Side by side
qEndpoint vs Strabon
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.
Choose qEndpoint if you need a free RDF triple store that can run as a standalone SPARQL endpoint or be included as a dependency. Its GUI, HTTP API and Docker options support different ways to query and deploy it. Look elsewhere if you need a hosted deployment rather than self-hosting, or cannot meet the memory requirements of your chosen dataset.
Visit qEndpointStrabon combines geospatial RDF storage with temporal modeling and specialized query languages. It offers broad spatial functions and self-hosted deployment, while GeoSPARQL coverage is still incomplete.
Visit StrabonThe facts
| qEndpoint | Strabon | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | Linux, Self-hosted, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Not published | Not published |
| Plans published | None | None |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | github.com | strabon.di.uoa.gr |
| On rdf databases | #18 of 26 | #22 of 26 |
qEndpoint: what it does well
- Free and open source under GNU GPL v3 with a notice
- Supports SPARQL 1.1, full-text search and GeoSPARQL
- Offers both a query GUI and a RESTful HTTP API
- Accepts multiple RDF formats and returns three result formats
- Docker images include an option with a Wikidata index
What to know first
- Deployment is self-hosted
- Wikidata-all needs at least 10G of memory
- Java 17 and Maven are listed prerequisites for backend and benchmark
Strabon: what it does well
- Free under Mozilla Public License
- Supports spatial and temporal queries
- OGC WKT and GML serialization
- SPARQL 1.1 and reasoning
- Self-hosted Linux and Windows deployment
What to know first
- GeoSPARQL support is only partial
- Self-hosted deployment requires setup
- PostgreSQL and PostGIS are specified
- Other GeoSPARQL components remain underway
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