# GraphQL Yoga vs WunderGraph

**Leader by Vioscale score:** WunderGraph

| Attribute | GraphQL Yoga | WunderGraph |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.4 (76% (high)) | 71.1 (68% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 6 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 873 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 8,527 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,794,908 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A fully-featured, open-source GraphQL server offering extensive built-in capabilities like federation support, caching, rate limiting, and error masking. Designed to be self-hostable and extensible through plugins for production deployments. | An enterprise-grade solution for building and managing federated supergraphs with schema composition, governance enforcement, breaking-change detection, security controls, and real-time analytics. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"server","caching":true,"language":"JavaScript/TypeScript","federation":true,"self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"type_generation":true}` | `{"role":"gateway","language":"GraphQL","federation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"schema_approach":"schema_first"}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 15 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apollo Federation"},{"name":"Auth0"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"StatsD"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"GraphQL Modules"},{"name":"Hive"},{"name":"GraphQL Armor"},{"name":"GraphQL Codegen"}]` | `[{"name":"Apollo Federation"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"OpenID Connect"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"NATS"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Auth0"},{"name":"Azure AD"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://the-guild.dev/graphql/yoga-server","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:35:45.267Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free forever","features":["Self-Hosted Router (1)","Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support","JWT / JWKS Auth","Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)","Prometheus Metrics","OpenTelemetry (OTEL) Tracing","Advanced Request Tracing (ART)","Event-Driven Federated Subscriptions (EDFS)","Ludicrous Mode: Singleflight","Cost Control","Community Support","SOC2 & HIPAA compliance"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individual developers and small projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"plugins":"3","feature_flags":"1","max_subgraphs":"10","federated_graphs":"1","requests_per_month":"10M","data_retention_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$499/month","features":["Self-Hosted Router (2)","Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support","JWT / JWKS Auth","Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)","Prometheus Metrics","OpenTelemetry (OTEL) Tracing","Advanced Request Tracing (ART)","Event-Driven Federated Subscriptions (EDFS)","Ludicrous Mode: Singleflight","Cost Control","Community Support","Email Support","SOC2 & HIPAA compliance"],"minSeats":10,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Get started with your team","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"plugins":"10","feature_flags":"1","max_subgraphs":"20","federated_graphs":"2","requests_per_month":"250M","data_retention_days":"14"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"$3,499/month. Most popular.","features":["Self-Hosted Router (5)","Apollo Federation v1 & v2 support","JWT / JWKS Auth","Federated Subscriptions (SSE, WebSockets)","Prometheus Metrics","OpenTelemetry (OTEL) Tracing","Advanced Request Tracing (ART)","Event-Driven Federated Subscriptions (EDFS)","Ludicrous Mode: Singleflight","Cost Control","SSO (Single Sign-On)","RBAC (Role-based Access Control)","Standard SLA","Slack Connect","Community Support","Email Support","SOC2 & HIPAA compliance"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams with growing needs","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"federated_graphs":"5","requests_per_month":"1B","data_retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Talk to Sales","features":["Custom Self-Hosted Router","Custom number of Federated Graphs","Up to 99.99% uptime SLA","Incident response SLA","Customizable MSA","Dedicated Cloud Environment available","Dedicated Solution Architect & Priority Support"],"description":"Custom solutions tailored to your needs","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"uptime_sla_pct":"99.99"}}],"summary":"From $499/month for teams. Free tier available for individual developers.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://wundergraph.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T21:34:07.964Z","startingPrice":{"amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 12 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1787131280487","date":"2026-08-19T09:21:21Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1787131280487"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1786610592790","date":"2026-08-13T08:43:13Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1786610592790"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1782317638369","date":"2026-06-24T16:13:58Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1782317638369"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1780928162381","date":"2026-06-08T14:16:03Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1780928162381"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1780409490082","date":"2026-06-02T14:11:30Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1780409490082"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1775326067022","date":"2026-04-04T18:07:47Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1775326067022"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1775240024215","date":"2026-04-03T18:13:44Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1775240024215"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1775041471308","date":"2026-04-01T11:04:31Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1775041471308"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1772810117439","date":"2026-03-06T15:15:17Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1772810117439"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1766069402447","date":"2025-12-18T14:50:03Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1766069402447"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1764634391007","date":"2025-12-02T00:13:11Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1764634391007"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1764327921060","date":"2025-11-28T11:05:21Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1764327921060"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1763760785378","date":"2025-11-21T21:33:05Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1763760785378"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1762481391160","date":"2025-11-07T02:09:51Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1762481391160"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1762271495785","date":"2025-11-04T15:51:36Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1762271495785"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1758299586083","date":"2025-09-19T16:33:06Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1758299586083"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1757189660256","date":"2025-09-06T20:14:20Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1757189660256"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1752261537145","date":"2025-07-11T19:18:57Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1752261537145"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1752243977734","date":"2025-07-11T14:26:18Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1752243977734"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphql-hive/graphql-yoga/releases/tag/release-1751382273464","date":"2025-07-01T15:04:33Z","type":"stable","version":"release-1751382273464"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40graphql-yoga%2Ftyped-event-target&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (GraphQL Tools)

| Capability | GraphQL Yoga | WunderGraph |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Role | Server | Gateway / federation |
| Primary language | JavaScript/TypeScript | GraphQL |
| **Modelling** |  |  |
| Schema approach | - | 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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:16:18.140Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*