Kuzu alternatives

Embedded property-graph database (Cypher) with a built-in vector index and full-text search, widely used as an embedded store for agent memory and GraphRAG. Full Kuzu record →

What the maintainers say

Kuzu Inc archived kuzudb/kuzu read-only on 2025-10-10 ("Kuzu is working on something new") with a final 0.11.3 release and no official successor; the catalog record does not flag this.

  1. Pin to the final release 0.11.3, which bundles many (but not all) extensions
  2. For extensions not bundled, run a local extension server as the archive notice suggests
  3. Use the documentation now hosted on GitHub Pages at kuzudb.github.io/docs, since resources moved off the Kuzu website

Sources: github.com · theregister.com · checked 2026-10-26

Other live alternatives

  1. 1 Neo4j Knowledge-graph platforms

    also in Knowledge-graph platforms · same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 17k GPL-3.0 (Community Edition); Enterprise Edition… Compare with Kuzu →

  2. 2 Dgraph Knowledge-graph platforms

    also in Knowledge-graph platforms · same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 22k Apache-2.0 Compare with Kuzu →

  3. 3 ArangoDB Knowledge-graph platforms

    also in Knowledge-graph platforms · same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS — Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 14k BSL-1.1 (source-available; each release… Compare with Kuzu →

  4. 4 NebulaGraph Knowledge-graph platforms

    also in Knowledge-graph platforms · same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 12k Apache-2.0 Compare with Kuzu →

  5. 5 FalkorDB Knowledge-graph platforms

    also in Knowledge-graph platforms · same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS — Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 11k SSPL-1.0 (source-available) Compare with Kuzu →

  6. 6 Memgraph Knowledge-graph platforms

    also in Knowledge-graph platforms · same storage (graph, vector) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS — Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 4.4k BSL-1.1 (source-available, Community)… Compare with Kuzu →

  7. 7 Stardog Knowledge-graph platforms

    also in Knowledge-graph platforms · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal, similarity) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Kuzu →

  8. 8 TigerGraph Knowledge-graph platforms

    also in Knowledge-graph platforms · same storage (graph) · same retrieval (graph-traversal) · same conflict handling (overwrite) · same memory unit (fact) · also self-hostable · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Kuzu →

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