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WunderGraph vs WunderGraph Cosmo
WunderGraph is the core platform; Cosmo is the dedicated federation layer with open-source router and studio.
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- What it is
- WunderGraph:WunderGraph Cosmo is a platform for building, managing and scaling federated GraphQL APIs.
- WunderGraph Cosmo:WunderGraph Cosmo is an open-source GraphQL federation platform for building, managing and scaling federated APIs.
- Best for
- WunderGraph:Federated GraphQL governance and scaling
- WunderGraph Cosmo:Open-source GraphQL federation platform
- Who it’s for
- WunderGraph:Teams that need to compose, govern and host GraphQL federations at any scale.
- WunderGraph Cosmo:Platform and engineering teams needing self-hosted or managed GraphQL federation.
- Pricing
- WunderGraph:Freemium
- WunderGraph Cosmo:Freemium
- Plans
- WunderGraph:Launch $499 per month · Scale $3499 per month
- WunderGraph Cosmo:Launch $499 per month · Scale $3499 per month
- Open source
- WunderGraph:—
- WunderGraph Cosmo:Yes, 1,269 GitHub stars
- Works with
- WunderGraph:gRPC, Kafka, NATS, Redis, Apollo Federation v1, Apollo Federation v2, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry
- WunderGraph Cosmo:Go, Kafka, NATS, Redis, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Datadog
- DevHunt upvotes
- WunderGraph:38
- WunderGraph Cosmo:5
- Launched on DevHunt
- WunderGraph:Jan 2023
- WunderGraph Cosmo:Jan 2023
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.
WunderGraph Cosmo features
- Self-hosted Router. Run the Cosmo router on any infrastructure with full control.
- Event-Driven Federated Subscriptions. Combine GraphQL federation with Kafka, NATS or Redis for scalable subscriptions.
- OpenTelemetry & Prometheus Support. Integrates with existing observability stacks for metrics and tracing.
- Custom Router Modules. Extend the router with Go modules or gRPC plugins.
- Schema Registry & Studio. Manage schemas, query plans and analytics via a unified UI.
- Enterprise-grade Security. SOC 2 compliance, OIDC, SCIM and role-based access control on Cosmo Cloud.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.