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Comparison

GraphQL Yoga vs Stellate

No clear leader: Stellate (60.6) and GraphQL Yoga (60.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

GraphQL Yoga full profile →Stellate full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
GraphQL Yoga60
Stellate61
Score
Vioscale score
GraphQL Yoga60 / 100high · 76%
Stellate61 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
GraphQL Yoga✓
Stellate✓
Model
GraphQL Yogaopen_source
Stellatefreemium
Price level
GraphQL Yogafree
Stellatelow
Transparent
GraphQL Yoga✓
Stellate✓
Integrations
Count
GraphQL Yoga9
Stellate18
Security
Disclosure policy
GraphQL Yoga✓
Stellate✓
Gdpr
GraphQL Yoga–
Stellate✓
Soc2
GraphQL Yoga✓
Stellate✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
GraphQL Yoga✓
Stellate✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
GraphQL Yoga873
Stellate–
Github stars
GraphQL Yoga8,527
Stellate–
Package downloads weekly
GraphQL Yoga1,794,908
Stellate–
Activity
Commits last 30d
GraphQL Yoga6
Stellate–
Release
Cadence days
GraphQL Yoga12
Stellate–
History
GraphQL Yoga20 items
Stellate–
License
Spdx
GraphQL YogaMIT
Stellate–
Language
Primary
GraphQL YogaTypeScript
Stellate–
Market
Availability
GraphQL Yoga–
StellateAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

GraphQL Yoga

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

Stellate

Stellate is a GraphQL CDN that sits at the edge to cache queries, limit request rates, and provide detailed metrics. It helps developers reduce API latency, minimize origin server load, and protect against malicious queries at scale.

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

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Stellate

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
GraphQL Yoga✓
Stellate✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
GraphQL Yoga✗
Stellate✓
Self-hosted
GraphQL Yoga✓
Stellate✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Auth0

GraphQL Yoga

9 total - 8 not shared
  • Apollo Federation
  • Sentry
  • StatsD
  • New Relic
  • GraphQL Modules
  • Hive
  • GraphQL Armor
  • GraphQL Codegen
Independently observed

Stellate

18 total - 17 not shared
  • Fastly
  • CloudFlare
  • AWS
  • DataDog
  • Grafana
  • Stripe
  • Vercel
  • Salesforce
  • Aiven
  • Altinity
  • Google
  • Hex
  • Intercom
  • Mixpanel
  • Postmark
  • Retool
  • WorkOS
Independently observed

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