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Hasura
GraphQL engine that instantly creates production-ready GraphQL API from databases
As of 30 August 2026, Hasura has a free plan and paid plans start at $5/month. Hasura is an open-source engine that instantly creates production-ready GraphQL APIs on top of PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other databases. Softwr lists it under APIs. Hasura is launched in 2017, available on Web.
Overview
What Hasura does
Hasura is an open-source engine that instantly creates production-ready GraphQL APIs on top of PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other databases. It provides real-time capabilities, access control, and event triggers.
What people use it for
- Automatic GraphQL API generation from existing databases
- Real-time data subscriptions for modern applications
- Backend infrastructure for web and mobile applications
- Event-triggered webhooks for database changes
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Hasura.
- Active model definition: model/command accessed more than 1,000 times monthly
- Private DDN requires Base or Advanced plan
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Pricing
What Hasura costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
DDN Free
Free
- Unlimited models
- 1 supergraph developer
- 15-minute observability retention
- Unlimited API requests
- Concurrent users
- Autoscaling
DDN Base
$5 /mo
- Per active model billing
- Unlimited developers
- 30-day observability retention
- Model/field usage metrics
- Private VPC options
DDN Advanced
$30 /mo
- Per active model billing
- Federated collaboration
- Multi-repo CI/CD
- Team-based access controls
Capabilities
Features
GraphQL API
Real-time subscriptions
Access control
PostgreSQL
Integration with PostgreSQL
MySQL
Integration with MySQL
Webhooks
Integration with Webhooks
REST APIs
Integration with REST APIs
Cloud support
Available on Cloud
Self-hosted support
Available on Self-hosted
Docker support
Available on Docker
Kubernetes support
Available on Kubernetes
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
How much does Hasura cost?
Hasura DDN Free is free. DDN Base starts at $5/active model/month, and DDN Advanced starts at $30/active model/month.
SourceWhat is an active model in Hasura pricing?
An active model is defined as any model or command accessed more than 1,000 times monthly.
SourceIs there a free version of Hasura?
Yes, Hasura DDN Free is always free and includes unlimited models, 1 supergraph developer, and 15-minute observability retention.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Hasura
- Company
- Hasura
- Based in
- San Francisco, California, USA
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