How to get Pro
PostGraphile Pro is available as a perk for Graphile sponsors. Businesses which use PostGraphile should explore sponsorship as the first option to obtain Pro, as sponsorship also helps to fund development and maintenance of the Graphile suite, as well as enabling us to advance the software they rely on.
For businesses which are not capable of engaging in the sponsorship model, there is an option to purchase the license by itself. However, this does not come with any other benefit such as priority support or discounted consultancy rates.
Feature comparison
There are several tiers of sponsorship available; The "Production Sponsor" tier (Sponsor+) is suitable for many small and medium businesses while the "Private Advisor Tier" (Enterprise) gives access to a complimentary Development Support contract and discounted consultancy packages, perfect for enterprises and those who need bespoke advice and support on their project.
Below, we have listed the differences between PostGraphile V4 Core, purchasing the license by itself, and sponsoring Graphile. There are several tiers of sponsorship available; The "Production Sponsor" tier is suitable for many small and medium businesses with some perks such as free access to the database tool pgRITA and discounted consultancy calls. The "Private Advisor Tier" gives access to a complimentary Development Support contract and discounted consultancy packages, perfect for enterprises and those who need bespoke advice and support on their project.
| Core | p License Only | s Production Sponsor | s Private Advisor Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSS projects, not-for-profits Also, hobbyists, pre-revenue start-ups, and any other use where the Pro features are either not needed or can be re-implemented by your team | Small businesses | Small and medium businesses | Enterprise | |
| Instant GraphQL API Queries and mutations and automatic CRUD mutations | ||||
| Excellent performance | ||||
Authentication
via JWT or custom pgSettings
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| AuthorizationRLS and RBAC | ||||
| Relay-compatible connections | ||||
| Simple list-based relations | ||||
| Filtering & Ordering | ||||
| Computed columns | ||||
| Custom queries | ||||
| Custom mutations | ||||
| Smart Comments | ||||
| Plugins | ||||
| Real-time GraphQL GraphQL Subscriptions and Live Queries | ||||
| Integrated‡ GraphQL query cost limit | ||||
| Integrated‡ limits on pagination | ||||
| Integrated‡ GraphQL query depth limits | ||||
| Facility to scale via read replicas | ||||
| Free access to pgRITA | ||||
| Logo featured on website | ||||
| Logo featured in project | ||||
| Sponsor's discount | Discounted video calls | Discounted consultancy packages | ||
| Support | via community Discord Community support | via community Discord Community support | Priority support via community Discord Priority community support | Within your own company |
| License | MIT | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Pricing |
Crowd-funded Please give back |
excluding VAT |
From $100/mo USD
GitHub Sponsors or annual invoicing |
From $1,500/mo USD
GitHub Sponsors or bespoke invoicing |
| Buy | Sponsor | Get in contact |
‡ These features integrate deeply with PostGraphile and have been optimized for its nuances by the maintainer. If you wish to build and maintain protections yourself rather than using the Pro plugin, refer to Production Considerations for information on how you might go about doing this. Purchasing the Pro plugin helps fund ongoing development and maintenance on the open source PostGraphile project.
PostGraphile V4 Core and PostGraphile V5 are OSS under the MIT license
PostGraphile V4 Core is sufficient for many peoples needs; it's the only version that existed for the first 2 years of the project and many people are running it with great success in production. No features in PostGraphile V4 Core have been removed or obscured, and it continues to be maintained. PostGraphile V5 is also open source under the MIT License and continues to be advanced and enhanced.
Development and maintenance of PostGraphile V5 is ongoing, supported by contributions from the community, professional services contracts and GitHub Sponsors.
PostGraphile Pro is a commercial plugin for those who wish to scale with PostGraphile V4
The Pro plugin enhances PostGraphile with additional features and is loaded through the standard server plugin interface.
The Pro plugin contains features that are particularly useful to businesses wishing to scale their solution out using database read-replicas or protect the generated GraphQL API from expensive queries which may be issued by untrusted third parties. (Typically if the intended clients to your GraphQL API are first-party only then you would use a GraphQL query allowlist (e.g. persisted queries) for this purpose; although the Pro features can still be helpful to dissuade your developers from building expensive queries!)
Does the license cover my production cluster?
The Pro plugin EULA states you may:
use up to four Production Instances and up to 100 Development Instances of the Software
This is enough to cover a small cluster of 4 PostGraphile servers. If you will be running a larger cluster than this, please get in touch for custom licensing.
How many licenses do I need to cover my multiple development/testing stages?
The Pro plugin EULA states you may:
use up to four Production Instances and up to 100 Development Instances of the Software
"Development Instance" is defined as "an Instance that is used to support development, testing or deployment of a Production Instance", which covers standard development, staging, QA and similar environments.
If you have larger needs than this, please get in touch for custom licensing.
Where are the @graphile/pro docs/changelog?
You can read the @graphile/pro README on npm. There's also a lot more information in the Production Considerations page on this website.
Is the fulfillment of the license key automated?
Yes, license keys are issued automatically by our store software upon completion of the payment process. Sponsors can use their GitHub Sponsors account to log in to the store.
Do license keys "phone home"?
No, license keys are static and contain all the necessary claims, not dissimilar to JWTs. Our software does not "phone home."
You are not permitted to use the software once the EULA terminates (e.g. if you stop paying). We trust you, and want to minimise your maintenance burden, so the automated keys expire after one year rather than one month. You will be able to issue new keys via the store when your key is near to expiry. Please do not abuse our trust.
Does the Pro License come with direct support?
No. We run community support through our Discord Server where anyone can ask and answer questions about PostGraphile and the Graphile suite of tools. Sponsors receive priority support from our maintainers within our Discord Server. Sponsors on the "Private Advisor" tier or above can enter a complimentary Development Support contract and receive support through their company Slack/GitHub organization. Prices start at $1,500 a month, with no minimum term. More information can be found at the Development Support page or you can get in contract.
I'm an enterprise user and need X, Y and Z
Please get in touch and we'll be happy to help!