The Guild

Name

The Guild

Legal name

The Guild

Website

https://the-guild.dev

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

GraphQL Infrastructure & Developer Tools

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Graph Databases (HDAEAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cloud Compliance, Audit & Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM/GRC) (HDABAHAI)

Keywords

• GraphQL infrastructure tools
• Open source developer tools
• Schema registry platform
• API federation gateway
• GraphQL development libraries

Headquarters

HQ city

Rosh Ha'ayin

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Open Source with Cloud Services: The core open source tools are freely available, with revenue generated through cloud-hosted versions, managed services, and enterprise features. Hive Cloud provides hosted schema registry and observability services.
2. Enterprise Support and Consulting: Professional services including consulting, training, and dedicated engineering support for enterprise customers adopting GraphQL infrastructure.
3. Managed Cloud Offerings: Hosted and managed versions of open source tools with additional enterprise features, SLA guarantees, and dedicated support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Guild develops and maintains an open source suite of GraphQL infrastructure tools, centered on the Hive Platform (schema registry, observability, and federation gateway) and including GraphQL Mesh, Yoga, Code Generator, Inspector, Envelop, SOFA, GraphQL Scalars, and GraphQL-ESLint. Revenue is generated through Hive Cloud (hosted/managed versions of these tools with enterprise features), professional services (consulting, training, embedded engineering), and enterprise support contracts for organizations adopting GraphQL infrastructure at scale.

Product overview

The Guild offers a comprehensive suite of open-source GraphQL development tools and platforms. The core offering is the Hive Platform, which provides end-to-end GraphQL API management including Hive Console (schema registry and observability), Hive Router (high-performance Rust-based federation router), and Hive Gateway (JavaScript-based federation gateway). The ecosystem includes complementary tools: GraphQL Mesh (unified API gateway supporting multiple data sources), GraphQL Yoga (server framework), GraphQL Code Generator (type-safe code generation), GraphQL Inspector (schema validation), Envelop (plugin system), SOFA (REST API generation), GraphQL Scalars (custom types), and GraphQL-ESLint (linting). The Guild has also acquired Stellate (GraphQL CDN/caching) and Grafbase (federation router) which are being integrated into the Hive platform. The company follows a sustainable open-source development model where individual maintainers own their libraries under personal names rather than organizational branding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hive: Open Source GraphQL Federation Platform providing schema registry, analytics, metrics, and gateway for GraphQL federation
• GraphQL Mesh
• GraphQL Yoga
• GraphQL Codegen
• Envelop
• SOFA
• GraphQL Inspector
• GraphQL-ESLint
• GraphQL Scalars
• Hive Gateway
• Hive Router

Products and services

• Hive Console Hive Console is an open-source schema registry, analytics platform, and GraphQL observability tool that helps teams manage federated GraphQL APIs. It provides version control for schemas, breaking change detection, composition error prevention, and insights into API usage and consumer behavior. Available as a free tier, Pro subscription, and enterprise contracts.
• Hive Router Hive Router is an open-source (MIT licensed) GraphQL Federation Router built with Rust for maximum performance and robustness. It serves as a high-performance entry point to distributed data graphs with full Apollo Federation v1 and v2 support, including TLS, mTLS, HTTP/2, Persisted Documents, and production-ready observability.
• Hive Gateway Hive Gateway is an open-source GraphQL gateway for federated GraphQL with subscriptions support and built-in security features including JWT authentication, RBAC, persisted operations, rate limiting, and CORS/CSRF prevention. It scores 98.99% compatibility in Apollo Federation audits.
• GraphQL Mesh GraphQL Mesh is an open-source framework that unifies diverse API landscapes using a federated architecture. It can integrate GraphQL, OpenAPI, gRPC, JSON Schema, SOAP, OData, Thrift, and various databases (SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j) into a cohesive GraphQL schema.
• GraphQL Yoga GraphQL Yoga is a fully-featured, easy-to-set-up, performant, and extendable GraphQL server. It supports all GraphQL over HTTP specifications, includes GraphiQL integration, error masking, health checks, and can be deployed across various JavaScript environments including AWS Lambda, Cloudflare Workers, Deno, and Node.js frameworks.
• GraphQL Code Generator GraphQL Code Generator automatically generates type-safe code from GraphQL schemas and operations, supporting end-to-end type safety across client and server code. It offers plugins for TypeScript, React, Vue, Angular, and other frameworks with over 9 million weekly downloads.
• GraphQL Inspector GraphQL Inspector is a schema management and evolution tool that validates GraphQL schemas, detects breaking changes, and sends notifications via Slack, Discord, or webhooks. It integrates with GitHub Applications and Actions for pull request validation.
• Envelop Envelop is a pluggable GraphQL plugin system that wraps the entire GraphQL execution pipeline. It allows developers to compose custom GraphQL frameworks by combining plugins for logging, monitoring, authentication, caching, and more, usable with any GraphQL server framework and powering Yoga and Mesh.
• SOFA SOFA (Schema OUTPUT From GraphQL API) generates RESTful APIs from GraphQL schemas, allowing teams to expose their GraphQL APIs as REST endpoints for broader compatibility.
• GraphQL Scalars GraphQL Scalars provides a library of common custom GraphQL scalar types for precise type-safe GraphQL schemas, including DateTime, Email, URL, UUID, and over 100 other scalar types with built-in validation.
• GraphQL-ESLint GraphQL-ESLint is a customizable ESLint parser, plugin, and rule set specifically for GraphQL that integrates with ESLint core to lint both GraphQL schema files and operations in code, supporting VSCode integration.
• Professional Services (Consulting, Training, Engineering) The Guild offers Consulting (current state assessment, architectural review, future-proof development plan, Developer Experience focus, tooling), Training tailored to teams, Engineering (embedded team member, coding practical tasks, code reviews, mentorship), and Open Source support from the actual creators of the GraphQL libraries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hive infrastructure processes over 750 million requests monthly across customer deployments

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• GrafbasecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Guild acquired Grafbase, a GraphQL infrastructure company, to expand their capabilities in edge computing and serverless GraphQL deployments. This acquisition strengthens The Guild's offering in the emerging edge GraphQL space.
• StellatecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Guild acquired Stellate, a GraphQL caching platform, to add enterprise-grade caching and performance optimization capabilities to their suite of tools. The acquisition brings additional expertise in GraphQL edge caching.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Apollo GraphQL: Apollo is the historical leader in GraphQL tooling and federation, offering a federated GraphQL platform including router, schema registry, and client tooling. It is the most direct competitor to The Guild's Hive Platform and competes for the same enterprise developer teams.
• Hasura: Hasura provides a GraphQL API platform that auto-generates GraphQL from databases, targeting enterprise teams that need managed GraphQL infrastructure. It overlaps with The Guild's Mesh and Hive offerings in serving platform engineering teams building federated APIs.
• WunderGraph: WunderGraph is an open-source GraphQL API gateway and federation platform focused on API composition and developer experience. It competes head-on with The Guild's Hive Router, Mesh, and Yoga for developer mindshare in the GraphQL infrastructure space.
• Hygraph (formerly GraphCMS): Hygraph is a GraphQL-native headless CMS and content federation platform. It overlaps with The Guild in serving teams building GraphQL APIs and competes for the developer-led API platform buyer, though it is more verticalized around content.
• StepZen: StepZen (acquired by IBM) provided a GraphQL API orchestration layer integrating multiple data sources into a unified GraphQL endpoint. It is a direct analog to GraphQL Mesh and Hive Router's multi-source integration capabilities.
• Apollo Federation Subgraph Tools: Apollo's federation subgraph and router tooling is the reference implementation against which Hive Router competes. Hive Gateway's 98.99% Apollo Federation compatibility score signals the depth of overlap.

Broad incumbents

• AWS AppSync: AWS AppSync is a managed GraphQL service within the AWS ecosystem. As a broad incumbent, it overlaps with Hive for enterprise customers already standardized on AWS and competes on managed-service convenience rather than open source flexibility.
• Kong: Kong is an API gateway platform with broad REST and GraphQL support. It competes with The Guild's gateway/router positioning for platform teams that want a single API infrastructure vendor across REST and GraphQL.
• Solo.io: Solo.io provides API gateway and service mesh tooling (Gloo) with GraphQL support. It is a broader infrastructure incumbent that overlaps with Hive Router for enterprise customers operating service mesh and API gateway together.

Others

• The Graph: The Graph is the foundation that awarded The Guild its $48M grant and operates the decentralized GraphQL indexing protocol for blockchains. It is an ecosystem partner and indirect enabler rather than a direct competitor, sharing the GraphQL developer ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TheGuildDev
• GitHubgithub.com/the-guild-org

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A2 records

Investments

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