Apollo Studio

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About

Apollo Studio is ranked #5 of 24 in API design tools on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $5/mo.

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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