Is IBM Graph still in existence? - ibm-cloud

I wanted to use a serverless Graph database similar to non-graph database like IBM's Cloudant, i.e, a remote database easily integrable with the web app. According to the docs, IBM Graph provides free tier 512 MB and 25000 API requests per year, but I've heard it's retired. The docs linked to JanusGraph, which does not have any free tier, similar to Amazon Neptune. So, is IBM Graph still in existence?
(EDIT : On other note, does anyone have any recommendations on any serverless graph database which provides free tier services?)

I believe, based on this announcement that IBM Graph was retired.
https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/retirement-of-ibm-graph

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