Apollo GraphQLvs
Frontegg
Frontegg: Both are developer platforms companies integrate into their API/identity layer, though Frontegg focuses on identity rather than GraphQL orchestration.
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GraphQL platform and API orchestration layer for building unified graphs
Overview
Apollo GraphQL provides GraphOS, a platform for orchestrating APIs behind a unified GraphQL layer. It offers Apollo Connectors for declaratively wrapping REST APIs, GraphOS Router for federated graph execution, a schema registry, response caching, and checks for safe schema evolution. It is used by enterprises including Netflix, PayPal and Expedia to give frontend teams self-service access to backend data while reducing latency and duplicated integration work.
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Frontegg: Both are developer platforms companies integrate into their API/identity layer, though Frontegg focuses on identity rather than GraphQL orchestration.
Pricing
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Free
Free
Developer
$5 /mo
Standard
On request
Enterprise
On request
Capabilities
Apollo Connectors
Declaratively connect REST APIs into a unified GraphQL graph without hand-written resolvers.
GraphOS Router
Self-hostable router for executing federated GraphQL queries across services.
Schema registry
Central registry for tracking and validating schema changes across teams.
Schema checks
Automated checks catch breaking schema changes before deployment.
Response caching
Built-in caching reduces latency and load on backend services.
Audit logging
Enterprise and Standard tiers include audit logging for compliance needs.
Answered, with sources
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The Free plan supports up to 3 developers at no cost. Developer plan starts at $5 per million requests with a $50 signup credit, while Standard and Enterprise require contacting sales for custom pricing.
SourceYes, the Free 'Forever Free' plan supports up to 3 developers, 1-day data retention for checks and insights, and a self-hosted router capped at 60 requests per minute.
SourceStandard requests are billed per million operations with tiered volume discounts, starting at $5.00/million for the first 250M and dropping to $3.00/million beyond 5B, with similar tiered pricing for subscription update events.
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