Grafbase
Create a unified GraphQL interface across multiple APIs while implementing governance and control.
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What is Grafbase?
A GraphQL federation gateway that aggregates and unifies multiple GraphQL APIs into a single interface, with built-in governance and analytics capabilities.
Grafbase pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free open-source tier. 60-day free trial. Enterprise pricing available via contact sales.
Open Source
FreeHigh performance Rust gateway with no feature gating
- High performance Rust gateway
- Open-source license
- No feature gating
- Community support
Enterprise
Contact salesFully self-hostable with dedicated support and 99.99% SLA
- 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
What Grafbase does
The capabilities that matter for graphql tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Role
- Gateway / federation
- Primary language
- GraphQL
- Schema approach
- Schema-first
- Federation / subgraph composition
- ✓
- Real-time subscriptions
- ✓
- Response / edge caching
- ✓
- Typed code generation
- -
- Generates API from a database
- ✓
- Built-in authz / permissions
- ✓
- Official hosted offering
- ✓
- Self-hostable
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- Snowflake
- NATS
- Kafka
- Postgres
- gRPC
- REST
- JWT
Grafbase FAQ
Common questions about Grafbase, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Grafbase?
A GraphQL federation gateway for composing multiple GraphQL services into a unified API. The platform has been sunsetted and is in maintenance-only mode. It is indexed under GraphQL Tools.
Source: https://grafbase.com/
How much does Grafbase cost?
Grafbase does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Open Source and Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://grafbase.com/pricing
What platforms does Grafbase support?
Grafbase supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://grafbase.com/pricing
Can Grafbase be self-hosted?
Yes. Grafbase can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://grafbase.com/
What does Grafbase integrate with?
We have confirmed 7 integrations for Grafbase, including Snowflake, NATS, Kafka, Postgres, gRPC, REST and JWT. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://grafbase.com/pricing
What security certifications does Grafbase have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Grafbase. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Grafbase not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://grafbase.com/blog/security-considerations-in-graphql-federation
Grafbase alternatives
Other graphql tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- RelayA GraphQL client library that automatically manages data fetching, mutations, and real-time updates for client-side applications.medium · 59%
- WunderGraphAn open-source federation platform for building and managing GraphQL APIs at scalemedium · 69%
- Strawberry GraphQLA Python framework for building GraphQL server applicationsmedium · 65%
- Apollo GraphQLJavaScript server for building GraphQL APIsmedium · 59%
- StellateEdge-based GraphQL API platform with caching, rate limiting, and real-time analyticsmedium · 73%
- GraphQL MeshA GraphQL gateway framework that unifies multiple data sources and APIs into a single queryable GraphQL interface.medium · 57%
Compare Grafbase
Side by side against other graphql tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Grafbase, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 100 | 0.05 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 40 | 0.09 | 3.5 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.03 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.04 | 1.0 | ✓ |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Role: gateway · Caching: Yes · Language: GraphQL · Federation: Yes · Managed cloud: Yes · Self hostable: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60% |
Pricing
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-13 · 75% |
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