vioscaleAI
Comparison

Relay vs Stellate

On the evidence we track, Relay leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Relay full profile →Stellate full profile →
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★Relay70
Stellate61
Score
vioscaleAI score
Relay70 / 100medium · 58%
Stellate61 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Relay✓
Stellate✓
Model
Relaycommercial
Stellatefreemium
Price level
Relayfree
Stellatelow
Transparent
Relay–
Stellate✓
Integrations
Count
Relay–
Stellate18
Security
Disclosure policy
Relay–
Stellate✓
Gdpr
Relay–
Stellate✓
Scorecard
Relay5.8
Stellate–
Soc2
Relay–
Stellate✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Relay–
Stellate✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Relay76,213
Stellate–
Github stars
Relay18,962
Stellate–
Package downloads weekly
Relay4,659,338
Stellate–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Relay100
Stellate–
Release
Cadence days
Relay47
Stellate–
History
Relay20 items
Stellate–
License
Spdx
RelayMIT
Stellate–
Language
Primary
RelayRust
Stellate–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Relay5 items
Stellate6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Relay

Leader

A GraphQL client for React that automates data fetching and manages normalized client-side state across components. It provides type-safe queries, mutations with optimistic updates, streaming support, and maintains data consistency across the application.

Independently observed

Stellate

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.

Relay

Leader
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
Relay✓
Stellate✓
iOS
Relay✓
Stellate✗
CLI
Relay✓
Stellate✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Relay✗
Stellate✓
Self-hosted
Relay✓
Stellate✗

Integrations

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

Relay

Leader

Not documented yet.

Stellate

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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