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Fastgen vs WunderGraph
Fastgen provides a visual backend builder; Cosmo offers code-first federation with real-time streaming and governance.
Which to pick
Pick Fastgen if you want…
- Visual backend building
Pick WunderGraph if you want…
- Federated GraphQL governance and scaling
- Open-source code (wundergraph/wundergraph on GitHub)
Side by side
- What it is
- Fastgen:Webflow for the Backend
- WunderGraph:WunderGraph Cosmo is a platform for building, managing and scaling federated GraphQL APIs.
- Best for
- Fastgen:Visual backend building
- WunderGraph:Federated GraphQL governance and scaling
- Who it’s for
- Fastgen:—
- WunderGraph:Teams that need to compose, govern and host GraphQL federations at any scale.
- Pricing
- Fastgen:Subscription
- WunderGraph:Freemium
- Plans
- Fastgen:—
- WunderGraph:Launch $499 per month · Scale $3499 per month
- Open source
- Fastgen:—
- WunderGraph:Yes
- Works with
- Fastgen:—
- WunderGraph:gRPC, Kafka, NATS, Redis, Apollo Federation v1, Apollo Federation v2, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry
Fastgen features
Webflow for the Backend
WunderGraph features
- Connect any service. Expose gRPC, Kafka, NATS or Redis services through a unified GraphQL router without extra infrastructure.
- Real-time streams. Router handles subscriptions, aggregating events from Kafka, NATS or Redis and pushes updates to clients.
- MCP Gateway. One gateway turns approved operations into agent-ready tools with built-in authentication, eliminating separate MCP servers.
- Graph governance hub. Shared canvas for schema design, review, ownership, proposals and safe deployments with audit logs and RBAC.
- Cache warming. Pre-warm query planning cache to eliminate long planning delays for high-load scenarios.
Fastgen vs WunderGraph FAQ
Is Fastgen or WunderGraph free?+
Fastgen is listed on DevHunt as a paid subscription. WunderGraph has a free plan; paid plans start at $499/month (Launch).
Is Fastgen or WunderGraph open source?+
WunderGraph is open source (wundergraph/wundergraph on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Fastgen.
On DevHunt
WunderGraph
38 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Jan 3, 2023
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