GraphDB
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VisitGraphDB vs RDFox
What both publish
| Fact | GraphDB | RDFox |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | GraphDB can run as a desktop or standalone server application and is also available on AWS and Azure. | RDFox can run on a single machine or as a cluster distributing processing across multiple machines. |
| Headquarters | The company privacy policy lists ONTOTEXT AD, doing business as Graphwise, with headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria. | Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Product | GraphDB is an RDF and SPARQL semantic graph database used for storage and inferencing in the Graphwise AI Platform. | RDFox is a main-memory, scalable centralized data store for RDF graph data queried with SPARQL 1.1. |
| Reasoning | GraphDB performs real-time forward-chaining reasoning across datasets. | It supports rules and ontological axioms represented with Datalog, OWL 2 and SWRL. |
| Security | GraphDB documents role and access controls, local, LDAP and OAuth user databases, Basic, GDB, OpenID and Kerberos authentication, SSL/TLS encryption in transit, and security auditing. | RDFox v7.0 added encryption at rest and client-certificate authentication using mutual TLS for endpoint and remote-shell requests. |
GraphDB plans
- GraphDB FreeFree
- GraphDB EnterprisePriced on request
RDFox plans
- Free evaluationFree
- RDFox free evaluation licenseFree
- AWS Marketplace RDFoxPriced on request
- RDFox commercial licensePriced on request
Pick GraphDB if…
GraphDB suits teams building semantic data systems that need RDF storage, SPARQL queries, or inferencing. Free is an option for users who can work within its query and repository limits; Enterprise is intended for mission-critical deployments and enterprise AI applications.
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.