vioscaleAI
Comparison

Stellate vs urql

No clear leader: Stellate (60.6) and urql (59.9) 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.

Stellate full profile →urql full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Stellate61
urql60
Score
vioscaleAI score
Stellate61 / 100medium · 69%
urql60 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tier
Stellate✓
urql✓
Model
Price level
Stellatelow
urqlfree
Transparent
Stellate✓
urql–
Integrations
Count
Stellate18
urql–
Security
Disclosure policy
Stellate✓
urql–
Gdpr
Stellate✓
urql–
Soc2
Stellate✓
urql–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Stellate✓
urql–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Stellate–
urql57,619
Github stars
Stellate–
urql8,980
Package downloads weekly
Stellate–
urql1,178,429
Activity
Commits last 30d
Stellate–
urql3
Release
Cadence days
Stellate–
urql1
History
Stellate–
urql20 items
License
Spdx
Stellate–
urqlMIT
Language
Primary
Stellate–
urqlTypeScript
Market
Availability
StellateAvailable worldwide
urql–
Content
Faq
Stellate6 items
urql4 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

urql

A framework-agnostic GraphQL client library that works with React, Preact, Vue, Solid, and Svelte, featuring flexible caching and a highly customizable API.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

urql

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source (MIT license)

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Stellate✓
urql✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Stellate✓
urql–

Integrations

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

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

urql

Not documented yet.

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Stellate or urql: which one depends on you

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Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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