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GraphQL Apollo pricing
GraphQL Apollo publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, GraphQL Apollo pricing is free, then $5/per million requests across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $5/per million requests
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
GraphQL Apollo plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Developer | $5/per million requests | 8 | +$5/per million requests, 8 more features |
| Standard | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
| Enterprise | On request | 5 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 3 developers, 1-day data retention, community support only, self-hosted graphos router limited to 60 requests per minute.
Developer
$5/per million requestsOver Free, this tier adds:
- $50 usage credit for new signups
- Up to 10 developers
- 7-day data retention
- Developer support (8x5)
- Federation support
- Schema proposals
- SSO
- Audit logging
Standard
On requestOver Developer, this tier adds:
- Up to 30 developers
- 90-day data retention
- Standard support with SLA (8x5)
- All Developer features
Enterprise
On requestOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Unlimited developers
- 18-month data retention
- Business support 24x7x365 with SLA
- Premium and Professional Services
- Custom MSA
Where GraphQL Apollo stops being free
Free, Free
- 3 developers
- 1-day data retention
- Community support only
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router limited to 60 requests per minute
Developer, $5/per million requests
The first thing you pay for:
- $50 usage credit for new signups
- Up to 10 developers
- 7-day data retention
- Developer support (8x5)
- Federation support
- Schema proposals
- SSO
- Audit logging
What the product covers
The full GraphQL Apollo feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Apollo Server
- Apollo Client
- GraphQL Federation
Integrations
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- Databases
Platform
- JavaScript support
- Node.js support
- Web support
- Mobile support
People bring GraphQL Apollo in for graphql api management, schema federation, api analytics and monitoring, developer-focused infrastructure. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to GraphQL Apollo are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in APIs
Too few apis tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GraphQL Apollo (this page) | Free, then $5/per million requests | freemium | - | |
| Mambu | On request | quote | - | vs GraphQL Apollo |
| Fintech Farm | On request | quote | - | vs GraphQL Apollo |
| Flybits | On request | quote | - | vs GraphQL Apollo |
| Neonomics | On request | quote | - | vs GraphQL Apollo |
| Brite Payments | On request | quote | - | vs GraphQL Apollo |
| Meniga | On request | quote | - | vs GraphQL Apollo |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the GraphQL Apollo badges page.
Before you pay for GraphQL Apollo
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
GraphQL Apollo runs on javascript, node.js, web, mobile, and is published by Apollo of San Francisco, California, USA. The full record is on the GraphQL Apollo review, and the rest of the category is under best apis tools.
GraphQL Apollo pricing questions
- How much does GraphQL Apollo cost?
- GraphQL Apollo publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does GraphQL Apollo have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 3 developers, 1-day data retention, community support only. Paying starts at $5/per million requests for Developer.
- What is the difference between Free and Developer on GraphQL Apollo?
- Developer costs $5/per million requests against Free, and adds $50 usage credit for new signups, up to 10 developers, 7-day data retention, developer support (8x5).
- Is the Enterprise plan on GraphQL Apollo worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited developers, 18-month data retention, business support 24x7x365 with sla, premium and professional services. It costs On request against $5/per million requests for Developer. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with GraphQL Apollo?
- The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for graphql api management, schema federation, api analytics and monitoring.
- Does GraphQL Apollo charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these GraphQL Apollo prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare GraphQL Apollo against before paying?
- The closest apis tools in this directory are Mambu, Fintech Farm, Flybits, Neonomics. Each has a side-by-side comparison with GraphQL Apollo covering price, platforms and features.