Comparison

Nexus vs Strawberry GraphQL

On the evidence we track, Strawberry GraphQL leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Nexus49
★Strawberry GraphQL65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Nexus49 / 100medium · 66%
Strawberry GraphQL65 / 100medium · 66%
Pricing
Free tier
Nexus✓
Strawberry GraphQL✓
Model
Strawberry GraphQLopen_source
Price level
Nexusfree
Strawberry GraphQLfree
Transparent
Nexus–
Strawberry GraphQL✓
Integrations
Count
Nexus4
Strawberry GraphQL6
Adoption
Dependent repos
Nexus2,363
Strawberry GraphQL325
Github stars
Nexus3,430
Strawberry GraphQL4,722
Package downloads weekly
Nexus239,628
Strawberry GraphQL1,448,848
Activity
Commits last 30d
Nexus0
Strawberry GraphQL76
Release
Cadence days
Nexus27
Strawberry GraphQL1
History
Strawberry GraphQL20 items
License
Spdx
NexusMIT
Strawberry GraphQLMIT
Language
Primary
Strawberry GraphQLPython
Content
Faq
Nexus3 items
Strawberry GraphQL6 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Strawberry GraphQL

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

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Nexus

Open source
as of verify ↗

Strawberry GraphQL

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Nexus✓
Strawberry GraphQL✓
CLI
Nexus✗
Strawberry GraphQL✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Nexus✓
Strawberry GraphQL✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Next.js

Nexus

5 total - 4 not shared
  • Prisma
  • graphql-js
  • graphql-yoga
  • graphql-middleware
Independently observed

Strawberry GraphQL

Leader
13 total - 12 not shared
  • Django
  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • Aiohttp
  • Chalice
  • Channels
  • Litestar
  • Quart
  • Sanic
  • Starlette
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Pydantic
Independently observed
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