Eclipse RDF4J vs TigerGraph

Eclipse RDF4J is a modular Java framework for parsing, storing, querying, and reasoning over RDF data. It supports SPARQL 1.1 query and update, and its API can access remote RDF repositories in the same way as local ones. Supported formats include RDF/XML, Turtle, N-Triples, N-Quads, JSON-LD, TriG, and TriX. Storage options include a transactional in-memory store with optional disk persistence and a transactional Native Store aimed at medium-sized datasets around 100 million triples. Extensions add full-text search, RDFS inferencing, rule-based reasoning, SHACL and SPIN validation, and geospatial queries. The SDK bundles libraries, Server, Workbench, Console, and Javadoc API; Workbench includes a web interface with a SPARQL editor. Developers can use Maven artifacts or download an SDK zip or onejar. RDF4J is free under the Eclipse Distribution License, version 1.0. The latest stable release, 6.1.0, requires Java 25 or newer. The project describes its core databases as mainly intended for small to medium-sized datasets and notes third-party stores may scale further or offer additional features.

TigerGraph is a graph database for real-time analytics on connected data, using Native Parallel Graph design and the GSQL query language. Its Native MPP Graph supports parallel computation and deep-link analytics, and the database also offers vector similarity and hybrid graph-plus-vector search. Listed graph query options include GSQL, OpenCypher, and GSQL pattern matching. Connectors include Kafka, Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Snowflake, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Spark, Delta Lake, Iceberg, and Hudi. Security documentation lists TLS encryption, SAML 2.0 SSO, LDAP authentication, role-based access control, privileged-action audit logs, and encryption at rest. Self-managed deployments can run on Linux or as a Docker image; Enterprise Edition also supports Kubernetes clusters. Savanna is available on AWS. Community Edition is free but limited to one server and 300 GB of combined graph and vector data. Savanna starts at $45 a month as listed; the Enterprise Evaluation License lasts 30 days unless another duration is agreed in writing.