# PostGraphile vs WunderGraph

**Leader by Vioscale score:** WunderGraph

| Attribute | PostGraphile | WunderGraph |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 56 (54% (medium)) | 71.1 (68% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 501 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 12,929 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 116,682 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source tool that generates GraphQL APIs directly from PostgreSQL databases, with emphasis on performance and customizability. The generated API can be extended and modified to meet specific application needs. | 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":"db_to_graphql","language":"JavaScript/TypeScript","self_hostable":true,"schema_approach":"introspection","type_generation":true,"db_introspection":true}` | `{"role":"gateway","language":"GraphQL","federation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hostable":true,"subscriptions":true,"auth_directives":true,"schema_approach":"schema_first"}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 15 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"PostgreSQL"}]` | `[{"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 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Core (Open Source)","description":"Self-hosted GraphQL API generation from PostgreSQL","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"On-Demand Consultancy","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":375,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"One hour of voice/screensharing with maintainer","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Development Support","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":999,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"One-to-one access to Graphile team throughout the year; priority support via chat","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Open source and free. Professional support from $999/month.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.graphile.org/postgraphile/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:37:12.955Z","startingPrice":{"amount":375,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` | `{"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.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/postgraphile%405.1.4","date":"2026-08-05T13:36:30Z","type":"stable","version":"postgraphile@5.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/grafast%401.1.2","date":"2026-08-05T13:36:32Z","type":"stable","version":"grafast@1.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/postgraphile%405.1.3","date":"2026-08-04T07:44:26Z","type":"stable","version":"postgraphile@5.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-build-pg%405.1.3","date":"2026-08-04T07:44:29Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-build-pg@5.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/grafast%401.1.1","date":"2026-08-04T07:44:32Z","type":"stable","version":"grafast@1.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/postgraphile%405.1.2","date":"2026-07-29T07:07:04Z","type":"stable","version":"postgraphile@5.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-build%405.1.1","date":"2026-07-29T07:07:01Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-build@5.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-build-pg%405.1.2","date":"2026-07-29T07:07:07Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-build-pg@5.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/postgraphile%405.1.1","date":"2026-07-22T10:38:15Z","type":"stable","version":"postgraphile@5.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-utils%405.0.3","date":"2026-07-22T10:38:12Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-utils@5.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-build-pg%405.1.1","date":"2026-07-22T10:38:09Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-build-pg@5.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/%40dataplan/pg%401.1.1","date":"2026-07-22T10:38:06Z","type":"stable","version":"@dataplan/pg@1.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/ruru%402.0.1","date":"2026-07-13T14:39:46Z","type":"stable","version":"ruru@2.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/postgraphile%405.1.0","date":"2026-07-13T14:39:40Z","type":"stable","version":"postgraphile@5.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/pgl%405.0.1","date":"2026-07-13T14:40:13Z","type":"stable","version":"pgl@5.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile%405.1.0","date":"2026-07-13T14:39:58Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile@5.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-utils%405.0.2","date":"2026-07-13T14:40:07Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-utils@5.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-config%401.1.0","date":"2026-07-13T14:39:37Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-config@1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-build%405.1.0","date":"2026-07-13T14:40:10Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-build@5.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/graphile/crystal/releases/tag/graphile-build-pg%405.1.0","date":"2026-07-13T14:39:55Z","type":"stable","version":"graphile-build-pg@5.1.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=pg-sql2&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (GraphQL Tools)

| Capability | PostGraphile | WunderGraph |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Role | DB-to-GraphQL | Gateway / federation |
| Primary language | JavaScript/TypeScript | GraphQL |
| **Modelling** |  |  |
| Schema approach | DB introspection | 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 2026-09-01T16:41:51.680Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*