--- title: GraphQL Growth Explodes but so Do Problems Federated... description: GraphQL is seeing significant growth and adoption in enterprises. One of the challenges it faces is GraphQL sprawl, where multiple APIs proliferate throughout... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/graphql-growth-explodes-but-so-do-problems-federated-graphs-solve-ijprovdhw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GraphQL Growth Explodes but so Do Problems Federated Graphs Solve | daily.dev og:description: GraphQL is seeing significant growth and adoption in enterprises. One of the challenges it faces is GraphQL sprawl, where multiple APIs proliferate throughout... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/graphql-growth-explodes-but-so-do-problems-federated-graphs-solve-ijprovdhw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ijprovDHw.png og:image:alt: GraphQL Growth Explodes but so Do Problems Federated Graphs Solve og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GraphQL Growth Explodes but so Do Problems Federated Graphs Solve **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GraphQL is seeing significant growth and adoption in enterprises. One of the challenges it faces is GraphQL sprawl, where multiple APIs proliferate throughout an organization. Federated GraphQL offers a solution by consolidating these instances and promoting self-service platforms and API efficiency. It creates an abstraction layer called a supergraph or federated graph that can replace backend APIs or experience APIs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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