What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform was to keep our data in graph format in my previous organization, wherein the entire data model which I used in Power BI included Stardog as one of the data sources. While creating the data model, I was using Stardog Studio to modify or retrieve the actual data that I wanted in my Power BI model. I used to fire SPARQL queries in Stardog so that I could get my result.
A quick, specific example of how I used Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform in one of my Power BI projects is that Stardog is considered a very robust platform, a graph platform, which was used in my organization to store graph format data. I used it, and while connecting it with Power BI, I was using an ODBC connector, such as the BI connector that is given with Stardog. That was the method of how I used it.
What is most valuable?
In my experience with Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform, many graph platforms do not have a very user-friendly client experience. What I found was that Stardog Studio had a very rich client experience in which we were able to fire queries and do many things through drag-and-drop functionality. That was one of the best features I found in Stardog.
The rich client experience and drag-and-drop functionality in Stardog Studio made my work easier because my main use case to use Stardog was to retrieve the data which I needed in my Power BI data model. I was using it to fire SPARQL queries and get the exact data that I wanted. One of the best features that I liked was whenever I fire a query, the query runs quicker because I am only getting the top 100 or top 1000 records for my result. If I wanted the full data in my result, I just needed to tweak it a bit and then I would get my full result. The other feature was being able to export that data in any format that I need.
Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform has positively impacted my organization since it has been used for more than four to five years, and everyone has been positively affected by the use of it. It was a tool that was used to store our very complex data in the form of data structure, and it was efficiently managed by Stardog.
What needs improvement?
I don't know what can be improved in Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform since I was not working as a main developer in the Stardog team. For me, it was all acceptable when I used Stardog.
Maybe support for Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform can be better, but there is nothing else I would mention.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform for around two years ago and had been using it till six months ago. That was in my previous role.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In my experience, Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform can be stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform handles increasing data volumes well.
How are customer service and support?
There was a difficult scenario when I was first connecting Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform with Power BI through ODBC connector, because at that time there was an issue where the actual connector port was not enabled from my client's side. When we asked this particular query to Stardog support team, they were not able to resolve it for months. Around three to four months they were not able to resolve this query, so it was a very difficult task to connect Power BI with Stardog ODBC.
My experience with customer support for Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform was a bit weak because the problem that we told Stardog support was very basic, and they were not able to get an answer to that for months. It is considered weak support.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform around seven out of ten.
I chose seven out of ten because I have heard from my colleagues who were working on Stardog development that there were some features missing or it could be a bit better. The type of problem that I faced in the support has taken out three points. My overall review rating for Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform is seven out of ten.
