What is Apache AGE?
Apache AGE is a PostgreSQL extension that provides graph database functionality, enabling users to analyze relationships and patterns in data through graph data structures (nodes, edges, properties) while maintaining PostgreSQL's advanced SQL querying and transaction support capabilities.
What Apache AGE does
The capabilities that matter for graph databases, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Graph model
- Property graph
- Query language(s)
- SQL and graph queries
- ACID transactions
- Full
- Consistency model
- -
- Storage
- -
- Distributed / scale
- -
- Replication / HA
- -
- OLTP vs OLAP
- Both
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Full-text search
- -
- Built-in vector search
- ✓
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
- openCypher / TinkerPop standard
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Self-hosted
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- LangChain
Apache AGE alternatives
Other graph databases we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- TigerGraphGraph Database for Real-Time AI & Analyticslow · 29%
- Neo4jThe knowledge layer that makes AI precise, trusted, and built to scalelow · 16%
- FalkorDBUltra-fast, Multi-tenant Graph Database Powering GenAIlow · 41%
- MemgraphHigh performance, in-memory, for real-timelow · 30%
- DgraphThe only open, complete graph database used at terabyte-scale to power real-time use caseslow · 27%
- JanusGraphDistributed, open source, massively scalable graph databaselow · 36%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Apache AGE, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release Cadence | 89 | 12.00 | 1066.7 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 17.00 | 491.4 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 69 | 7.00 | 485.1 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 22 | 20.00 | 440.1 | ✓ |
| Package Downloads | 46 | 6.00 | 275.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 8.00 | 69.3 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 20.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"workload":"both","deployment":"self_hosted","graph_model":"property_graph","licence_class":"permissive","vector_search":true,"query_language":"SQL and graph queries","acid_transactions":"full"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | C | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 63% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 67% |
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 20 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70% |