Benefits
The benefits of GDC membership are:
- Access to internal GDC information via its project management system and mailing lists, which include access to discussion documents, datasets, and draft benchmark specifications.
- Access to research resources at academic partners and connections to industry members.
- Right to membership of GDC task forces and working groups.
- Right to commission LDBC Benchmark audits to produce official LDBC Benchmark Results.
Note: Apart from conformance to membership agreement, including the Byelaws and the Fair Use Policy, becoming a GDC member does not involve any further obligations. Members are not required to attend meetings, travel to events, or be involved in any task forces/working groups.
Annual membership fees
As of January 2026, uses the following membership fees (excluding VAT):
| Member category | Annual fee |
|---|---|
| Very large company (≥ 10,000 employees) | 15,000 GBP |
| Large company (≥ 1,000 employees) | 8,000 GBP |
| Medium company (≥ 100 employees) | 5,000 GBP |
| Small company (< 100 employees) | 2,500 GBP |
| Not for profit organization | 1,100 GBP |
| Individual voting member | 165 GBP |
| Individual associate member | no subscription fee |
Auditing fee
Audits of our “LDBC Benchmarks” can be commissioned for a 3,000 GBP auditing fee, to be paid for each audit to GDC. (Note: A single audit must use the same system and implementation but can involve multiple scale factors.)
Forms
For the latest information on becoming a GDC member, see the LDBC Membership – Joining and Renewing (June 2025) document.
Please fill out this form if you are an organization or individual applying to join LDBC:
- Membership form (June 2025) (both for individuals and organizations)
If you are just contributing to a project in the GDC GitHub organization (ldbc), fill out one of these forms:
In either case please email your completed form to [email protected]
Constitutional documents
See the organizational documents page.