Apollo GraphQL Alternatives

Apollo GraphQL is described as 'Apollo is the best way to quickly build a production-ready, self-documenting API for GraphQL clients, using data from any source' and is an app in the development category. There are eight alternatives to Apollo GraphQL for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Web-based, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best Apollo GraphQL alternative is GraphQL, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Apollo GraphQL are Django REST Framework, GraphQL Mesh, GraphiQL and GraphQL Playground.

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  1. GraphQL icon

    GraphQL

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    GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it...

    20 GraphQL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    • GraphQL is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Apollo GraphQL.

    • GraphQL is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Apollo GraphQL.

    • GraphQL is Free and Open SourceApollo GraphQL is Freemium and Open Source
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    Django REST Framework

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    Django REST framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Django
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  4. GraphQL Mesh icon

    GraphQL Mesh

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    GraphQL Mesh allows you to use GraphQL query language to access data in remote APIs that don't run GraphQL (and also ones that do run GraphQL). It can be used as a gateway to other services or run as a local GraphQL schema that aggregates data from remote APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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    • GraphQL Mesh is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Apollo GraphQL.

    • GraphQL Mesh is Free and Open SourceApollo GraphQL is Freemium and Open Source
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    GraphiQL

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    GraphiQL is an in-browser IDE for exploring GraphQL. Contribute to graphql/graphiql development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  6. GraphQL Playground icon

    GraphQL Playground

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    GraphQL Playground is an IDE for better development workflows (GraphQL Subscriptions, interactive docs & collaboration). You can download the Electron-based desktop app or use the web version at graphqlbin.com.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • GraphQL Playground is the most popular Web-based alternative to Apollo GraphQL.

    • GraphQL Playground is Free and Open SourceApollo GraphQL is Freemium and Open Source
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    StepZen

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    A low code way to create GraphQL APIs for any backend—REST, SQL, NoSQL, SOAP/XML. Deploy a single or federated graph to StepZen's cloud and run with built-in parallel execution, security for APIs and data, and performance & reliability optimizations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
  9. GraphQL Portal icon

    GraphQL Portal

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    GraphQL Portal is an open-source tool, existing in the SAAS version too, that lets developers connect any data-source (REST/SOAP/gRPC API, databases, files, or other GraphQL APIs) using many available data-connectors.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • GraphQL Portal is the most popular SaaS alternative to Apollo GraphQL.

    • GraphQL Portal is Freemium and Open SourceApollo GraphQL is also Freemium and Open Source
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    GraphQLZero

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    GraphQLZero is a free, online GraphQL API that you can use to get fake data from a real backend while testing or prototyping your app. It is inspired and powered by JSONPlaceholder, serving the same dataset but in the form of a GraphQL server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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