Apollo GraphOS
Schema registry, router and observability for a federated GraphQL graph, billed by request volume rather than by seat.
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.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
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- Apollo Pricing and Plans ↗
“Free For students or hobbyists learning the latest GraphQL tools. Forever Free. Start for free No credit card required”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
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- Apollo Pricing and Plans ↗
“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”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
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“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.”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
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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.”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
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- Apollo Pricing and Plans ↗
“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.”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
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- Apollo Pricing and Plans ↗
“GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform Supports any GraphQL API Self-hosted GraphOS Router (limited to 60 requests per minute)”
Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.