🆚 GraphQL vs. OpenAPI

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 GraphQL is five times more popular than OpenAPI.
🌎 GraphQL is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 OpenAPI is more popular in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Kuwait.

GraphQL

OpenAPI

Type

Standard

About

GraphQL is a data query and manipulation language for APIs typically used for remote client-server communications.

OpenAPI is a specification language for defining HTTP APIs, typically written in YAML or JSON.

It enables automated generation of interactive documentation (via tools such as Swagger UI and Redoc), schema-based request and response validation, automatic creation of client SDKs and server stubs in multiple programming languages, and integration into CI/CD pipelines.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

graphql.org #462,905

openapis.org #358,465

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

GraphQL is 5 times more popular than OpenAPI.

Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

GraphQL is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while OpenAPI is more popular in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Kuwait.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Netherlands

France

Australia

Norway

Sweden

Poland

Brazil