BrightstarDB
6.1#12 in rdf databasesAndroidiOSAPILinux
VisitBrightstarDB vs RDFox
What both publish
| Fact | BrightstarDB | RDFox |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | It can run embedded in an application or as a server accessed through a RESTful HTTP API or .NET client API. | RDFox can run on a single machine or as a cluster distributing processing across multiple machines. |
| Developer APIs | Its ORM for RDF includes a LINQ provider that maps application domain model queries to SPARQL and supports CRUD and querying in strongly typed .NET applications. | GetApp lists .NET, Java and Python developer APIs and an ODBC driver for BI tools such as Tableau. |
| Product | BrightstarDB is a native RDF database for the .NET platform. | RDFox is a main-memory, scalable centralized data store for RDF graph data queried with SPARQL 1.1. |
| Security | The documentation describes security features as basic and customizable, and says service access controls are a work in progress. | RDFox v7.0 added encryption at rest and client-certificate authentication using mutual TLS for endpoint and remote-shell requests. |
BrightstarDB plans
No prices published.
RDFox plans
- Free evaluationFree
- RDFox free evaluation licenseFree
- AWS Marketplace RDFoxPriced on request
- RDFox commercial licensePriced on request
Pick BrightstarDB if…
BrightstarDB suits .NET developers who need an RDF database with embedded and server deployment options, or who work with SPARQL endpoints.
Pick RDFox if…
RDFox may suit teams building RDF knowledge-graph systems that need rule-based reasoning, APIs, or deployment across different environments. Its evaluation license is limited to evaluation and non-commercial use.