What is the alternative to OData?

What is better than OData?

GraphQL is a self-contained and powerful query language, including all the things for querying and implementing the Rest API. So it is more powerful in comparison to OData. GraphQL supports joins relationships, sorting, versioning, pagination from a single request/ response round trip.

Is OData obsolete?

Custom V2 OData queries will be deprecated March 9, 2021.

Why is OData not popular?

The interface errs on the side of being too liberal in what it will accept. The contract does not provide enough information to consumers on how to use the service. If a consumer must read something other than the service's signature to understand how to use the service, the factoring of the service should be reviewed.

Is OData same as API?

If you have ever explored these systems, you might have come across two popular technologies: OData and REST APIs. These two are technologies used to facilitate communication and interaction between different Software Systems. Although the two are closely related, they are not the same.