Apache HugeGraph vs Cayley
Apache HugeGraph
hugegraph.apache.orgCayley
cayley.ioSide by side
| Figure | Apache HugeGraph | Cayley |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Graph Databases | 8.7 (#5) | 8.1 (#12) |
| License | The HugeGraph-AI documentation identifies Apache License 2.0. | Cayley is developed under the Apache 2.0 license and is free to use in any project. |
| Storage | The Server supports RocksDB as its default standalone backend, HStore for distributed storage, and HBase. | Cayley works on top of SQL, NoSQL, or key-value databases. |
| Visualization | HugeGraph Toolchain includes Hubble, a web UI for graph visualization and management. | The UI overview says the visualizer can display query results as a graph when results are tagged with source and target. |
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In their own words
Apache HugeGraph
Apache HugeGraph is an open-source graph system combining a graph database, graph computing, and graph AI. It supports Gremlin and Cypher/OpenCypher queries, a REST API, ACID transactions, graph algorithms, and vector search. HugeGraph-AI adds Python clients, graph machine-learning tools, and LLM tools for knowledge-graph construction and GraphRAG applications. Storage options include RocksDB for standalone use, HStore for distributed storage, and HBase. The project documents integrations with Spark and SeaTunnel and compatibility with Hadoop and Flink. Its toolchain provides graph loading, visualization, backup, restore, and migration; Hubble is a web interface for visualization and management. Documentation covers standalone deployments up to 2 TB and distributed deployments up to 1 PB. The project describes high-speed imports and millisecond-level real-time queries for hundreds of billions of graph data. It runs on Linux and macOS and can be self-hosted. The open-source plan costs nothing. Java 11 is recommended and required from version 1.5.0.