# How Intuit Handled their Busiest Time of Year with Apollo Router

DevFeed: [How Intuit Handled their Busiest Time of Year with Apollo Router](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-intuit-handled-their-busiest-time-of-year-with-apollo-router-23363.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/how-intuit-handled-their-busiest-time-of-year-with-apollo-router>)

Author: Ishwari Lokare

Published: 2024-01-29T07:30:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [GraphOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphos.md>), [API Platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-platform.md>), [gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gateway.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [api-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-platform.md>), [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gateway.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [graphos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphos.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [microservices-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices-architecture.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how Intuit moved from multiple internal GraphQL gateways toward a single supergraph powered by Apollo GraphOS and Apollo Router. The transition was intended to improve self-service, standards compliance, performance during seasonal traffic peaks, and supergraph management, while the work remained ongoing.

## Source excerpt

Millions of small to midsize businesses turn to Intuit's Quickbooks to manage their accounting, payroll, tax, and more. It is overwhelmingly the most popular accounting software on the market today. Intuit serves 100 million individuals and businesses through its leading products TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp.