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Hibernate vs SQLAlchemy: What are the differences?
What is Hibernate? Idiomatic persistence for Java and relational databases. Hibernate is a suite of open source projects around domain models. The flagship project is Hibernate ORM, the Object Relational Mapper.
What is SQLAlchemy? The Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper. SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL.
Hibernate and SQLAlchemy can be primarily classified as "Object Relational Mapper (ORM)" tools.
SQLAlchemy is an open source tool with 3.34K GitHub stars and 888 GitHub forks. Here's a link to SQLAlchemy's open source repository on GitHub.
Bodybuilding.com, StyleShare Inc., and Zola are some of the popular companies that use Hibernate, whereas SQLAlchemy is used by WakaTime, YOU-app, and MonkeyLearn. Hibernate has a broader approval, being mentioned in 87 company stacks & 74 developers stacks; compared to SQLAlchemy, which is listed in 34 company stacks and 29 developer stacks.
Pros of Hibernate
- Easy ORM21
- Easy transaction definition7
- Is integrated with spring jpa2
Pros of SQLAlchemy
- Open Source7
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Cons of Hibernate
- Can't control proxy associations when entity graph used3
Cons of SQLAlchemy
- Documentation2
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