Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GraphQL+-, a Variant of GraphQL for Graph DBs launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   GrapheneDB▲121

   Graph databases as-a-service

   2014 · graphenedb.com · its alternatives →

2. 2GA
   GraphQL360 – A 360 Degree Tour API Built with GraphQL▲9

   2018 · graphql360.com · its alternatives →

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   Scaphold 2.0▲207

   GraphQL backend as a service

   2017 · kamaldadoriyachickmaker.in.net · its alternatives →

4. 4IB
   In-Browser Graph RAG with Kuzu-WASM and WebLLM▲158

   We show the potential of modern, embedded graph databases in the browser by demonstrating a fully in-browser chatbot that can perform Graph RAG using Kuzu (the graph database we're building) and WebLLM, a popular in-browser inference engine for LLMs. The post retrieves from the graph via a Text-to-Cypher pipeline that translates a user question into a Cypher query, and the LLM uses the retrieved results to synthesize a response. As LLMs get better, and WebGPU and Wasm64 become more widely adopted, we expect to be able to do more and more in the browser in combination with LLMs, so a lot of…

   2025 · blog.kuzudb.com · its alternatives →

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   Reindex▲161

   GraphQL backend as a service

   2016 · reindex.io · its alternatives →

6. 6WH
   We have built a benchmark platform for graph databases▲83

   2022 · memgraph.com · its alternatives →

7. 7ST
   Survey Tool with GraphQL back end▲9

   2020 · surveyo.one-click.cloud.dgraph.io · its alternatives →

8. 8CW
   ComposeDB – Web3 Graph Database for Composable Data▲6

   2023 · composedb.js.org · its alternatives →

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   QuellQL▲84

   Quell provides a caching solution for GraphQL

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10GT
    Graphbox – the easiest way to create a GraphQL API▲7

    2019 · graphbox.app · its alternatives →

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    Scaphold▲87

    GraphQL-as-a-service.

    2016 · kamaldadoriyachickmaker.in.net · its alternatives →

12. 12
    MongoDB in Action▲68

    A comprehensive and practical guide to MongoDB

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Y Combinator Startups▲159

    An Interactive Database

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Software Engineering Daily - Scaling PostgreSQL▲70

    A look at modern database approaches and how Citus scales PG

    2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →

15. 15EG
    Easy GraphQL Caching for Rails▲9

    2018 · stackshare.io · its alternatives →

16. 16MR
    Merging RethinkDB and Postgres with GraphQL▲6

    2017 · blog.collaborizm.com · its alternatives →

17. 17DL
    DAGraph – local-first reactive graph from arithmetic to OLAP SQL▲6

    May 2026 · dagraph.com · its alternatives →

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    Haystack – Simple graph abstraction over Hbase▲9

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    High performance event Sourced GraphQL API in Golang▲5

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Nested forEach directive in non-standard GraphQL server▲9

    Showing how GraphQL could get more elegant and powerful

    2020 · leoloso.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AN
    a Navigational Query Language for PostgreSQL▲9

    2011 · htsql.org · its alternatives →

22. 22FM
    FreshSQL – Modern, Native, Fast SQL Querying Tool▲5

    2021 · freshsql.com · its alternatives →

23. 23AH
    A Hacker News GraphQL API▲8

    Filter, sort, search and relations - almost like SQL

    2020 · metamate.io · its alternatives →

24. 24TF
    Try FaunaDB's GraphQL API▲42

    2019 · fauna.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →