vioscaleAI
Comparison

Nexus vs Stellate

On the evidence we track, Stellate leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Nexus full profile →Stellate full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Nexus49
★Stellate61
Score
vioscaleAI score
Nexus49 / 100medium · 66%
Stellate61 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Nexus✓
Stellate✓
Model
Nexusopen_source
Stellatefreemium
Price level
Nexusfree
Stellatelow
Transparent
Nexus–
Stellate✓
Integrations
Count
Nexus4
Stellate18
Security
Disclosure policy
Nexus–
Stellate✓
Gdpr
Nexus–
Stellate✓
Scorecard
Nexus3.5
Stellate–
Soc2
Nexus–
Stellate✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Nexus–
Stellate✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Nexus2,363
Stellate–
Github stars
Nexus3,430
Stellate–
Package downloads weekly
Nexus239,628
Stellate–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Nexus0
Stellate–
Release
Cadence days
Nexus27
Stellate–
History
Nexus18 items
Stellate–
License
Spdx
NexusMIT
Stellate–
Language
Primary
NexusTypeScript
Stellate–
Market
Availability
Nexus–
StellateAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Nexus3 items
Stellate6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Nexus

An open-source library enabling declarative GraphQL schema construction with automatic TypeScript type generation and GraphQL SDL schema output. It provides a strongly-typed, code-first API for building GraphQL servers without separate schema definition files.

Independently observed

Stellate

Leader

Stellate is a service for running GraphQL APIs securely at the edge with built-in caching to avoid redundant query processing, observability to monitor every request, and security protections against attacks.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Nexus

Open source
as of verify ↗

Stellate

Leader
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
Nexus✓
Stellate✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Nexus✗
Stellate✓
Self-hosted
Nexus✓
Stellate✗

Integrations

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

Nexus

5 total
  • Prisma
  • Next.js
  • graphql-js
  • graphql-yoga
  • graphql-middleware
Independently observed

Stellate

Leader
20 total
  • Fastly
  • CloudFlare
  • AWS
  • Auth0
  • DataDog
  • Grafana
  • Stripe
  • Vercel
  • Salesforce
  • Aiven
  • Altinity
  • Google
  • Hex
  • Intercom
  • Mixpanel
  • Postmark
  • Retool
  • WorkOS
  • WPGraphQL
  • Strapi
Independently observed
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