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PocketBase vs PostGraphile

PocketBase

pocketbase.io

PostGraphile

postgraphile.org

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FigurePocketBasePostGraphile
Price fromFree$25/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published15
Spec score · API Generation Software7.8 (#10)7.9 (#7)
SupportPocketBase is a volunteer personal open source project with no paid team or promised maintenance or support; users can seek help in public Discussions, open an issue, or email support.Community support is available through Discord, sponsors receive maintainer priority support there, and Private Advisor sponsors can receive support through their company Slack or GitHub organization.

Plans

PocketBase

  • PocketBaseFree

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PostGraphile

  • PostGraphile V4 CoreFree
  • PostGraphile Pro License Only$25 a month
  • Production Sponsor$100 a month
  • Private Advisor Tier$899 a month
  • Development Support$999 a month

PostGraphile pricing →

In their own words

PocketBase

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PostGraphile

PostGraphile creates GraphQL APIs backed primarily by PostgreSQL, for applications such as SaaS backends and internal business tools. Its core features include GraphQL queries and mutations, automatic CRUD mutations, filtering, ordering, plugins, and authentication using JWT or custom pgSettings. It also supports row-level security and role-based access control. PostGraphile V4 Core and Version 5 are open source under the MIT license. Version 5 is built on Grafast, a planning and execution engine intended to improve performance and maintainability. The project can be self-hosted, and its homepage offers an `npx pgl` command to start with a PostgreSQL connection string. PostGraphile Pro adds query-cost, pagination, and query-depth limits, as well as a facility for scaling through database read replicas. The Pro plugin is for V4 Core; Version 5 remains open source and under development. V4 Core costs nothing. Pro License Only costs $25 a month, with up to four production instances and 100 development instances; larger clusters require custom licensing.

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