Apache Jena Fuseki vs BlazeGraph
Both are rdf databases queried with SPARQL. Apache Jena Fuseki (2010-10, Apache-2.0, Java) ranks #22 this month; BlazeGraph (2007, GPL-2.0, Java) ranks #73.
| Attribute | Apache Jena Fuseki | BlazeGraph |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #22 | #73 |
| Score | 57.6 | 43.1 |
| GitHub stars | 1.4k | 989 |
| Popularity | 77.8 | 58.5 |
| Activity | 66.8 | 25.2 |
| Community | 32.0 | 35.3 |
| Research | 62.2 | 49.6 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | An open-source RDF triple store and SPARQL server built on the Apache Jena framework. Uses the TDB2 native storage engine with support for GeoSPARQL spatial queries. | An RDF database supporting billions of edges on a single machine. Uses an alternative approach to RDF reification that enables property graph-like capabilities. Notable as the backend for Wikidata's query service. |
| Vendor | Apache Software Foundation | SYSTAP |
| Model | RDF | RDF |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Established | Established |
| First released | 2010-10 | 2007 |
| Status | active | inactive — Last release in 2019. Project largely dormant, though still used by Wikidata. |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-2.0 |
| Written in | Java | Java |
| Query languages | SPARQL | SPARQL, Gremlin |
| gdotv support | yes | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Apache Jena Fuseki
| Feature | Apache Jena Fuseki | BlazeGraph |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | — | · |
| Commercial support | — | · |
| Live community | — | 0.25 |
| Open Source | — | ✓ |
| Pricing | — | · |
| Trendiness | — | ✓ |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | — | · |
| Work as dedicated instance | — | ✓ |
| Work as embedded | — | ✓ |
| Testing in-memory version | — | · |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | — | 0.75 |
| Operating on Windows | — | 0.75 |
| SaaS offering | — | · |
| Operations | ||
| Automatic updates | — | · |
| Client side caching | — | · |
| Data versioning support | — | · |
| Live backups | — | · |
| Distribution | ||
| Cluster Re-balancing | — | · |
| Data Distribution | — | ✓ |
| High-Availability | — | ✓ |
| Query Distribution | — | ✓ |
| Replication support | — | ✓ |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | — | 0.5 |
| Logging/Auditing | — | ✓ |
| Object-Graph Mapper | — | · |
| Reactive programming | — | · |
| Documentation up-to-date | — | ✓ |
| Binary protocol | — | ✓ |
| CLI | — | ✓ |
| GUI | — | ✓ |
| Data Model | ||
| Multi-database | — | · |
| Graph-native data | — | ✓ |
| REST API | — | ✓ |
| Query Language | — | ✓ |
| Transactions | ||
| Granular locking | — | · |
| Multiple isolation levels | — | ✓ |
| Read committed transaction | — | ✓ |
| Transaction support | — | ✓ |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | — | · |
| Schema support | — | · |
| Secondary indexes | — | ✓ |
| Server side procedures | — | ✓ |
| Triggers | — | · |
| Authentication | — | · |
| Authorization | — | · |
| Data encryption | — | · |
Links
- Apache Jena Fuseki · website · github · full profile
- BlazeGraph · website · github · full profile