# Grafbase vs Strawberry GraphQL

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Strawberry GraphQL

| Attribute | Grafbase | Strawberry GraphQL |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 56.2 (71% (medium)) | 65.2 (66% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 76 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 325 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 4,722 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 1,448,848 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A GraphQL federation gateway for composing multiple GraphQL services into a unified API. The platform has been sunsetted and is in maintenance-only mode. It is indexed under GraphQL Tools.","source":"https://grafbase.com/","question":"What is Grafbase?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Grafbase does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Open Source and Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://grafbase.com/pricing","question":"How much does Grafbase cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Grafbase supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://grafbase.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Grafbase support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Grafbase can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://grafbase.com/","question":"Can Grafbase be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Grafbase, including Snowflake, NATS, Kafka, Postgres, gRPC, REST and JWT. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://grafbase.com/pricing","question":"What does Grafbase integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Grafbase. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Grafbase not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://grafbase.com/blog/security-considerations-in-graphql-federation","question":"What security certifications does Grafbase have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under GraphQL Tools.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"What is Strawberry GraphQL?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Strawberry GraphQL is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"Is Strawberry GraphQL free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Strawberry GraphQL supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"What platforms does Strawberry GraphQL support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Strawberry GraphQL can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"Can Strawberry GraphQL be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Strawberry GraphQL, including Django, FastAPI, Flask, Aiohttp, Chalice, Channels, Litestar and Quart, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://strawberry.rocks","question":"What does Strawberry GraphQL integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Strawberry GraphQL is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry","question":"Is Strawberry GraphQL open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A GraphQL federation gateway that aggregates and unifies multiple GraphQL APIs into a single interface, with built-in governance and analytics capabilities. | A GraphQL server library for Python that uses type annotations to define schemas, with support for async/await, federation, and integrations with web frameworks like FastAPI and Django. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"gateway","caching":true,"language":"GraphQL","federation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"schema_approach":"schema_first","db_introspection":true}` | `{"role":"server","language":"Python","federation":true,"managed_cloud":false,"self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"schema_approach":"code_first","type_generation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"NATS"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"REST"},{"name":"JWT"}]` | `[{"name":"Django"},{"name":"FastAPI"},{"name":"Flask"},{"name":"Aiohttp"},{"name":"Chalice"},{"name":"Channels"},{"name":"Litestar"},{"name":"Quart"},{"name":"Sanic"},{"name":"Starlette"},{"name":"SQLAlchemy","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Next.js","native":true,"category":"frontend","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Pydantic","native":true,"category":"validation","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","features":["High performance Rust gateway","Open-source license","No feature gating","Community support"],"description":"High performance Rust gateway with no feature gating","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Unified schema composition","Schema proposal & approval workflows","Entity-level caching","Persisted queries","Intelligent query execution","Rate limiting","Trusted documents","SAML SSO","Fine-grained access control","Cloud, hybrid, or on-prem hosting","Dedicated customer success team","Slack Connect channel","24/7/365 enterprise support","Up to 99.99% SLA"],"description":"Fully self-hostable with dedicated support and 99.99% SLA","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source tier. 60-day free trial. Enterprise pricing available via contact sales.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://grafbase.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T17:05:27.230Z","freeTrialDays":60,"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://strawberry.rocks","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:24:54.298Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.335.0","date":"2026-10-14T12:02:24Z","type":"stable","version":"0.335.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.334.4","date":"2026-10-13T14:23:26Z","type":"stable","version":"0.334.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.334.3","date":"2026-10-12T22:48:26Z","type":"stable","version":"0.334.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.334.2","date":"2026-10-12T09:21:41Z","type":"stable","version":"0.334.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.334.1","date":"2026-10-11T21:35:23Z","type":"stable","version":"0.334.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.334.0","date":"2026-10-11T20:54:33Z","type":"stable","version":"0.334.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.333.0","date":"2026-10-10T17:44:12Z","type":"stable","version":"0.333.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.332.1","date":"2026-10-09T22:03:26Z","type":"stable","version":"0.332.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.332.0","date":"2026-10-06T18:29:59Z","type":"stable","version":"0.332.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.331.6","date":"2026-10-05T23:11:58Z","type":"stable","version":"0.331.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.331.5","date":"2026-10-05T18:41:11Z","type":"stable","version":"0.331.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.331.4","date":"2026-10-05T18:21:57Z","type":"stable","version":"0.331.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.331.3","date":"2026-10-05T16:52:58Z","type":"stable","version":"0.331.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.331.2","date":"2026-10-05T14:43:22Z","type":"stable","version":"0.331.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.331.1","date":"2026-10-04T23:24:37Z","type":"stable","version":"0.331.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.331.0","date":"2026-10-04T22:54:50Z","type":"stable","version":"0.331.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.330.3","date":"2026-10-04T17:11:33Z","type":"stable","version":"0.330.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.330.2","date":"2026-10-03T23:22:01Z","type":"stable","version":"0.330.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.330.1","date":"2026-10-03T23:16:30Z","type":"stable","version":"0.330.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.330.0","date":"2026-10-03T15:57:02Z","type":"stable","version":"0.330.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 7 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":9,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=strawberry-graphql&per_page=100","last_12m":7,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (GraphQL Tools)

| Capability | Grafbase | Strawberry GraphQL |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Role | Gateway / federation | Server |
| Primary language | GraphQL | Python |
| **Modelling** |  |  |
| Schema approach | Schema-first | 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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:03:52.703Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*