Apollo Studio vs Swagger Editor
Apollo Studio
apollographql.comSwagger Editor
editor.swagger.ioSide by side
| Figure | Apollo Studio | Swagger Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · API Design Tools | 9.5 (#2) | 7.4 (#21) |
| Purpose | GraphOS Studio provides an interface for the Apollo GraphOS platform to manage a supergraph and support teams shipping features quickly, independently, and safely. | Swagger Editor is an open-source editor for designing, describing, and documenting APIs. |
| Security controls | Apollo documents defense-in-depth controls including disabling production introspection, router error redaction, access controls, safelisting and operation limits. | SmartBear states that customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest and access is restricted by least privilege. |
Plans
Apollo Studio
- FreeFree
- Developer$5 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- StandardPriced on request
Swagger Editor
- Swagger Editor (open source)Free
- Swagger EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
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, generates changelogs, and visualizes graphs. Teams can review proposed 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 filtered graph variants for specific clients or partners. Studio tracks usage by field, client, and operation, showing trends, request volume, rates, errors, and service traces; OpenTelemetry support can send metrics to a chosen APM tool. Rover CLI supports schema publishing, CI checks, and local supergraph testing, while the Platform API enables custom automation. GraphOS supports any GraphQL API, including Federation and Connectors. Free costs nothing, supports up to three developers, and retains checks and insights data for one day. Developer starts at $5 a month, based on $5 per million requests.
Swagger Editor
Swagger Editor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.