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AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs Apollo: What are the differences?

Introduction:

1. **Deployment**: AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a fully managed service that handles application deployment and scaling automatically, while Apollo is a data graph platform that helps manage complex data graphs.
2. **Use Case**: AWS Elastic Beanstalk is primarily used for hosting and managing web applications, whereas Apollo is used for building and managing a GraphQL API.
3. **Scalability**: AWS Elastic Beanstalk can automatically scale your application based on traffic, whereas in Apollo, scaling needs to be managed manually.
4. **Monitoring and Management**: AWS Elastic Beanstalk provides monitoring and management tools for applications, including integration with CloudWatch, whereas Apollo requires additional tools or services for monitoring and management.
5. **Languages Supported**: AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports a wide range of programming languages, making it versatile for different applications, while Apollo is specifically focused on managing GraphQL APIs.
6. **Vendor Lock-in**: Using AWS Elastic Beanstalk ties you to the AWS ecosystem, whereas Apollo can be used with any cloud provider or on-premises infrastructure.

In Summary, AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a versatile, managed service for deploying and scaling web applications, while Apollo is specialized for building and managing GraphQL APIs. 
Decisions about Apollo and AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Márton Danóczy

We wanted to save as much time as possible when writing our back-end, therefore Apollo was out of the question, we went for an auto-generated API instead. Hasura looked good in the beginning, but we wanted to retain the ability to add a few manual resolvers and modifications to auto-generated ones, which ruled out Hasura. Postgraphile with its Plug-In architecture was the right choice for us, we never regretted it!

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Pros of Apollo
Pros of AWS Elastic Beanstalk
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    From the creators of Meteor
  • 8
    Great documentation
  • 3
    Open source
  • 2
    Real time if use subscription
  • 77
    Integrates with other aws services
  • 65
    Simple deployment
  • 44
    Fast
  • 28
    Painless
  • 16
    Free
  • 4
    Well-documented
  • 3
    Independend app container
  • 2
    Postgres hosting
  • 2
    Ability to be customized

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Cons of Apollo
Cons of AWS Elastic Beanstalk
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    File upload is not supported
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    Increase in complexity of implementing (subscription)
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    Charges appear automatically after exceeding free quota
  • 1
    Lots of moving parts and config
  • 0
    Slow deployments

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What is Apollo?

Build a universal GraphQL API on top of your existing REST APIs, so you can ship new application features fast without waiting on backend changes.

What is AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Once you upload your application, Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring.

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