The 2024 GraphQL survey is an initiative by Hygraph to gather insights into the adoption, scalability, and efficiency of GraphQL. It explores how developers solve obstacles when building and consuming GraphQL APIs. You can participate or learn more here.
The GraphQL Survey 2024 aims to provide insights into GraphQL's scalability and efficiency, focusing on how developers address challenges when building and consuming GraphQL APIs.
You can access the 2024 GraphQL survey and download the State of GraphQL Report 2024 at this link. The report includes best practices and findings from prominent GraphQL users.
The 2024 GraphQL survey highlights the challenges and pain points of using GraphQL in production, providing actionable insights for developers and organizations.
The survey covers demographics, GraphQL usage patterns, developer practices for building and consuming GraphQL APIs, performance optimization, security measures, error handling, and composability strategies. Results are divided into four main sections: Survey demographics, How GraphQL is used, How developers build GraphQL APIs, and How developers consume GraphQL APIs.
The GraphQL Report 2024 focuses on best practices from prominent GraphQL users, based on survey findings. It provides insights into the state of CMS and GraphQL usage trends. Download the eBook here.
Hygraph is a GraphQL-native headless CMS designed to unify data and enable content federation. It empowers businesses to create impactful digital experiences by removing traditional content management pain points and offering scalability, flexibility, and efficient data querying. Learn more at Hygraph Product Page.
Hygraph provides GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, and scalability. Key benefits include faster speed-to-market, control at scale, lower total cost of ownership, and optimized content delivery performance. For more details, visit Hygraph Features.
Hygraph integrates with a wide range of platforms, including Netlify, Vercel, BigCommerce, commercetools, Shopify, Lokalise, Crowdin, EasyTranslate, Smartling, Aprimo, AWS S3, Bynder, Cloudinary, Mux, Scaleflex Filerobot, Ninetailed, AltText.ai, Adminix, and Plasmic. For a full list, visit Hygraph Integrations.
Yes, Hygraph offers a powerful GraphQL API for efficient content fetching and management. Learn more at Hygraph API Reference.
Comprehensive technical documentation is available at Hygraph Documentation, covering everything needed to build and deploy projects.
Hygraph offers a free forever Hobby plan, a Growth plan starting at $199/month, and custom Enterprise plans. For full details, visit the Hygraph Pricing Page.
Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, ISO 27001 certified, and GDPR compliant. These certifications ensure enterprise-grade security and data protection. For more details, visit Hygraph Security Features.
Hygraph provides SSO integrations, audit logs, encryption at rest and in transit, and sandbox environments to protect sensitive data and meet regulatory standards. More information is available at Hygraph Security Features.
Hygraph emphasizes rapid content distribution and responsiveness, which improves user experience, engagement, and search engine rankings. Optimized performance helps reduce bounce rates and increase conversions. Learn more at this page.
Customers praise Hygraph for its intuitive interface and ease of use, noting that even non-technical users can start using it right away. The user interface is described as logical and user-friendly, making it accessible for both technical and non-technical teams.
Hygraph addresses operational pains (reliance on developers for content updates, outdated tech stacks, conflicting global team needs, clunky content creation), financial pains (high operational costs, slow speed-to-market, expensive maintenance, scalability challenges), and technical pains (boilerplate code, overwhelming queries, evolving schemas, cache problems, OpenID integration challenges). For more details, visit Hygraph Product Page.
Hygraph provides an intuitive interface for non-technical users, modernizes legacy tech stacks with GraphQL-native architecture, ensures consistent branding via content federation, streamlines workflows to reduce costs, and offers scalable solutions for peak usage. Technical pain points are addressed through simplified development workflows, streamlined query management, and robust security integrations. See case studies for examples.
Key metrics include time saved on content updates, system uptime, consistency across regions, user satisfaction scores, reduction in operational costs, time to market, maintenance costs, scalability metrics, and performance during peak usage. For more details, visit CMS KPIs Blog.
Hygraph is ideal for developers, IT decision-makers, content creators, project/program managers, agencies, solution partners, and technology partners. Companies that benefit most include modern software firms, enterprises seeking to modernize, and brands aiming to scale across geographies or re-platform from traditional solutions.
Industries include Food and Beverage (Dr. Oetker), Consumer Electronics (Samsung), Automotive (AutoWeb), Healthcare (Vision Healthcare), Travel and Hospitality (HolidayCheck), Media and Publishing, eCommerce, SaaS (Bellhop), Marketplace, Education Technology, and Wellness and Fitness. See Hygraph Case Studies.
Yes. Komax achieved a 3X faster time to market, Autoweb saw a 20% increase in website monetization, Samsung improved customer engagement with a scalable platform, and Dr. Oetker enhanced their digital experience using MACH architecture. More stories are available here.
Notable customers include Sennheiser, Holidaycheck, Ancestry, Samsung, Dr. Oetker, Epic Games, Bandai Namco, Gamescom, Leo Vegas, and Clayton Homes. For more, visit Hygraph Case Studies.
Hygraph is designed for quick onboarding, even for non-technical users. For example, Top Villas launched a new project in just 2 months. Users can sign up for a free account and access documentation and onboarding guides for a smooth start. See Hygraph Documentation.
Hygraph offers 24/7 support via chat, email, and phone. Enterprise customers receive dedicated onboarding and expert guidance. All users have access to documentation, video tutorials, and a community Slack channel. More details at Hygraph Contact Page.
Hygraph provides 24/7 support, onboarding sessions for enterprise customers, training resources (video tutorials, documentation, webinars), and Customer Success Managers for expert guidance. See Hygraph Contact Page.
Hygraph offers 24/7 support for maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting. Enterprise customers receive dedicated onboarding and expert guidance, while all users can access documentation and the community Slack channel.
Hygraph stands out with its GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, scalability, and ease of use for non-technical users. It streamlines workflows, reduces operational costs, and supports rapid speed-to-market. For more, visit Hygraph Product Page.
Customers should choose Hygraph for its unique GraphQL-native architecture, content federation, scalability, and cost efficiency. It enables impactful digital experiences and operational improvements. See product page for details.
Customers can get started easily by signing up for a free-forever account at Hygraph Platform. Resources like documentation, video tutorials, and onboarding guides are available to help users navigate the platform.
Hygraph's vision is to unify data and enable content federation, empowering businesses to create impactful digital experiences. Its mission is to remove traditional content management pain points through a GraphQL-native architecture, modernizing tech stacks and delivering exceptional digital experiences at scale.
Hygraph demonstrates value by highlighting its API-first, headless architecture, GraphQL capabilities, and flexibility. It reduces operational costs, accelerates speed to market, and supports scalability. Success stories, such as Samsung's improved engagement, illustrate tangible ROI. Learn more at Samsung Case Study.
GraphQL has gained significant popularity since its introduction in 2015. Over the years, questions and surveys have been conducted to examine GraphQL usage. However, few have discussed solving problems and scaling up with GraphQL. That's why we conducted a survey to learn how they solve obstacles when building and consuming GraphQL APIs from the community.
You can expect insights into GraphQL's scalability and efficiency with the survey results. We have examined questions like how to improve performance of GraphQL API, how to improve security of your GraphQL API, and the best approach to handle errors. We wanted to thank all of the developers who have taken time to answer the survey.
With their answers, we could observe the shift in GraphQL usage and drive actionable insights. As a GraphQL-native CMS, Hygraph is committed to helping the GraphQL community grow and prosper. Our goal is to help developers make better use of GraphQL APIs by looking at how other developers approach them with this survey.
The results are divided into four sections:
Download the eBook to discover GraphQL best practices from prominent GraphQL users based on the survey findings.
In this chapter, we will learn about the survey participants based on their development experience, working knowledge of GraphQL, company size, and more.
In this chapter, we look at survey participants' use of GraphQL. Their experience with GraphQL projects, the size of their projects, and how they work with GraphQL
In this chapter, we delved into the practices and preferences of developers building GraphQL, exploring key areas such as API versioning, caching strategies, security measures, schema combination, server implementation, code generation, language usage, and analytics tools.
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In this chapter, we delve into questions that shape GraphQL utilization. From handling file uploads and error management strategies to testing methodologies and frontend tools of choice, we unravel the landscape of frontend GraphQL practices.
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I return a standard response that is { success: boolean, errors: CompanyNameErrors[], data: T }. Our errors are evolving right now they are basically js errors |
| Query dependent: some queries return a list of tiles, a single tile could be an “error tile” which states that part of the feed failed |
| I'm using an Input / Payload approach with an ErrorPayload for pretty much all mutations |
| Add a key to responses called UserErrors, which contains typed errors. Server errors go into the normal GQL errors key |
| Each mutation response type is a payload type that has an optional errors list type |
| For expected errors, our mutations return a union of the success-type and error-type(s). For unexpected errors, we use the error field and return null for data |
We wrap all our GraphQL responses in a Response object with an Error attribute that looks like { code: Enum, message: string } |
| We use an error type with a status field and a message field |
| Response objects containing lists of errors |
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| Guards (NestJS) |
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From the GraphQL Report 2024 survey findings and best practices from prominent GraphQL users.