Apollo Studio

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Recognised40% of the score20
Phone app26% of the score0
Documented20% of the score94
Free plan14% of the score100

Free plan: Yes
Paid plans from: $5/mo
Runs on: api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows

Summary

Apollo Studio provides an interface for the Apollo GraphOS platform, where teams manage a supergraph and coordinate GraphQL development. Studio Explorer lets users create, run, and share GraphQL operations, with query linting and autocomplete. GraphOS maintains a central registry of schemas and metadata, generates changelogs, and visualizes graphs. Teams can review proposed schema updates asynchronously and check them against previous requests from registered clients for possible breaking changes. Composition, validation, and approvals can connect to existing CI/CD pipelines. Access controls include granular roles and graph variants filtered for particular clients or partners. Studio tracks usage at field, client, and operation levels, including trends, request volume, rates, errors, and service traces. OpenTelemetry support lets platform teams send metrics to a selected APM tool. GraphOS works with any GraphQL API, including Federation and Connectors. The Free plan supports up to three developers, limits its self-hosted router to 60 requests per minute, and retains checks and insights data for one day. Developer starts at 5.00 USD per month, billed monthly, starting at $5 per million requests; a credit card is required.

Who it is for

It suits students or hobbyists starting with GraphQL, as well as API teams that need schema review, usage visibility, or pipeline checks. Larger teams can consider the Standard and Enterprise plans, which use custom pricing.

What is good

Explorer supports GraphQL operations, linting, and autocomplete.
Schema changes can be checked against registered-client requests.
CI/CD integration supports composition, validation, and approvals.
Usage metrics include request trends, errors, and traces.
Supports GraphQL APIs, Federation, and Connectors.

What to know first

Free router is limited to 60 requests per minute.
Free checks and insights data is retained for one day.
Developer requires a credit card.
Standard and Enterprise pricing is custom.

Verdict

Apollo Studio combines GraphQL exploration with schema management, validation, access controls, and operational metrics. The Free plan has explicit router and retention limits, while paid plans vary in support and capacity.

Apollo Studio plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free Forever Free; no credit card required Up to 3 developers · Router limited to 60 requests per minute · 1 day data retention · Community Support apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026

Developer $5/mo Billed monthly; starting at $5 per million requests Up to 10 developers · 7 days data retention · Developer Support (8×5, no SLA) · $50 in usage credit when you sign up; credit card required apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026

Standard Not published Custom pricing; talk to sales Up to 30 developers · 90 days data retention · Standard Support (8×5, with SLA) apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026

Enterprise Not published Custom pricing; talk to sales Unlimited developers · 18 months data retention · Business Support (24×7×365, with SLA) apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on API design tools

Free plan: Yesapollographql.com
Contract validation: Yesapollographql.com
Team collaboration: Yesapollographql.com
Included team seats: 10apollographql.com

Facts

Purpose: GraphOS Studio provides an interface for the Apollo GraphOS platform to manage a supergraph and support teams shipping features quickly, independently, and safely.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Explorer IDE: Studio Explorer lets users create, run, and share GraphQL operations and includes IntelliSense features such as query linting and autocomplete.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Schema registry: GraphOS provides a central registry for graph schemas and metadata, automatically generated changelogs, and graph visualization.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Schema validation: Teams can propose and review schema changes asynchronously and validate them against past requests from registered clients to check for breaking changes.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
CI/CD: Composition, change validation, and approvals can be integrated into existing continuous integration and delivery pipelines.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Access controls: Graph variants support granular roles and separate discoverability, review, and publishing permissions; filtered variants can be created for particular clients or partners.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Observability: Studio tracks usage metrics at field, client, and operation levels and exposes operation trends, request volume, rates, errors, and service traces.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Integrations: Apollo says its OpenTelemetry support lets platform teams send metrics to their chosen APM tool.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Developer interfaces: Rover CLI supports publishing subgraph schemas, running schema checks from CI, and testing a supergraph locally; the Platform API supports custom automation and tooling.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Supported APIs: The pricing page says GraphOS supports any GraphQL API and includes support for GraphQL Federation and Connectors.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Free plan limit: The Free plan's self-hosted GraphOS Router is limited to 60 requests per minute, and checks and insights data is retained for one day.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Data handling: Apollo states that graph operation result data never reaches an Apollo-managed service, while some tools have opt-in GraphOS reporting and certain tools collect anonymous usage data by default.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
Support: The plans list Community Support for Free, Developer Support 8×5 without an SLA, Standard Support 8×5 with an SLA, and Enterprise Business Support 24×7×365 with an SLA.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026
For whom: Apollo describes Free as for students or hobbyists, Developer as for small production API teams, Standard as for teams scaling across services, and Enterprise as for companies with large-scale GraphQL initiatives.apollographql.com · 29 Sept 2026