--- title: Apache Jena Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache Jena Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 17 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache Jena works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 17 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Web Frameworks url: https://www.g2.com/categories/web-frameworks --- # Apache Jena Reviews & Product Details Apache Jena a free and open source Java framework for building Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache Jena Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-jena/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![spring.io](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "spring.io") spring.io 4.5/5(320) ](https://www.g2.com/products/spring-io/reviews) [ ![JHipster](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "JHipster") JHipster 4.4/5(97) ](https://www.g2.com/products/jhipster/reviews) [ ![Hibernate](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hibernate") Hibernate 4.2/5(29) ](https://www.g2.com/products/hibernate/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-jena/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 17 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/16/2019 "it is a good framework" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? it is a open source Semantic Web framework that is more reliable anyone can contribute and modify because it is open source Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? it take some time to setup and need more community support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? it use to design a website of the good java framework Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/22/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sidharth P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sidharth P.") SP Sidharth P. Software Developer Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/21/2019 "Capabilities and performance of Apache Jena " 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? Apache Jena is an open source semantic web framework for Java. It provides an API to extract data from and write to RDF graphs. This is the attractive part of Apache Jena.The graphs represented as an abstract model. A model can be sourced with data from files, Databases, URLs or combination of these. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? Apache Jena is mainly for extract data and pushes this data to graphs or models. So we need to familiar with these technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Jena: The basic recommendation to those who wish to use Apache Jena is that we need to have a well understanding about how to use the APIs provided by Apache Jena Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? Apache Jena helps to extract data from RDF graphs and represent as model .The model can be sourced with data from various sources like DB, File or URLs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in E-Learning](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in E-Learning") UE Verified User in E-Learning Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/16/2019 "Apache Jena Review" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? Using Apache Jena has helped quell my fears about DB engines: - what do when there are more data than it can fit in memory? - do you need to allow others to make queries against your data over a network? Jena takes care of these two items with you worrying about data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? There is a lot of semantics around Jena. Apache Jena is a powerful RDF toolkit that offers many features to manipulate and query linked data. It's a powerful and versatile RDF library. However, it's not a standalone application like Marmotta. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? Working on RDF data using Apache Jena. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MU maciel u. Pharmacy Technician Pharmaceuticals Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/16/2019 "Apache" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? I like the fact its an open source semantic web framework for java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? Sometimes its hard to understand the graphs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? I can use it as a model that can be sourced with data from files. Databases. Urls or a combination of the three Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospitality](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospitality") UH Verified User in Hospitality Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/16/2019 "Review" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? It was a good thing to use when I was in a pinch for time. It was cheap and good for the use for what I need it to use it for Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? It was hard to use and i got lost some of the time while using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? We had some gaps in our process but Apache was able to catch what was wrong and I was able to fix it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite BE Brittany E. SEM Specialist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/16/2019 "Good user experience" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? This product is simple to use and versatile for my needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? Support staff could be increased in knowledge and speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? Ease of solving my java problems at work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite EM Emily M. Emily Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/16/2019 "Enhanced my day to day productivity" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? Easy to keep organized! Enhances my productivity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? It takes forever to load sometimes! It is frustrating when I have to wait for so long Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? Organization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/16/2019 "Great Product" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? It's a great working software that's easy to manage and maintain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? There is a learning curve to use this product so the initial setup can be complex Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? We used this to build an internal Java application as a test application for potentially using it on a production app. We just used it to call some API endpoints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AS aman s. Software Engineer Information Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/11/2018 "best java framework to build semantic web!!" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Jena? so basically semantic web was a dream of Tim Berners-Lee (The creator of world wide web ,and we can develop this kind of big semantic web application using java so easily using it, the best thing is we can easily define any kind of complex semantic network in it.It also has fuseki and TDB which provides very good transaction persistent layer!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Jena? while using the logging functionality we need configure so many things so there is alwaysa new configuration overhead when you try to provide additional functionalities!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Jena: it's a best framework to build complex semantic web application and for the learning purpose it also provides datasets!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Jena solving and how is that benefiting you? we develop vertical applications using apache jena for the The Health Care domain!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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