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  5. Hibernate vs SQLAlchemy vs Sequelize

Hibernate vs SQLAlchemy vs Sequelize

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Overview

Hibernate
Hibernate
Stacks1.8K
Followers1.2K
Votes34
GitHub Stars0
Forks0
SQLAlchemy
SQLAlchemy
Stacks1.6K
Followers511
Votes7
GitHub Stars3.5K
Forks878
Sequelize
Sequelize
Stacks1.0K
Followers1.4K
Votes143
GitHub Stars30.2K
Forks4.3K

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Detailed Comparison

Hibernate
Hibernate
SQLAlchemy
SQLAlchemy
Sequelize
Sequelize

Hibernate is a suite of open source projects around domain models. The flagship project is Hibernate ORM, the Object Relational Mapper.

SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.

Sequelize is a promise-based ORM for Node.js and io.js. It supports the dialects PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite and MSSQL and features solid transaction support, relations, read replication and more.

Statistics
GitHub Stars
0
GitHub Stars
3.5K
GitHub Stars
30.2K
GitHub Forks
0
GitHub Forks
878
GitHub Forks
4.3K
Stacks
1.8K
Stacks
1.6K
Stacks
1.0K
Followers
1.2K
Followers
511
Followers
1.4K
Votes
34
Votes
7
Votes
143
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 22
    Easy ORM
  • 8
    Easy transaction definition
  • 3
    Is integrated with spring jpa
  • 1
    Open Source
Cons
  • 3
    Can't control proxy associations when entity graph used
Pros
  • 7
    Open Source
Cons
  • 2
    Documentation
Pros
  • 42
    Good ORM for node.js
  • 31
    Easy setup
  • 21
    Support MySQL & MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Sqlite
  • 14
    Open source
  • 13
    Free
Cons
  • 30
    Docs are awful
  • 10
    Relations can be confusing
Integrations
Java
Java
Python
Python
SQLite
SQLite
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server
Node.js
Node.js
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MySQL
MariaDB
MariaDB
io.js
io.js

What are some alternatives to Hibernate, SQLAlchemy, Sequelize?

Prisma

Prisma

Prisma is an open-source database toolkit. It replaces traditional ORMs and makes database access easy with an auto-generated query builder for TypeScript & Node.js.

Doctrine 2

Doctrine 2

Doctrine 2 sits on top of a powerful database abstraction layer (DBAL). One of its key features is the option to write database queries in a proprietary object oriented SQL dialect called Doctrine Query Language (DQL), inspired by Hibernates HQL.

MikroORM

MikroORM

TypeScript ORM for Node.js based on Data Mapper, Unit of Work and Identity Map patterns. Supports MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases.

Entity Framework

Entity Framework

It is an object-relational mapper that enables .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.

peewee

peewee

A small, expressive orm, written in python (2.6+, 3.2+), with built-in support for sqlite, mysql and postgresql and special extensions like hstore.

MyBatis

MyBatis

It is a first class persistence framework with support for custom SQL, stored procedures and advanced mappings. It eliminates almost all of the JDBC code and manual setting of parameters and retrieval of results. It can use simple XML or Annotations for configuration and map primitives, Map interfaces and Java POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) to database records.

Entity Framework Core

Entity Framework Core

It is a lightweight, extensible, open source and cross-platform version of the popular Entity Framework data access technology. It can serve as an object-relational mapper (O/RM), enabling .NET developers to work with a database using .NET objects, and eliminating the need for most of the data-access code they usually need to write.

Dapper

Dapper

It is an object-relational mapping product for the Microsoft.NET platform: it provides a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database.

NHibernate

NHibernate

It is a mature, open source object-relational mapper for the .NET framework. It's actively developed, fully featured and used in thousands of successful projects.

SQL+.NET

SQL+.NET

It is an enterprise grade ORM designed to compliment the skills of SQL professionals. More than a typical ORM, it's a complete system for building high-performance, robust data services.

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