Protocol integrations or ecosystem connections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Security

The Trust Center says customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit, with encryption keys rotated annually.Read 3 Oct 2026 · trust.falkordb.com

Compliance

The Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type 2 compliance.Read 3 Oct 2026 · trust.falkordb.com

Support

The documentation directs users to Discord and a forum for questions, ideas, and reports.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

License

The documentation states FalkorDB is licensed under Server Side Public License v1 (SSPLv1).Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Headquarters

LinkedIn and Crunchbase list Tel Aviv, Israel as headquarters.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Founded

LinkedIn lists FalkorDB's founding year as 2023.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

API access

The database accepts graph commands through Redis clients and raw Redis commands, and FalkorDB Browser exposes a REST API.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Benchmark claim

FalkorDB's published benchmark reports 496-times lower P99 latency, six-times lower memory use and 11.3-times higher throughput than Neo4j in its comparison.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Cloud hosting

FalkorDB Cloud offers a managed instance that can be started without a credit card.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Company size

LinkedIn lists FalkorDB as a privately held software-development company with 11–50 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Criticism: licence terminology

A GitHub discussion argues that SSPL is source-available rather than an OSI-approved open-source licence, challenging the website's open-source wording.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Developer requirements

Building from source requires GraphBLAS, LAGraph, RediSearch, Rust tooling and OpenMP-capable Clang; macOS uses Homebrew LLVM/libomp and Linux uses clang-23 with libomp-23-dev.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Documentation depth

The documentation covers setup, graph modeling, querying, indexes, protocols, clients, GraphRAG and Docker ports 6379 and 3000.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Funding

Crunchbase lists one seed funding round with six investors, including Angular Ventures and K5 Global, while the amount is obscured.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

G2 review volume

G2 says its user insights are based on 7 real user reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

GetApp product description

GetApp describes FalkorDB as a GraphRAG-oriented database using sparse matrices, linear algebra and AVX acceleration on Redis infrastructure.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Graph model

The database stores nodes, relationships, labels and properties using the OpenCypher property-graph model.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

GraphRAG SDK

FalkorDB provides an open-source SDK for turning source data into knowledge graphs and grounding LLM answers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Indexes

The engine combines full-text, vector-similarity and range indexes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Licence

The core FalkorDB repository is licensed under Server Side Public License v1 (SSPLv1).Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Limit: tooling and documentation

G2 reviewers report manual cross-instance data copying, a need for better Cypher help, immature vector-search documentation and no simple built-in embedding creation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Multi-tenancy

A deployment can contain thousands of isolated graphs for customers, agents or sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Notable news

FalkorDB announced SOC 2 Type II certification on June 23, 2025.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Object graph mapping

Official OGM libraries cover Python, Go and Java Spring Data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Official clients

Official client libraries are provided for Python, Node.js, Java, Rust, Go, PHP and C#.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Praise: integrations

G2 reviewers praise smooth cloud integration, GraphRAG and vector-store support, and compatibility with LlamaIndex and other LLM frameworks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Praise: performance and usability

G2 reviewers repeatedly praise very low latency, speed, reliability, easy setup and an intuitive graph browser.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Protocols

Clients can connect through Redis RESP or Neo4j-compatible Bolt.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Query language

FalkorDB supports OpenCypher and adds proprietary query extensions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Rating on Capterra

0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Rating on G2

5 out of 5 from 1 displayed reviewRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on GetApp

0 out of 5 from 0 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Search and indexing

Its engine supports full-text search, vector similarity, and range indexes.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Security certification

FalkorDB announced SOC 2 Type II certification on June 23, 2025, covering security controls for its multi-tenant platform.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Self-hosting

Users can run FalkorDB locally with Docker or self-host it with an enterprise management console.Read 15 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Storage

FalkorDB stores graphs as sparse adjacency matrices for compact storage and fast traversal.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Storage engine

Graphs are represented as sparse adjacency matrices for compact storage and fast traversal.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.falkordb.com

Use cases

The maker describes use cases including GraphRAG, agentic AI, chatbots, fraud detection, and security graphs.Read 3 Oct 2026 · falkordb.com

Plans and prices

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