Side by side
gStore vs Halyard
Both stand on rdf databases. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted
gStore provides a broad RDF database, query and graph-analysis toolkit with several language APIs and management utilities. Its Linux deployment and documented RDF and SPARQL limits should be checked before adoption.
Visit gStore Free plan APILinuxMac+2
Halyard brings RDF storage, querying, and bulk dataset management together around Hadoop and HBase. Check its runtime requirements and federation limit against your environment before choosing it.
Visit HalyardThe facts
| gStore | Halyard | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Self-hosted | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Not published | Not published |
| Plans published | None | None |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | gstore.cn | merck.github.io |
| On rdf databases | #20 of 26 | #16 of 26 |
gStore: what it does well
- Open-source BSD 3-Clause project
- Supports graphs up to 5 billion triples
- SPARQL 1.1 query support
- Built-in graph analysis algorithms
- APIs for five programming languages
What to know first
- RDF data must be supplied in N-Triple format
- Some SPARQL 1.1 syntax is unsupported
- Requires Linux deployment
- Self-hosted operation requires infrastructure
Halyard: what it does well
- Free and open source.
- Supports SPARQL 1.1 and named graphs.
- Bulk-loads multiple RDF formats with MapReduce.
- Offers query access through RDF4J tools and APIs.
- Can calculate and export dataset statistics.
What to know first
- Hadoop and HBase are not bundled.
- Requires Hadoop 2.5.1 or later and HBase 1.1.2 or later.
- External SPARQL endpoint service types are not recognized.
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