prisma vs sequelize

NPM Package Comparison - Which one should you use?

prisma

🏆Most Popular📦Smallest🔄Recently Updated

The Prisma CLI: one binary for the ORM, Composer, and the Prisma Developer Platform.

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npm install prisma

sequelize

⭐Most Starred📘TypeScript

Sequelize is a promise-based Node.js ORM tool for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Redshift and Snowflake’s Data Cloud. It features solid transaction support, relations, eager and lazy loading, read replication and more.

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npm install sequelize

When to Choose Each

👉Choose prisma if:

  • ✓Bundle size is critical for your project
  • ✓You prefer fewer dependencies to reduce supply chain risk
  • ✓You need actively maintained software with recent updates

👉Choose sequelize if:

  • ✓You're working with TypeScript and need first-class type support
  • ✓Community popularity and ecosystem support matter to you

Comparison

Metricprismasequelize
Weekly Downloads00
GitHub Stars2030.4k
Bundle Size537.9 KB2.9 MB
Dependencies1116
Last UpdatedToday6 months ago
TypeScriptNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Version8.0.0-rc.136.37.8

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