gqlgen vs GraphQL Hive
gqlgen
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GraphQL Hive
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| Figure | gqlgen | GraphQL Hive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $20/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · GraphQL Tools | 7.6 (#17) | 8.3 (#4) |
| Federation | The feature comparison lists federation support, and the configuration documentation shows Apollo Federation enabled by default in its example configuration. | Hive supports Apollo Federation v1 and v2, and the product page says it scores 100% in the Federation audit. |
| Integrations | The documentation includes recipes for Apollo Federation, authentication, CORS, Gin, and subscriptions. | The documentation lists integrations or reference implementations for Apollo Gateway, Apollo Router, Apollo Server, GraphQL Yoga, GraphQL Ruby, GQLGen, and OpenTelemetry. |
| Product | gqlgen is a Go library for building GraphQL servers. | Hive is an MIT-licensed GraphQL platform for managing, collaborating on, and serving GraphQL projects. |
| Security | The documentation provides an authentication recipe that passes authentication details through context. | Hive Gateway lists JWT authentication, role-based access control, persisted documents, rate limiting, and protections such as CORS and CSRF prevention. |
| Support | The project directs users who find bugs or unexpected behavior to raise an issue on GitHub. | Hobby and Pro include GitHub issues and chat support; Enterprise includes a dedicated Slack channel, onboarding, 24/7 support, and a tailored SLA. |
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GraphQL Hive
GraphQL Hive has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.