Case Study: Cox Automotive achieves faster API orchestration and 99.95% uptime with Apollo GraphQL

Cox Automotive saves 6 engineer-years with Apollo GraphQL

Cox Automotive, a global leader in the automotive software industry, faced significant API complexity from integrating numerous acquired companies over 15 years. This made it difficult to leverage existing services with speed and flexibility. A critical VIN decoder REST API containing complex business logic remained isolated from their Apollo GraphQL federated graph, and the cost of rewriting it seemed impossible.

Using Apollo Connectors for REST APIs, Cox Automotive integrated their VIN decoder into the graph in just two days, preserving their investment and unlocking new service composition capabilities. Apollo GraphQL's solution saved an estimated six engineer-years of work, improved uptime to 99.95%, and enabled faster feature delivery while ensuring consistent vehicle data across their customer-facing platforms.

Cox Automotive