Comparison

Absinthe vs WunderGraph

On the evidence we track, WunderGraph leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Absinthe full profile →WunderGraph full profile →

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Absinthe45

★WunderGraph71

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Absinthe	WunderGraphLeader
Vioscale score	45 / 100low · 35%updating	71 / 100medium · 68%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	15
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.5	-
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
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,257	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	4,399	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	1	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	24	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Elixir	-

Score

Vioscale score

Absinthe45 / 100low · 35%updating

WunderGraph71 / 100medium · 68%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✓

Model

Absintheopen_source

WunderGraphfreemium

Price level

Absinthefree

WunderGraphlow

Transparent

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✗

Integrations

Count

Absinthe–

WunderGraph15

Security

Disclosure policy

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✓

Hipaa

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✓

Iso27001

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✓

Scorecard

Absinthe4.5

WunderGraph–

Soc2

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✓

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

WunderGraph–

Reliability

Sla pct

Absinthe–

WunderGraph99.99

Status page

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Absinthe1,257

WunderGraph–

Github stars

Absinthe4,399

WunderGraph–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Absinthe1

WunderGraph–

Release

Cadence days

Absinthe24

WunderGraph–

History

Absinthe20 items

WunderGraph–

Language

Primary

AbsintheElixir

WunderGraph–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for GraphQL Tools
Capability	Absinthe	WunderGraph
Core
Role	Server	Gateway / federation
Primary language	Elixir	GraphQL
Modelling
Schema approach	-	Schema-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

WunderGraphGateway / federation

Primary language

AbsintheElixir

WunderGraphGraphQL

Modelling

Schema approach

Absinthe-

WunderGraphSchema-first

Scale

Federation / subgraph composition

Absinthe-

WunderGraph✓

Realtime

Real-time subscriptions

Absinthe✓

WunderGraph✓

Performance

Response / edge caching

Absinthe-

WunderGraph-

Typed code generation

Absinthe-

WunderGraph-

Automation

Generates API from a database

Absinthe-

WunderGraph-

Security

Built-in authz / permissions

Absinthe-

WunderGraph✓

Deployment

Official hosted offering

Absinthe✗

WunderGraph✓

Self-hostable

Absinthe✓

WunderGraph✓

What each one is

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

Absinthe

Not documented yet.

WunderGraph

Leader

An enterprise-grade solution for building and managing federated supergraphs with schema composition, governance enforcement, breaking-change detection, security controls, and real-time analytics.

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 ↗

WunderGraph

Leader

from $499/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $499/month for teams. Free tier available for individual developers.

DeveloperFree
- Self-Hosted Router (1)
- Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support
- JWT / JWKS Auth
- Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)
- Prometheus Metrics
- +7 more
Team$499/month
- Self-Hosted Router (2)
- Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support
- JWT / JWKS Auth
- Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)
- Prometheus Metrics
- +8 more
Scale$3,499/month. Most popular.
- Self-Hosted Router (5)
- Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support
- JWT / JWKS Auth
- Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)
- Prometheus Metrics
- +12 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom Self-Hosted Router
- Custom number of Federated Graphs
- Up to 99.99% uptime SLA
- Incident response SLA
- Customizable MSA
- +2 more

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

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	WunderGraph
WebPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✓

CLI

Absinthe–

WunderGraph✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Absinthe✗

WunderGraph✓

Self-hosted

Absinthe✓

WunderGraph✓

Hybrid

Absinthe✗

WunderGraph✓

Integrations

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

Absinthe

Not documented yet.

WunderGraph

Leader

15 total

Apollo Federation
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
OpenID Connect
PostgreSQL
ClickHouse
S3
Kafka
NATS
Redis
gRPC
Okta
Auth0
Azure AD

Independently observed

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