Comparison

Absinthe vs Stellate

On the evidence we track, Stellate leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Absinthe full profile →Stellate full profile →

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Absinthe45

★Stellate61

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Absinthe	StellateLeader
vioscaleAI score	45 / 100low · 41%	61 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	18
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.2	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=hex&package_name=absinthe&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,257	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	4,399	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	5	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	56	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Elixir	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Absinthe45 / 100low · 41%

Stellate61 / 100medium · 69%

Pricing

Free tier

Absinthe✓

Stellate✓

Model

Absintheopen_source

Stellatefreemium

Price level

Absinthefree

Stellatelow

Transparent

Absinthe✓

Stellate✓

Integrations

Count

Absinthe3

Stellate18

Security

Disclosure policy

Absinthe–

Stellate✓

Gdpr

Absinthe–

Stellate✓

Scorecard

Absinthe4.2

Stellate–

Soc2

Absinthe–

Stellate✓

Vulnerabilities

AbsintheCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=hex&package_name=absinthe&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: HIGH

Stellate–

Reliability

Status page

Absinthe–

Stellate✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Absinthe1,257

Stellate–

Github stars

Absinthe4,399

Stellate–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Absinthe5

Stellate–

Release

Cadence days

Absinthe56

Stellate–

History

Absinthe20 items

Stellate–

Language

Primary

AbsintheElixir

Stellate–

Market

Availability

Absinthe–

StellateAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Absinthe–

Stellate6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for graphql tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for GraphQL Tools
Capability	Absinthe	Stellate
Core
Role	Server	Gateway / federation
Primary language	Elixir	-
Modelling
Schema approach	DB introspection	-
Scale
Federation / subgraph composition	-	-
Realtime
Real-time subscriptions	✓	-
Performance
Response / edge caching	-	✓
DX
Typed code generation	-	-
Automation
Generates API from a database	-	-
Security
Built-in authz / permissions	-	-
Deployment
Official hosted offering	✗	✓
Self-hostable	✓	-

Core

Role

AbsintheServer

StellateGateway / federation

Primary language

AbsintheElixir

Stellate-

Modelling

Schema approach

AbsintheDB introspection

Stellate-

Scale

Federation / subgraph composition

Absinthe-

Stellate-

Realtime

Real-time subscriptions

Absinthe✓

Stellate-

Performance

Response / edge caching

Absinthe-

Stellate✓

Typed code generation

Absinthe-

Stellate-

Automation

Generates API from a database

Absinthe-

Stellate-

Security

Built-in authz / permissions

Absinthe-

Stellate-

Deployment

Official hosted offering

Absinthe✗

Stellate✓

Self-hostable

Absinthe✓

Stellate-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Absinthe

A GraphQL implementation toolkit for Elixir that emphasizes developer ergonomics, compile-time schema verification, and production performance. Designed with idiomatic Elixir patterns and supports common web frameworks.

Independently observed

Stellate

Leader

Stellate is a service for running GraphQL APIs securely at the edge with built-in caching to avoid redundant query processing, observability to monitor every request, and security protections against attacks.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Absinthe

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-09-11verify ↗

Stellate

Leader

from $5/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free: 100k requests/month. Paid: $10/1M metrics + $5/1M cacheable + $5/1M rate-limited. Business minimum: $249/mo

FreeFree
- 100k requests per month
- Pass-through gateway for excess requests
Business$10/1M metrics, $5/1M cacheable requests, $5/1M rate-limited requests (min $249/mo)
- Metrics
- Edge Caching
- Rate Limiting
- Threat Monitoring
- Persisted Queries
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Absinthe	Stellate
WebPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Absinthe–

Stellate✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Absinthe✗

Stellate✓

Self-hosted

Absinthe✓

Stellate✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Absinthe

3 total

Phoenix
Plug
Apollo Client

Independently observed

Stellate

Leader

20 total

Fastly
CloudFlare
AWS
Auth0
DataDog
Grafana
Stripe
Vercel
Salesforce
Aiven
Altinity
Google
Hex
Intercom
Mixpanel
Postmark
Retool
WorkOS
WPGraphQL
Strapi

Independently observed

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