GraphScope NeuG vs LadybugDB
GraphScope NeuG
graphscope.ioLadybugDB
ladybugdb.comSide by side
| Figure | GraphScope NeuG | LadybugDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Graph Databases | 7.5 (#24) | 8.2 (#11) |
| Deployment | NeuG can run embedded in an application or expose the same engine as a service. | Ladybug runs embedded in an application process and does not require managing a separate database server. |
| Integrations | NeuG documents data exchange with Apache Arrow, Parquet, S3, and Alibaba Cloud OSS. | The documentation describes integrations with Snowflake and PostgreSQL, and attaching to DuckDB, SQLite, Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog sources. |
| Language APIs | The installation guide provides Python, Node.js, and C++ setup paths. | Installation options include Python, Node.js, Java, Rust, Go, Swift, C, and C++ APIs, as well as a command-line interface. |
| License | NeuG is released under the Apache License 2.0. | All source code and precompiled binaries are distributed under the MIT License. |
| Platforms | NeuG supports Linux and macOS on x86 and ARM architectures; its installation guide recommends WSL for Windows users. | The CLI and C/C++ APIs have precompiled binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows; Swift also supports iOS, and Java supports Android ARMv8-A. |
| Product | NeuG is a graph-native transactional database that runs embedded in an application or behind a service. | Ladybug is an embedded graph database optimized for complex analytical workloads on very large graphs. |
| Query language | NeuG uses Cypher to define, mutate, and query connected data. | It uses a property graph data model and Cypher query language. |
| Support | The installation guide directs users to GitHub issues and language-specific reference documentation for help. | The site lists community support and says commercial enterprise support contracts are available. |
| Transactions | The product page describes NeuG as supporting ACID transactions. | Ladybug supports serializable ACID transactions. |
Plans
In their own words
GraphScope NeuG
GraphScope NeuG has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
LadybugDB
LadybugDB is an embedded columnar graph database for analytical workloads and agentic applications. It uses Cypher with a structured property graph model and can run on disk or in memory; in-memory data is lost when the process ends. Its query engine uses columnar disk storage, vectorized and factorized processing, multi-core parallelism, and join algorithms. Transactions are atomic, durable, and serializable. The project distributes source code and precompiled binaries under the MIT License, which permits commercial and proprietary applications. Imports support Parquet, CSV, JSON, NumPy, Pandas or Polars DataFrames, and PyArrow Tables. Official client APIs are listed for Python, Node.js, Java, Rust, Go, Swift, C, and C++, alongside a command-line interface. Ladybug Explorer provides a browser-based way to query and visualize a database, and the MCP Server exposes a database to LLMs and agents. Extensions cover sources and systems including Azure storage, Delta Lake, DuckDB, Iceberg, PostgreSQL, and vector similarity search. Concurrent access permits one read-write Database object or multiple read-only objects; multiple processes needing writes should use an API server pattern.