Comparison

Pothos vs WunderGraph

On the evidence we track, WunderGraph leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Pothos full profile →WunderGraph full profile →

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Pothos61

★WunderGraph71

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Pothos	WunderGraphLeader
Vioscale score	61 / 100low · 46%updating	71 / 100medium · 68%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	15
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40pothos%2Fcore&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	316	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	2,611	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	487,927	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	26	-
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	ISC	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	-

Score

Vioscale score

Pothos61 / 100low · 46%updating

WunderGraph71 / 100medium · 68%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Pothos–

WunderGraph✓

Model

Pothoscommercial

WunderGraphfreemium

Price level

Pothosfree

WunderGraphlow

Transparent

Pothos–

WunderGraph✗

Integrations

Count

Pothos6

WunderGraph15

Security

Disclosure policy

Pothos–

WunderGraph✓

Hipaa

Pothos–

WunderGraph✓

Iso27001

Pothos–

WunderGraph✓

Soc2

Pothos–

WunderGraph✓

Vulnerabilities

PothosCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40pothos%2Fcore&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

WunderGraph–

Reliability

Sla pct

Pothos–

WunderGraph99.99

Status page

Pothos–

WunderGraph✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Pothos316

WunderGraph–

Github stars

Pothos2,611

WunderGraph–

Package downloads weekly

Pothos487,927

WunderGraph–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Pothos26

WunderGraph–

Release

History

Pothos20 items

WunderGraph–

License

Spdx

PothosISC

WunderGraph–

Language

Primary

PothosTypeScript

WunderGraph–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for GraphQL Tools
Capability	Pothos	WunderGraph
Core
Role	Schema builder	Gateway / federation
Primary language	-	GraphQL
Modelling
Schema approach	Code-first	Schema-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	✓	✓

Core

Role

PothosSchema builder

WunderGraphGateway / federation

Primary language

Pothos-

WunderGraphGraphQL

Modelling

Schema approach

PothosCode-first

WunderGraphSchema-first

Scale

Federation / subgraph composition

Pothos✓

WunderGraph✓

Realtime

Real-time subscriptions

Pothos✓

WunderGraph✓

Performance

Response / edge caching

Pothos-

WunderGraph-

Typed code generation

Pothos✓

WunderGraph-

Automation

Generates API from a database

Pothos✓

WunderGraph-

Security

Built-in authz / permissions

Pothos-

WunderGraph✓

Deployment

Official hosted offering

Pothos-

WunderGraph✓

Self-hostable

Pothos✓

WunderGraph✓

What each one is

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

Pothos

Pothos is a GraphQL schema builder for TypeScript that emphasizes type-safety and ease of use. It features a plugin ecosystem for extending functionality while maintaining zero-overhead at runtime.

Independently observed

WunderGraph

Leader

An enterprise-grade solution for building and managing federated supergraphs with schema composition, governance enforcement, breaking-change detection, security controls, and real-time analytics.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Pothos

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

WunderGraph

Leader

from $499/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $499/month for teams. Free tier available for individual developers.

DeveloperFree
- Self-Hosted Router (1)
- Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support
- JWT / JWKS Auth
- Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)
- Prometheus Metrics
- +7 more
Team$499/month
- Self-Hosted Router (2)
- Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support
- JWT / JWKS Auth
- Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)
- Prometheus Metrics
- +8 more
Scale$3,499/month. Most popular.
- Self-Hosted Router (5)
- Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support
- JWT / JWKS Auth
- Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)
- Prometheus Metrics
- +12 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom Self-Hosted Router
- Custom number of Federated Graphs
- Up to 99.99% uptime SLA
- Incident response SLA
- Customizable MSA
- +2 more

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Pothos	WunderGraph
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Pothos✓

WunderGraph✓

CLI

Pothos✓

WunderGraph✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Pothos✗

WunderGraph✓

Self-hosted

Pothos✓

WunderGraph✓

Hybrid

Pothos✗

WunderGraph✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

OpenTelemetry

Pothos

6 total - 5 not shared

Prisma
NestJS
Next.js
Apollo
Mercurius

Independently observed

WunderGraph

Leader

15 total - 14 not shared

Apollo Federation
Kubernetes
Prometheus
OpenID Connect
PostgreSQL
ClickHouse
S3
Kafka
NATS
Redis
gRPC
Okta
Auth0
Azure AD

Independently observed

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