Comparison

GraphQL Yoga vs Nexus

On the evidence we track, GraphQL Yoga leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
GraphQL Yoga60
Nexus47
Score
Vioscale score
GraphQL Yoga60 / 100high · 76%
Nexus47 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus
Model
GraphQL Yogaopen_source
Price level
GraphQL Yogafree
Nexusfree
Transparent
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus
Integrations
Count
GraphQL Yoga9
Nexus2
Reliability
Status page
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus
Adoption
Dependent repos
GraphQL Yoga873
Nexus2,363
Github stars
GraphQL Yoga8,527
Nexus3,430
Package downloads weekly
GraphQL Yoga1,794,908
Nexus224,130
Activity
Commits last 30d
GraphQL Yoga6
Nexus0
Release
Cadence days
GraphQL Yoga12
Nexus27
History
GraphQL Yoga20 items
License
Spdx
GraphQL YogaMIT
NexusMIT
Language
Primary
GraphQL YogaTypeScript

Capabilities

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

Core
Role
GraphQL YogaServer
NexusSchema builder
Primary language
GraphQL YogaJavaScript/TypeScript
NexusTypeScript/JavaScript
Modelling
Schema approach
GraphQL Yoga-
NexusCode-first
Scale
Federation / subgraph composition
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus-
Realtime
Real-time subscriptions
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus-
Performance
Response / edge caching
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus-
DX
Typed code generation
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus
Automation
Generates API from a database
GraphQL Yoga-
Nexus-
Security
Built-in authz / permissions
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus-
Deployment
Official hosted offering
GraphQL Yoga-
Nexus
Self-hostable
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus

What each one is

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

GraphQL Yoga

Leader

A fully-featured, open-source GraphQL server offering extensive built-in capabilities like federation support, caching, rate limiting, and error masking. Designed to be self-hostable and extensible through plugins for production deployments.

Independently observed

Nexus

An open-source GraphQL schema library that enables developers to define GraphQL types programmatically in TypeScript/JavaScript with full type safety and IDE intellisense. It bridges the simplicity of schema-definition-language approaches with the flexibility and long-term maintainability of code-based construction.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

GraphQL Yoga

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Nexus

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus
Deployment
Self-hosted
GraphQL Yoga
Nexus

Integrations

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

GraphQL Yoga

Leader
9 total
  • Apollo Federation
  • Auth0
  • Sentry
  • StatsD
  • New Relic
  • GraphQL Modules
  • Hive
  • GraphQL Armor
  • GraphQL Codegen
Independently observed

Nexus

2 total
  • Prisma
  • Next.js
Independently observed

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