Apollo Studio
Apollo Studio is the interface for Apollo GraphOS, a platform for managing a supergraph and coordinating GraphQL development. Studio Explorer lets developers create, run, and share GraphQL operations, with query linting and autocomplete. GraphOS maintains a central registry of schemas and metadata, creates changelogs, and visualizes graphs. Teams can review schema changes asynchronously and validate them against past requests from registered clients to check for breaking changes. Composition, validation, and approvals can connect to CI/CD pipelines. Access controls include granular roles and graph variants filtered for particular clients or partners. Studio also tracks usage by field, client, and operation, presenting trends, request volumes, rates, errors, and service traces. OpenTelemetry support lets platform teams send metrics to their chosen APM tool. The Free plan allows up to three developers, limits a 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; it allows up to 10 developers and requires a credit card. GraphOS supports GraphQL APIs, including Federation and Connectors.
Who it is for
Apollo describes Free as suited to students or hobbyists and Developer as suited to small production API teams. Standard and Enterprise plans are aimed at teams scaling across services and companies with large-scale GraphQL initiatives.
What is good
- Explorer includes query linting and autocomplete.
- Schema changes can be checked for breaking changes.
- Usage metrics cover fields, clients, and operations.
- OpenTelemetry can send metrics to a chosen APM tool.
What to know first
- Free router is limited to 60 requests per minute.
- Free checks and insights data are retained for one day.
- Developer requires a credit card.
- Standard and Enterprise pricing is custom.
Verdict
Apollo Studio brings schema management, change validation, access controls, and observability into the GraphOS interface. The free tier has clear router and retention limits; larger teams can consider plans with expanded support and retention.
Apollo Studio plans and pricing
All plansCompared on API design tools
- Free plan
- Yes
- Contract validation
- Yes
- Team collaboration
- Yes
- Included team seats
- 10
