Dgraph
Vector indexing on any node. Google Gen AI Toolbox integration; LangChain agent orchestration.
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At a glance
- Type
- Graph + vector + Hypermode cloud vendor fix
- Tier
- T2
- Section
- Knowledge-graph platforms
- Latest release
- v25.x (README: Dgraph is at version v25; exact patch and date not captured) repo fix
- License
- Apache-2.0 repo fix
- GitHub
- dgraph-io/dgraph — ~21.8k stars, active (no archive notice; commit date not captured) repo fix
- Pricing
- searched not found fix
- Funding
- acquired · 2023-11 third-party fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-29 fix
- Layer
- model-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- open-source repo fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 5.5 (12-mo avg 9.46) · 13 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix
When to use
Optimised for: relationship modeling + reasoning + governance over pure vector
Anti-fit: not for purely-vector or simple-RAG use cases (graph adds setup cost)
Pros & cons
Pros
Distributed-by-design graph DB with native GraphQL; strong for high-scale connected data.
Cons
Smaller mind-share than Neo4j; commercial focus has shifted over time.
Claims & capabilities
Powers product-recommendation knowledge graphs with LLM tool-call annotations.
Technical surface
- API surface
- GraphQL, gRPC, REST, SDK: Go, JS, Python, Java
- Backend storage
- custom (Badger LSM-backed)
- Deployment
- Both (self-hosted OSS + Hypermode Cloud until Oct 2025 acquisition by Istari)
- Embedding model
- BYO
- Multi-tenancy
- namespace
- MCP
- no first-party MCP adapter published as of 2026-05; community connectors may exist.
- A2A
- no Google A2A (Agent2Agent) integration documented as of 2026-05.
- OpenTelemetry
- first-class — OpenCensus / OTel
Alternatives to Dgraph → live options ranked by shared design, licence, hosting and MCP support
Similar systems
Other knowledge-graph platforms in the catalog, ranked by inbound references.
- Neo4j T1
Property graph DB with Cypher; native vector search; Aura Agent + MCP server for graph-as-memory. $100M GenAI investment in 2025.
- Amazon Neptune Analytics T1
Vector index on graph nodes queryable via openCypher. Mem0 integration GA 2025; Cognee integration for agentic RAG. Combines semantic recall with multi-hop traversal in one managed service.
- FalkorDB T2
Native GraphRAG SDK. Graph-memory backend for Mem0; MCP server via Graphiti integration; context graphs for long-term agent memory.
- ArangoDB T1
HybridGraphRAG combines vector search, graph traversal, full-text in one AQL query. ArangoGraphML for ML pipelines; LangChain integration. The company now brands itself Arango (Arango Contextual Data Platform unifying graph, vector, document and search), with ArangoDB as its database.
- Kuzu T2
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. The kuzudb/kuzu repository was archived on 2025-10-10 after Apple acquired the company; 0.11.3 is the final release and earlier releases remain usable.
- Memgraph T2
In-memory GraphRAG engine. Memgraph 3.0 adds native vector search alongside graph traversal. LangChain toolkit.
Sources (44 cited facts, 7 third-party)
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- What it is Graph + vector + Hypermode cloud vendor
- What it does & what's distinct Vector indexing on any node. Google Gen AI Toolbox integration; LangChain agent orchestr… vendor
- Claims / benefits Powers product-recommendation knowledge graphs with LLM tool-call annotations. third-party
- Modalities text vendor
- Created 2015 third-party
- Latest release v25.x (README: Dgraph is at version v25; exact patch and date not captured) repo
- License Apache-2.0 repo
- GitHub dgraph-io/dgraph — ~21.8k stars, active (no archive notice; commit date not captured) repo
- Mindshare ~20 (small team jobs vendor
- Funding acquired · 2023-11 third-party
- Customers / scale 1-10 (post-acq) ppl Acquired by Hypermode Nov 2023 third-party
- Deployment Both (self-hosted OSS + Hypermode Cloud until Oct 2025 acquisition by Istari) vendor
- HQ US (San Francisco) third-party
- Founders / pedigree Manish Rai Jain (founder; ex-Google engineer) third-party
- Memory volume / scale no scale claim vendor
- Performance Vendor benchmark vs Neo4j on 1B-edge social graph: Dgraph reports 2-5× faster reads, 5-1… vendor
- API surface GraphQL, gRPC, REST, SDK: Go, JS, Python, Java vendor
- Backend storage custom (Badger LSM-backed) repo
- Multi-tenancy namespace vendor
- Encryption at-rest + in-transit vendor
- SSO / RBAC SSO + RBAC vendor
- Embedding model BYO vendor
- Versioning immutable append-log vendor
- Schema evolution schema with migration vendor
- Namespace primitives per-tenant vendor
- Contradiction handling always overwrite (last-write-wins) vendor
- Forgetting policy none (permanent) vendor
- OTel first-class — OpenCensus / OTel vendor
- Webhooks / events GraphQL subscriptions vendor
- Import / export RDF NQuads, JSON, GraphQL schema vendor
- Validated verticals financial-services, healthcare, legal, government, internal IT, KM vendor
- Time to running <1hr (Docker / managed cloud) to <1week (enterprise procurement) vendor
- Anti-fit not for purely-vector or simple-RAG use cases (graph adds setup cost) vendor
- Optimised for relationship modeling + reasoning + governance over pure vector vendor
- Adjacent infrastructure BYO LLM; bundled graph store; some require additional vector index vendor
- Pros Distributed-by-design graph DB with native GraphQL; strong for high-scale connected data. vendor
- Cons Smaller mind-share than Neo4j; commercial focus has shifted over time. vendor
- Project & sources dgraph.io vendor
- architecture-deployment-locus local repo
- licensing-bucket open-source repo
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform repo
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup model-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":43.48,"as_of":"2026-09","openrank_12mo":9.46,"openrank_current":5.5,"partici… third-party
- maturity ga repo
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References (1)
- LangChain (framework) integrates with — Google Gen AI Toolbox integration; LangChain agent orchestration.