Comparison

Absinthe vs Strawberry GraphQL

On the evidence we track, Strawberry GraphQL leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Absinthe45

★Strawberry GraphQL68

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Absinthe	Strawberry GraphQLLeader
Vioscale score	45 / 100low · 35%	68 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	10
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.5	7
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	Count: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=strawberry-graphql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 5 · Max severity: HIGH
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,257	325
Github starsadoption.github_stars	4,399	4,706
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	1,579,350
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	1	28
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	24	1
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Elixir	Python

Score

Vioscale score

Absinthe45 / 100low · 35%

Strawberry GraphQL68 / 100medium · 62%

Pricing

Free tier

Absinthe–

Strawberry GraphQL✓

Model

Absintheopen_source

Strawberry GraphQLcommercial

Price level

Absinthefree

Strawberry GraphQLfree

Transparent

Absinthe–

Strawberry GraphQL✓

Integrations

Count

Absinthe–

Strawberry GraphQL10

Security

Scorecard

Absinthe4.5

Strawberry GraphQL7

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

Strawberry GraphQLCount: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=strawberry-graphql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 5 · Max severity: HIGH

Adoption

Dependent repos

Absinthe1,257

Strawberry GraphQL325

Github stars

Absinthe4,399

Strawberry GraphQL4,706

Package downloads weekly

Absinthe–

Strawberry GraphQL1,579,350

Activity

Commits last 30d

Absinthe1

Strawberry GraphQL28

Release

Cadence days

Absinthe24

Strawberry GraphQL1

History

Absinthe20 items

Strawberry GraphQL20 items

License

Spdx

Absinthe–

Strawberry GraphQLMIT

Language

Primary

AbsintheElixir

Strawberry GraphQLPython

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for GraphQL Tools
Capability	Absinthe	Strawberry GraphQL
Core
Role	Server	Server
Primary language	Elixir	Python
Modelling
Schema approach	-	Code-first
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

Strawberry GraphQLServer

Primary language

AbsintheElixir

Strawberry GraphQLPython

Modelling

Schema approach

Absinthe-

Strawberry GraphQLCode-first

Scale

Federation / subgraph composition

Absinthe-

Strawberry GraphQL✓

Realtime

Real-time subscriptions

Absinthe✓

Strawberry GraphQL✓

Performance

Response / edge caching

Absinthe-

Strawberry GraphQL-

Typed code generation

Absinthe-

Strawberry GraphQL✓

Automation

Generates API from a database

Absinthe-

Strawberry GraphQL-

Security

Built-in authz / permissions

Absinthe-

Strawberry GraphQL✓

Deployment

Official hosted offering

Absinthe✗

Strawberry GraphQL✗

Self-hostable

Absinthe✓

Strawberry GraphQL✓

What each one is

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

Absinthe

Not documented yet.

Strawberry GraphQL

Leader

An open-source Python library for constructing GraphQL servers using Python's type hints and dataclasses to define schemas. It provides async support, federation capabilities, real-time subscriptions, and integrations with popular web frameworks.

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 source

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Strawberry GraphQL

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

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	Strawberry GraphQL
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

CLI

Absinthe–

Strawberry GraphQL✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Absinthe✓

Strawberry GraphQL✓

Integrations

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

Absinthe

Not documented yet.

Strawberry GraphQL

Leader

10 total

Django
FastAPI
Flask
Aiohttp
Chalice
Channels
Litestar
Quart
Sanic
Starlette

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.