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Pros of Prisma
Pros of Sequelize
  • 12
    Type-safe database access
  • 10
    Open Source
  • 8
    Auto-generated query builder
  • 6
    Supports multible database systems
  • 6
    Increases confidence during development
  • 4
    Built specifically for Postgres and TypeScript
  • 4
    Productive application development
  • 2
    Supports multible RDBMSs
  • 2
    Robust migrations system
  • 42
    Good ORM for node.js
  • 31
    Easy setup
  • 20
    Support MySQL & MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Sqlite
  • 14
    Open source
  • 13
    Free
  • 11
    Promise Based
  • 4
    Recommend for mongoose users
  • 3
    Atrocious documentation, buggy, issues closed by bots
  • 3
    Typescript

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Cons of Prisma
Cons of Sequelize
  • 2
    Doesn't support downward/back migrations
  • 1
    Doesn't support JSONB
  • 1
    Do not support JSONB
  • 1
    Mutation of JSON is really confusing
  • 1
    Do not support JSONB
  • 30
    Docs are awful
  • 9
    Relations can be confusing

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What is 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.

What is Sequelize?

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.

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