#18 in API DevelopmentUpdated 2026-08

Hive

by Hive · Open-source schema registry, analytics and gateway for GraphQL federation

47.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Hive is an MIT-licensed platform for managing GraphQL APIs. Its schema registry publishes and composes federated subgraphs and flags breaking changes and composition errors, alongside usage analytics and a gateway (Hive Gateway in JavaScript, Hive Router in Rust) with Apollo Federation v1 and v2 support. It can be used as a hosted service or self-hosted.

Best for: Teams running federated GraphQL APIs that want a self-hostable schema registry and gateway
Pricing: Hobby is free with 1M operations a month, Pro is $20/month including 1M operations then $10 per additional million, and Enterprise is a custom contract.
Runs on: WebSelf-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

MIT licensed; self-host on your own infrastructure
All features on every plan, including SSO and RBAC
Apollo Federation v1 and v2; migration path from GraphOS
Free plan covers 1M operations and unlimited seats

Trade-offs

Usage data retention is 7 days on Hobby and 90 days on Pro
Beyond 1M operations, Pro charges $10 per extra million
SLA, dedicated Slack and onboarding only on Enterprise

Pricing

Published plans from Hive’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Hive pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Hobby	—free forever	1M operations per month 7 days usage data retention Unlimited seats, projects and organisations SSO via OpenID provider; GitHub issues and chat support
Pro	$20flat rate, unlimited seats	1M operations included, then $10 per million 90 days usage data retention Everything in Hobby, with scaling past 1M operations 30-day free trial
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom operation limit with volume discount One year or more of usage data retention 24/7 support, tailored SLA and dedicated Slack channel Custom DPAs and flexible billing

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 30 out of 100
Documentation: 90 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 85 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 50 out of 100
Operational trust: 25 out of 100

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Openness: 25 out of 100

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