Apollo Engine provides many great features, which we'll explore in this chapter. Before moving on, however, you need to sign up for an Apollo Engine account. Apollo Engine is a commercial product produced by MDG, the Meteor Development Group, the company behind Apollo.

At the time of writing, they offer three different plans, which you can find by going to https://www.apollographql.com/plans/. When signing up, you get a two-week trial of the Team plan, which is one of the paid plans. Afterward, you'll be downgraded to the free plan. You should compare all three plans to understand how they differ—they're all worth checking out.

To sign up, visit https://engine.apollographql.com/login. Currently, you can only sign up using a GitHub account. If you don't have one already, create a GitHub account at https://https://github.com/join...