Hey! That's actually a pretty common misconception people have about GraphQL when they first hear about it - however, GraphQL definitely is not a Graph database

Hey! That's actually a pretty common misconception people have about GraphQL when they first hear about it - however, GraphQL definitely is not a Graph database (as is Neo4j). In fact, it's not even a database technology, despite sharing the same suffix with SQL! GraphQL is a query language for APIs - so, the closest you could get is to say that GraphQL is an API technology! It defines a specific request/response-format for client-server communication that's extremely flexible, simple and efficient. GraphQL is also independent of the transport protocol that's used (though mostly that's HTTP today). If you have a good idea about what an API is, you can read the second chapter of "How to GraphQL" where we highlight technical differences between GraphQL & REST: https://www.howtographql.com/basics/1-graphql-is-the-better-rest/ https://www.howtographql.com/basics/1-graphql-is-the-better-...