FalkorDB
Native GraphRAG SDK. Graph-memory backend for Mem0; MCP server via Graphiti integration; context graphs for long-term agent memory.
Active · Verified 2026-10-26 · fresh as of 2026-10-26 · 51 cited facts, 6 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- GraphRAG-native, sub-140ms multi-hop vendor fix
- Tier
- T2
- Section
- Knowledge-graph platforms
- Latest release
- not applicable — not OSS fix
- License
- SSPL-1.0 (source-available) repo fix
- Pricing
- Free + paid vendor fix
- Funding
- $3M Seed · 2024-06 third-party fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-26 fix
- Layer
- model-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- commercial repo fix
- SDK languages
- csharp, go, java, python, rust, typescript vendor 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
RedisGraph fork — fastest graph operations of any OSS KG due to in-memory architecture; strong Redis-shop fit.
Cons
Smaller community than Neo4j; in-memory model has scale ceilings.
Claims & capabilities
#1 on GraphRAG-Bench. Sub-140ms multi-hop retrieval. AGPLv3 + cloud.
Technical surface
- API surface
- Redis protocol, Cypher, SDK: Python, JS, Java
- Backend storage
- Redis
- Deployment
- Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — OSS server/Docker; FalkorDB Cloud (free trial)
- Embedding model
- BYO
- Multi-tenancy
- namespace
- MCP
- yes — official FalkorDB/FalkorDB-MCPServer (MIT)
- A2A
- no Google A2A (Agent2Agent) integration documented as of 2026-05.
- OpenTelemetry
- via Prometheus
Alternatives to FalkorDB → 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.
- 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.
- Diffbot T1
Auto-built knowledge graph from web crawl. 1T+ facts, 10B+ entities. GraphRAG-fine-tuned model based on open-source Llama 3.3.
Sources (50 cited facts, 6 third-party)
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- What it is GraphRAG-native, sub-140ms multi-hop vendor
- What it does & what's distinct Native GraphRAG SDK. Graph-memory backend for Mem0; MCP server via Graphiti integration;… vendor
- Claims / benefits #1 on GraphRAG-Bench. Sub-140ms multi-hop retrieval. AGPLv3 + cloud. vendor
- Modalities text vendor
- Created 2023 third-party
- License SSPL-1.0 (source-available) repo
- GitHub FalkorDB/FalkorDB — ~10.5k stars, active (commit date not captured) repo
- Mindshare 1 press ~10 (small star jobs third-party
- Funding $3M Seed · 2024-06 third-party
- Customers / scale 1-10 ppl GraphRAG enterprise developers third-party
- Pricing Free + paid vendor
- Deployment Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — OSS server/Docker; FalkorDB Cloud (free trial) repo
- HQ IL third-party
- Founders / pedigree Guy Korland (CEO/co-founder, ex-Redis SVP/CTO Incubations), Roi Lipman (CTO/co-founder),… third-party
- Memory volume / scale no scale claim vendor
- Performance GraphRAG-Bench leader (Dec 2024): Hit@1 76.7%, Hit@5 89.5%, sub-140ms multi-hop retrieva… vendor
- API surface Redis protocol, Cypher, SDK: Python, JS, Java vendor
- Backend storage Redis vendor
- Multi-tenancy namespace vendor
- Encryption at-rest + in-transit vendor
- SSO / RBAC RBAC only 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
- MCP support yes — official FalkorDB/FalkorDB-MCPServer (MIT) repo
- OTel via Prometheus vendor
- Webhooks / events Redis pub/sub (event stream) vendor
- Import / export Cypher / RDB dump; CSV vendor
- Runtimes Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java (official clients) repo
- 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 RedisGraph fork — fastest graph operations of any OSS KG due to in-memory architecture; … vendor
- Cons Smaller community than Neo4j; in-memory model has scale ceilings. vendor
- Project & sources falkordb.com vendor
- cost-input-usd-per-mtok 0 vendor
- cost-output-usd-per-mtok 0 vendor
- cost-tier free vendor
- cost-pricing-model free-tier vendor
- cost-last-verified 2026-06-29 vendor
- architecture-deployment-locus hybrid vendor
- licensing-bucket commercial repo
- positioning-platform-vs-product platform vendor
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup model-infra repo
- sdk-languages csharp,go,java,python,rust,typescript vendor
What changed
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- 2026-10-26
- License “not applicable — not OSS” → “SSPL-1.0 (source-available)” source
- Deployment “Both” → “Both (self-hosted + managed cloud) — OSS server/Docker; FalkorDB Cloud (free trial)” source
- MCP support “via official adapter — FalkorDB MCP” → “yes — official FalkorDB/FalkorDB-MCPServer (MIT)” source
Related systems
References (2)
- Mem0 builds on · depends on at runtime — Native GraphRAG SDK. Graph-memory backend for Mem0
- Zep & Graphiti integrates with · depends on at runtime — MCP server via Graphiti integration
Referenced by (4)
- Haystack (framework) integrates with — Haystack integrations directory has a FalkorDB integration page ("Use FalkorDB as a document store with native vector search for GraphRAG workloads in Haystack"). (verified 2026-10-29)
- LangChain (framework) integrates with — LangChain's all-providers integrations page lists FalkorDB: "Graph database with ultra-low latency". (verified 2026-10-29)
- LlamaIndex (framework) integrates with — LlamaIndex has an official graph store integration package llama-index-graph-stores-falkordb in its repo. (verified 2026-10-29)
- Zep & Graphiti integrates with — Graphiti README lists FalkorDB as a supported graph database backend (graphiti-core[falkordb]). (verified 2026-10-29)