These are not mutually exclusive options. You can use the heir to meteor (Apollo-client[1]) with elixir and phoenix quite easily. Absinthe [2] is shaping up to

These are not mutually exclusive options. You can use the heir to meteor (Apollo-client[1]) with elixir and phoenix quite easily. Absinthe [2] is shaping up to be a very complete implementation of the graphql spec, with proof-of-concept of non-spec features like subscriptions. I've been very happy with this combination, and it allows you to swap your front-end easily for another implementation (e.g. go with ember or react instead of angular). [1] https://github.com/apollostack/apollo-client https://github.com/apollostack/apollo-client [2] http://absinthe-graphql.org/ http://absinthe-graphql.org/