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Hive Gateway

Unify and accelerate your data graph across diverse services with Hive Gateway, which seamlessly integrates with Apollo Federation.

Observability & Performance Monitoring

Open Telemetry & Prometheus Integration
Equip your teams with comprehensive tools for monitoring API health, performance, and usage patterns, crucial for maintaining operational excellence.
Response Caching
Enhances response times and reduces load on backend services by intelligently caching frequent requests.
Rate Limiting
Protects your API from overload and abuse, ensuring consistent and reliable service performance.
Schema Explorer
Navigate and analyze the connections within your GraphQL schema using Schema Explorer.
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Security & Access Control

JWT Authentication & Authorization
Provides secure user identification and role-based access control, crucial for protecting sensitive data and operations.
Persisted Operations
Allows only pre-registered GraphQL operations to be executed, safeguarding against arbitrary and potentially harmful requests.
Fine-grained Access Control
Prevents unauthorized access with powerful, centralized policies at the gateway level, reducing the risk of security breaches.
CORS and CSRF Prevention
Shields against common web security vulnerabilities, securing your applications from unauthorized inter-domain interactions.
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Orchestrate your way!

The open nature of Hive Gateway ensures that it fits into your existing GraphQL infrastructure.

  • Apollo Federation v1 and v2 Support

    Ensures full compatibility and seamless operation within Apollo Federation setups, simplifying integration with existing GraphQL services.
  • Plugin System

    Extensive customization options, allowing enterprises to tailor the gateway to fit specific architectural needs and workflows.

Federation-Compatible Gateway Benchmarks

See the results of our open-source audit for Apollo Federation Gateways.

Learn how Hive Gateway performs against other gateways in terms of correctness and compliance with the Apollo Federation specification

Learn about our audit and methodology
GatewayName and variantCompatibilityPass rate of test casesTest CasesAll available test casesTest SuitesTest cases grouped by feature
Hive Gateway
100.00% 179 41
Apollo Router
97.77% 175 4 39 2
Apollo Gateway
97.21% 174 5 38 3
Grafbase Gateway
93.30% 167 12 36 5
Cosmo Router
86.03% 154 25 29 12
Inigo Gateway
49.72% 89 90 12 29
Passed tests
Failed tests
Perfect compatibility
75% and higher
Less than 75%

Let's get advanced

Hive Gateway features a set of advanced GraphQL features.

    GraphQL Subscriptions

    Supports real-time data streaming capabilities crucial for dynamic user experiences.
    Documentation

    @defer and @stream Support

    Allows more efficient data loading patterns, improving user interface responsiveness and system performance.
    Documentation

    Request Batching

    Reduces network overhead by enabling multiple GraphQL operations in a single HTTP request, enhancing data retrieval efficiency.
    Documentation

    Demand Control

    Facilitates efficient management of API resources by setting limits on query complexity and execution depth, tailored for high-demand cloud environments.
    Documentation

Cloud Native Nature

As modern teams expect their tools to work seamlessly in serverless environments, Hive Gateway is highly versatile and cloud-ready.

Cloud-Native & Serverless Support

Optimized for deployment in modern cloud and serverless environments such as AWS Lambda and Cloudflare Workers, demonstrating high scalability and flexibility.

Frequently Asked Questions

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