# Grafbase vs Strawberry GraphQL

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Strawberry GraphQL

| Attribute | Grafbase | Strawberry GraphQL |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 56.2 (73% (medium)) | 68.3 (62% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 28 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 325 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 4,706 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 1,579,350 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A GraphQL Federation platform providing enterprise-grade governance, control, and observability for unified API management. Supports cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployment with AI-native capabilities. | An open-source Python library for constructing GraphQL servers using Python's type hints and dataclasses to define schemas. It provides async support, federation capabilities, real-time subscriptions, and integrations with popular web frameworks. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"gateway","caching":true,"language":"GraphQL","federation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"schema_approach":"schema_first","db_introspection":true}` | `{"role":"server","language":"Python","federation":true,"managed_cloud":false,"self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"schema_approach":"code_first","type_generation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"NATS"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"REST"},{"name":"JWT"}]` | `[{"name":"Django"},{"name":"FastAPI"},{"name":"Flask"},{"name":"Aiohttp"},{"name":"Chalice"},{"name":"Channels"},{"name":"Litestar"},{"name":"Quart"},{"name":"Sanic"},{"name":"Starlette"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","features":["High performance Rust gateway","Open-source license","No feature gating","Community support"],"description":"High performance Rust gateway with no feature gating","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Unified schema composition","Schema proposal & approval workflows","Entity-level caching","Persisted queries","Intelligent query execution","Rate limiting","Trusted documents","SAML SSO","Fine-grained access control","Cloud, hybrid, or on-prem hosting","Dedicated customer success team","Slack Connect channel","24/7/365 enterprise support","Up to 99.99% SLA"],"description":"Fully self-hostable with dedicated support and 99.99% SLA","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source tier. 60-day free trial. Enterprise pricing available via contact sales.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://grafbase.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T17:05:27.230Z","freeTrialDays":60,"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://strawberry.rocks","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:31:32.715Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.324.0","date":"2026-08-10T15:05:53Z","type":"stable","version":"0.324.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.323.2","date":"2026-07-23T21:59:24Z","type":"stable","version":"0.323.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.323.1","date":"2026-07-22T20:39:02Z","type":"stable","version":"0.323.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.323.0","date":"2026-07-21T23:01:26Z","type":"stable","version":"0.323.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.322.2","date":"2026-07-20T20:47:08Z","type":"stable","version":"0.322.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.322.1","date":"2026-07-20T19:30:27Z","type":"stable","version":"0.322.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.322.0","date":"2026-07-18T10:36:20Z","type":"stable","version":"0.322.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.321.1","date":"2026-07-17T18:37:31Z","type":"stable","version":"0.321.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.321.0","date":"2026-07-13T20:56:10Z","type":"stable","version":"0.321.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.320.4","date":"2026-07-09T09:30:06Z","type":"stable","version":"0.320.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.320.3","date":"2026-07-07T18:40:58Z","type":"stable","version":"0.320.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.320.2","date":"2026-07-06T10:32:15Z","type":"stable","version":"0.320.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.320.1","date":"2026-07-02T10:58:21Z","type":"stable","version":"0.320.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.320.0","date":"2026-06-27T23:11:50Z","type":"stable","version":"0.320.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.319.0","date":"2026-06-21T14:57:45Z","type":"stable","version":"0.319.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.318.1","date":"2026-06-20T09:38:11Z","type":"stable","version":"0.318.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.318.0","date":"2026-06-19T20:39:34Z","type":"stable","version":"0.318.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.317.2","date":"2026-06-17T17:54:23Z","type":"stable","version":"0.317.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.317.1","date":"2026-06-17T09:28:43Z","type":"stable","version":"0.317.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.317.0","date":"2026-06-17T09:22:40Z","type":"stable","version":"0.317.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 7 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":7,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=strawberry-graphql&per_page=100","last_12m":5,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (GraphQL Tools)

| Capability | Grafbase | Strawberry GraphQL |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Role | Gateway / federation | Server |
| Primary language | GraphQL | Python |
| **Modelling** |  |  |
| Schema approach | Schema-first | Code-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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:48:51.762Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*