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Alternatives · 2026

The best Apollo Server alternatives

The rest of Best GraphQL Tools, in this site's order: each with what it costs, where it runs and its record score.

1
Altair GraphQL Client

Altair suits developers who need to run and debug GraphQL operations, explore schemas or organize queries.

WebWindowsMac+3 $7.99 a month Record5.5 Visit
2
Apollo Client

It suits JavaScript and TypeScript developers building applications with GraphQL, especially those using React.

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 $5 a month Record5.3 Visit
3
GraphQL Hive

Hive's Hobby plan is described for personal or small projects, while Pro is aimed at scaling APIs and teams.

WebAPISelf-hosted $20 a month Record5.0 Visit
4
PostGraphile

PostGraphile may suit developers building PostgreSQL-backed SaaS APIs or internal tools.

WebAPISelf-hosted $25 a month Record5.0 Visit
5 WebAPISelf-hosted $499 a month Record4.9 Visit
6
Hasura

Hasura suits developers and teams building data APIs over supported databases, whether they use Hasura Cloud or a self-hosted option.

WebLinuxAPI+1 Free plan Record4.8 Visit
7
Relay

Relay is for React developers building GraphQL-powered interfaces who want generated types and coordinated component data.

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb Free plan Record4.8 Visit
8
Ariadne

It suits Python developers building and serving GraphQL APIs who want schema-first development and optional typed client generation.

WebLinuxAPI+1 Free plan Record4.6 Visit
9
GraphQL Ruby

It suits Ruby and Rails developers building self-hosted GraphQL APIs.

APISelf-hosted $1,100 a year Record4.6 Visit
10 WebAPI $1 usage-based Record4.5 Visit
11 LinuxSelf-hosted Free plan Record4.5 Visit
12
GraphiQL

GraphiQL suits GraphQL users who want an interactive browser IDE, as well as developers embedding the editor in a React application.

WebSelf-hosted Free plan Record4.5 Visit
13
GraphQL.js

It suits JavaScript or TypeScript developers building GraphQL servers, clients, tools or schema workflows.

WebAPI Free plan Record4.5 Visit
14
Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate is for .NET developers building GraphQL APIs on ASP.NET Core.

WebAPISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.5 Visit
15
GraphQL Kotlin

GraphQL Kotlin suits developers building GraphQL servers or generating type-safe clients in Kotlin.

APISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.3 Visit
16
Lighthouse

Lighthouse suits PHP developers building GraphQL services on Laravel or Lumen who want to use Eloquent and Laravel features.

APISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.3 Visit
17
Netflix DGS

DGS suits Java or Kotlin developers building GraphQL services with Spring Boot.

APISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.3 Visit
18 WebBrowser extensionAPI Free plan Record4.3 Visit
19 Self-hosted Free plan Record4.1 Visit
20
gqlgen

gqlgen suits Go developers who want to build GraphQL servers from schemas and use custom Go models.

Self-hosted Free plan Record4.1 Visit
21 APISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.1 Visit
22 APISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.1 Visit
23
Strawberry GraphQL

It suits Python developers building GraphQL APIs who want type-hint-based schemas and self-hosted deployment.

APISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.1 Visit
24 APISelf-hosted Free plan Record4.0 Visit