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Apollo GraphOS pricing and limits

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www.apollographql.com · GraphQL federation
SEPT 2026 audit

Schema registry, router and observability for a federated GraphQL graph, billed by request volume rather than by seat.

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Entry paid planDeveloper starts at $5 per million requests, billed monthly, with a $0 plan base price and automatic volume discounts — a per-request rate rather than a plan fee, so no magnitude is recorded. New signups get $50 of usage credit and a card is required.
Free tierYes
CategoryGraphQL federation

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Apollo GraphOS pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
Developer starts at $5 per million requests, billed monthly, with a $0 plan base price and automatic volume discounts — a per-request rate… source ↗
Pricing model
Per request, with a $0 plan base source ↗
What the free plan includes
A self-hosted router rate-limited to 60 requests per minute, up to 3 developers, one day of retention for checks and insights, and… source ↗

First line of each sourced value. The full text is in Apollo GraphOS pricing below. How this free offer stacks up: cloud free tiers compared.

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

A federated graph whose traffic is spiky or unknown, where a $0 plan base and $5 per million requests means the bill tracks usage instead of a tier — and where metering subscription update events separately is a feature rather than a surprise.

Consider something else if…

You want a fixed number to budget. Apollo's price moves with every query and mutation whichever runtime processes them, and subscription events are counted on top; a flat plan at a higher headline figure can cost less and is easier to forecast.

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Apollo GraphOS pricing

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Free tierYes
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What the free plan includesA self-hosted router rate-limited to 60 requests per minute, up to 3 developers, one day of retention for checks and insights, and community support. Federation, connectors, response caching and federated subscriptions are all included at this tier.
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    “Self-hosted GraphOS Router (limited to 60 requests per minute) Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more. [...] Developers Up to 3 Data retention for checks and insights 1 day Support Community Support”

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Entry paid planDeveloper starts at $5 per million requests, billed monthly, with a $0 plan base price and automatic volume discounts — a per-request rate rather than a plan fee, so no magnitude is recorded. New signups get $50 of usage credit and a card is required.
Sources (1) →
  • Apollo Pricing and Plans ↗

    “Developer For small teams operating a production GraphQL API. Starting at $5 per million requests Billed monthly. Automatic volume discounts as your usage scales. Start for free $50 in usage credit when you sign up Credit card required.”

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Pricing modelPer request, with a $0 plan base. Every query and mutation counts as a standard operation whichever runtime processes it, and subscription update events are metered independently on top.
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    “Plan base price $0 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.”

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Data

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Real-time subscriptionsFederated subscriptions on every tier including the free one, but metered separately: update events are counted independently of standard operations and priced per million.
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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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Observability

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Support

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Support on entry paid plan(Add-on) Premium Support Packages
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Apollo GraphOS pricing questions

How much does Apollo GraphOS cost?

Developer starts at $5 per million requests, billed monthly, with a $0 plan base price and automatic volume discounts — a per-request rate rather than a plan fee, so no magnitude is recorded. New signups get $50 of usage credit and a card is required.

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How does Apollo GraphOS charge?

Per request, with a $0 plan base. Every query and mutation counts as a standard operation whichever runtime processes it, and subscription update events are metered independently on top.

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Does Apollo GraphOS have a free tier?

Yes. A self-hosted router rate-limited to 60 requests per minute, up to 3 developers, one day of retention for checks and insights, and community support. Federation, connectors, response caching and federated subscriptions are all included at this tier.

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Can you self-host Apollo GraphOS?

Yes.

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