#4 in API DevelopmentUpdated 2026-08

WunderGraph

by WunderGraph · GraphQL Federation platform with an open-source, self-hosted router

70 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

WunderGraph Cosmo is a platform for building and running GraphQL Federation supergraphs. A self-hosted, open-source router does query planning, entity resolution and federated subscriptions over Kafka, NATS or Redis, and exposes approved operations as MCP tools. The platform adds composition checks, breaking-change detection, OTEL tracing and analytics.

Best for: Platform teams running GraphQL Federation across many subgraphs who want a self-hosted router
Pricing: Free Developer tier, then $499/month for Launch and $3,499/month for Scale, with custom pricing for Enterprise.
Runs on: WebSelf-hostedCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Free tier: 1 federated graph, 10M requests/month, self-hosted router
Open-source router, Apache 2.0; self-host or managed cloud
Router handles subscriptions via Kafka, NATS or Redis
SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance listed on every plan

Trade-offs

SSO and RBAC only from the $3,499/month Scale plan
Jump from $499 to $3,499/month with no tier in between
Team size capped at 1 on Developer, 10 on Launch, 25 on Scale
Cache warming, SCIM and 24/7 incident response are Enterprise-only

Pricing

Published plans from WunderGraph’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

WunderGraph pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Developer	Free	Self-hosted router, 1 federated graph, 10 subgraphs Up to 10M requests per month, 7 days data retention Max team size 1, Discord community support
Launch	$499flat rate	2 federated graphs, 20 subgraphs, max team size 10 Up to 250M requests per month, 14 days data retention Email support in addition to community support
Scale	$3499flat rate	5 federated graphs, 100 subgraphs, max team size 25 Up to 1B requests per month, 30 days data retention SSO, RBAC, rate limiting, persisted operations 99% managed service uptime SLA, Slack Connect
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom graph, subgraph, request and retention limits Up to 99.99% uptime SLA and 24/7 incident response SCIM, customisable MSA, custom hosting regions Dedicated cloud environment and solution architect

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 40 out of 100
Documentation: 80 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 85 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 50 out of 100
Operational trust: 60 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 85 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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