Coder vs Apollo GraphQL Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
| Coder | Apollo GraphQL | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | Custom | Custom |
| Number of plans | 2 | 4 |
| Free plan | ||
| Free trial | ||
| Pricing model | per-seat | usage-based |
Community
- Unlimited workspaces and templates
- Unlimited members within a single organization
- Desktop and web-based IDEs (Cursor, VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, Jupyter, and more)
- Access to Coder's web UI, CLI, and API
- Assign long-running tasks to AI coding agents
- Single Sign-On (OpenID Connect)
- Community support via Discord and GitHub
- MCP Server
- Unlimited workspaces
- Shared workspaces
- Support for Linux, macOS, Windows
- Web IDEs
- Desktop IDEs
- IDE plugins (e.g., VS Code, JetBrains)
- Coder Desktop
- Dynamic parameters
- Platform integrations (e.g., GitHub, Jfrog, Backstage)
- Notifications
- Workspace autostart/autostop
- External authentication integrations
- Unlimited templates
- Web UI, CLI, REST API
- Prometheus metrics
- Template usage insights
- Prebuilt workspaces
- External provisioners
- Web UI notifications
- Quiet hours
- SSO (OpenID Connect)
- Roles
- Groups
- Enforce workspace scheduling
- Autostop requirement
- Clean up unused workspaces
- Template permissions
- Enforce workspace updates
- Community support on GitHub and Discord
Premium
Popular- Ticket-based global support with SLA
- Multi-organization access controls
- Resource quotas per organization and user
- Audit logging to monitor user operations
- Unlimited Git and external auth integrations
- High availability via multiple Coder server replicas
- Workspace proxies for low-latency global relays
- Automatically stop idle workspaces
- Sync Coder groups and roles via OIDC
- Group and user role-based access controls
- Customize Coder's web UI with your branding
- MCP Server
- Agent Firewall
- AI Gateway
- Unlimited workspaces
- Shared workspaces
- Support for Linux, macOS, Windows
- Web IDEs
- Desktop IDEs
- IDE plugins (e.g., VS Code, JetBrains)
- Coder Desktop
- Dynamic parameters
- Platform integrations (e.g., GitHub, Jfrog, Backstage)
- Notifications
- Workspace autostart/autostop
- External authentication integrations
- Unlimited templates
- Web UI, CLI, REST API
- Prometheus metrics
- Template usage insights
- Prebuilt workspaces
- Workspace proxies
- External provisioners
- High availability
- Web UI notifications
- Quiet hours
- Customizable branding
- SSO (OpenID Connect)
- Roles
- Groups
- OIDC group & role sync
- Multi-organization access control
- Custom roles
- Enforce workspace scheduling
- Autostop requirement
- Resource quotas per user
- Resource quotas per organization
- Clean up unused workspaces
- Audit logging
- Template permissions
- Enforce workspace updates
- Disable SSH
- Workspace command logging
- Community support on GitHub and Discord
- Ticket-based global support
- SLA
Free
- GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
- Supports any GraphQL API
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router (limited to 60 requests per minute)
- Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
- Up to 3
- 1 day
- Community Support
Developer
- GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
- Supports any GraphQL API
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router
- Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
- Up to 10
- 7 days
- Developer Support (8×5, no SLA)
Standard
- GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
- Supports any GraphQL API
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router
- Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
- Schema Proposals - Collaboration and approval workflows
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Up to 30
- 90 days
- Standard Support (8×5, with SLA)
Enterprise
- GraphOS - Apollo's complete API management platform
- Supports any GraphQL API
- Self-hosted GraphOS Router
- Built-in support for GraphQL Federation, Connectors, Response Caching, Federated Subscriptions, and more.
- Schema Proposals - Collaboration and approval workflows
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Audit logging
- Custom MSA
- Unlimited
- 18 months
- Business Support (24×7×365, with SLA)
- (Add-on) Premium Support Packages
- (Add-on) Professional Services Packages
Coder vs Apollo GraphQL FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- One or both use custom pricing, so it depends on your specific needs.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Both offer free plans, so you can try each without paying. Start with whichever fits your workflow better and upgrade when you hit the limits.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Coder uses per-seat pricing, while Apollo GraphQL goes with usage-based. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Coder: With no public pricing on Premium, they're signaling enterprise-tier ambitions — this isn't a self-serve, low-cost play. They're competing against GitHub Codespaces and Gitpod but positioning closer to the 'we'll talk to your procurement team' end of the market. Apollo GraphQL: Apollo sits in a premium position for GraphQL infrastructure — they're not competing on being cheap, they're betting on being the de facto standard for federated GraphQL at scale. They're targeting mid-market to enterprise engineering teams who've already bought into the GraphQL ecosystem and need a managed, production-grade layer.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Coder and Apollo GraphQL and let you know when something moves.