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For students or hobbyists learning the latest GraphQL tools.
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Pricing that makes sense
at any scale.- Only pay for the API volume and features you need
- Volume discounts as your workload grows
- No limits on your API workload
- Start for free with $50 in credit for new signups
What's included
GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
Supports any GraphQL API
Self-hosted GraphOS Router (limited to 60 requests per minute)
Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
Schema Proposals - Collaboration and approval workflows
Single sign-on (SSO)
Audit logging
Custom MSA
Developers
Up to 3
Data retention for checks and insights
1 day
Support
Community Support
Developer
For small teams operating a production GraphQL API.
Starting at $5 per million requests
Billed monthly. Automatic volume discounts as your usage scales.
$50 in usage credit when you sign up
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What's included
GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
Supports any GraphQL API
Self-hosted GraphOS Router
Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
Schema Proposals - Collaboration and approval workflows
Single sign-on (SSO)
Audit logging
Custom MSA
Developers
Up to 10
Data retention for checks and insights
7 days
Support
Developer Support (8×5, no SLA)
Standard
For scaling a GraphQL platform across multiple teams and services.
Custom pricing
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What's included
GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
Supports any GraphQL API
Self-hosted GraphOS Router
Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
Schema Proposals - Collaboration and approval workflows
Single sign-on (SSO)
Audit logging
Custom MSA
Developers
Up to 30
Data retention for checks and insights
90 days
Support
Standard Support (8×5, with SLA)
Enterprise
For companies with large-scale GraphQL initiatives.
Custom pricing
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What's included
GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
Supports any GraphQL API
Self-hosted GraphOS Router
Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
Schema Proposals - Collaboration and approval workflows
Single sign-on (SSO)
Audit logging
Custom MSA
Developers
Unlimited
Data retention for checks and insights
18 months
Support
Business Support (24×7×365, with SLA)
(Add-on) Premium Support Packages
(Add-on) Professional Services Packages
Feature breakdown
GraphOS API development platform
| Feature | Free | Developer | Standard | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total users (includes consumers) | Up to 3 | Up to 10 | Up to 30 | Unlimited |
| User roles and permissions | Admin and Consumer roles only | Admin and Consumer roles only | ||
| Studio SSO & SAML | - | - | ||
| Schema registry and Uplink Managed Federation for any GraphOS endpoint | ||||
| Schema checks | ||||
| Custom checks | - | |||
| Studio-based linting | - | |||
| Contracts | - | |||
| Subgraph API keys | - | - | ||
| Operation history for Checks and Insights | 1 day | 7 days | 90 days | 18 months |
| Field-level reference and execution data | 1 day | 7 days | 90 days | 90 days |
| Field-level latency data | 1 day | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days |
| Traces | 1 day | 7 days | 90 days | 90 days |
| Per-minute representative traces | 1 day | 7 days | 14 days | 14 days |
| Client names | ||||
| Client versions | - | |||
| Schema Proposals | - | - | ||
| Audit logs | - | - | - |
GraphOS API development platform
Total users (includes consumers)
Up to 3
Admin and Consumer roles only
Studio SSO & SAML
-
Schema registry and Uplink Managed Federation for any GraphOS endpoint
Schema checks
Custom checks
-
Studio-based linting
-
Contracts
-
Subgraph API keys
-
Operation history for Checks and Insights
1 day
Field-level reference and execution data
1 day
Field-level latency data
1 day
Traces
1 day
Per-minute representative traces
1 day
Client names
Client versions
-
Schema Proposals
-
Audit logs
-
GraphOS Router GraphQL runtime
| Feature | Free | Developer | Standard | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted GraphOS Router | Rate limited | |||
| Apollo Connectors | ||||
| Apollo MCP Server | ||||
| Apollo GraphOS Operator | - | |||
| Extensibility: Router Coprocessors | - | |||
| Federated subscriptions | Metered separately | Metered separately | Metered separately | |
| @defer, @oneOf | ||||
| Automatic persisted queries | ||||
| Traffic shaping (Dedupe & rate limiting) | ||||
| File uploads | ||||
| Events | ||||
| Router telemetry (Incl. instruments, OTEL traces, events) | ||||
| Router telemetry - Custom instruments | ||||
| Router telemetry - Custom events | ||||
| JWT authentication | ||||
| Request authorization | ||||
| Query batching | ||||
| Persisted query safelisting | ||||
| Demand control (Cost-based limits) | ||||
| Operation-based limits (Depth/breadth limits, etc.) | ||||
| Response caching | Metered separately | Metered separately | ||
| Distributed query plan & APQ caching | Metered separately | Metered separately |
GraphOS Router GraphQL runtime
Self-hosted GraphOS Router
Rate limited
Apollo Connectors
Apollo MCP Server
Apollo GraphOS Operator
-
Extensibility: Router Coprocessors
-
Federated subscriptions
@defer, @oneOf
Automatic persisted queries
File uploads
Router telemetry (Incl. instruments, OTEL traces, events)
JWT authentication
Request authorization
Query batching
Persisted query safelisting
Demand control (Cost-based limits)
Operation-based limits (Depth/breadth limits, etc.)
Response caching
Distributed query plan & APQ caching
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Standard GraphQL requests
All Query and Mutation GraphQL operations are counted as standard operations, whether they are processed through GraphOS Router, Apollo Server, Apollo Gateway, or another runtime.
Standard request pricingper million requests
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Subscription update events
These are subscription-based GraphQL operations, where the client application subscribes to a stream of update events. Metering is based on the number of update events sent to clients. Subscription update events are counted independently of standard operations.
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Volume-based tiered pricing
Standard requests
All standard GraphQL operations handled through the graph. The performance add-on applies when features like Response Caching, Distributed Query Plan, and APQ Caching are enabled.
| Monthly operations | Base rate (USD per million) | Performance add-on (USD per million) |
|---|---|---|
| First 250 million | $5.00 | + $2.00 |
| Next 750 million | $4.25 | + $1.50 |
| Next 4 billion | $3.50 | + $1.00 |
| Over 5 billion | $3.00 | + $0.50 |
Subscription update events
| Monthly operations | Subscription update events (USD per million) |
|---|---|
| First 250 million | $2.00 |
| Next 750 million | $1.50 |
| Next 4 billion | $1.00 |
| Over 5 billion | $0.50 |
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