Alternatives to Drizzle ORM

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Prisma

85/100open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Next-generation TypeScript ORM with schema-first design and auto-generated, type-safe database client. Define models in Prisma Schema Language, manage migrations via Prisma Migrate, and browse data in Prisma Studio. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB, and CockroachDB. Prisma Accelerate provides edge caching and connection pooling, Optimize offers AI-powered query analysis. 40K+ GitHub stars, widely adopted in Node.js/TypeScript.

Open-source core ORM under Apache-2.0 license ($0 self-host). Prisma Data Platform offers a Free tier ($0/mo with 60,000 Accelerate queries and 100k Pulse events/mo). Pro plan starts at $29/mo with global edge connection pooling, caching, pay-as-you-go scaling ($0.000002/query overage), and spend limits. Enterprise custom plans offer 99.99% SLA, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA compliance, private VPC peering, and 24/7 dedicated support.Review →

Sequelize

open sourceexplicit relation

Mature, promise-based ORM for Node.js supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, and SQL Server. Features model definitions with validations, eager/lazy loading, transactions, migrations, raw queries, and lifecycle hooks. Supports soft deletes, scopes, and virtual fields. One of the oldest and most battle-tested Node.js ORMs, widely used in enterprise apps though increasingly succeeded by Prisma and Drizzle in new projects.

Free and 100% open source under the MIT license. Sequelize is a community-driven promise-based ORM for Node.js and TypeScript supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MSSQL, Snowflake, Db2, and Oracle with no licensing costs or paid tiers.

TypeORM

open sourceexplicit relation

Full-featured ORM for TypeScript and JavaScript supporting Active Record and Data Mapper patterns. Works with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Oracle, SQL Server, and MongoDB. Features decorator-based entity definitions, migrations, relations (one-to-one, many-to-many), lazy/eager loading, query builder, transactions, and caching. Supports both Node.js and browser runtimes. 34K+ GitHub stars. Mature but losing mindshare to Prisma and Drizzle for new TypeScript projects.

Free and 100% open source under the MIT license. Completely free for commercial and personal development across Node.js, TypeScript, browser, and mobile runtimes with zero licensing fees.

Open-source Drizzle ORM alternatives

Prisma, Sequelize, TypeORM — see all open-source developer tools.

Free Drizzle ORM alternatives

Prisma offer a free plan or free tier.

More Databases & ORMs tools

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UpstashUpstash provides serverless Redis, Kafka, and vector database services with per-request pricing and zero operational overhead. Redis supports global replication for edge computing. Kafka offers pay-per-message event streaming. QStash provides HTTP-based message queues for serverless. Features REST APIs alongside native protocols, ideal for edge and serverless deployments. Integrates with Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, and AWS Lambda natively.NeonServerless Postgres platform separating storage and compute for branching, autoscaling, read replicas, instant restore, and scale-to-zero workloads. Neon works with standard PostgreSQL clients and ORMs, supports extensions such as pgvector, and sits inside a broader Neon backend platform with Auth, Data API, Functions, Object Storage, and AI Gateway features.SupabaseOpen-source Firebase alternative providing a full backend-as-a-service on PostgreSQL. Auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs from your schema, real-time subscriptions, built-in auth with 20+ social providers and Row Level Security, S3-compatible file storage with CDN, and Deno-powered Edge Functions. Visual dashboard with SQL editor and table editor. Supports pgvector for AI apps. Self-hostable or managed with a generous free tier. 75K+ GitHub stars.QdrantQdrant is a high-performance vector similarity search engine and database written in Rust. Designed for production-grade AI applications with advanced filtering, payload indexing, and distributed deployment. Supports billion-scale vector collections with sub-second query times. Popular choice for RAG, recommendation systems, and anomaly detection.PineconePinecone is a leading managed vector database designed for high-performance similarity search at scale. Purpose-built for AI applications including RAG, recommendation systems, and semantic search. Offers managed serverless infrastructure with automatic scaling, filtering, hybrid retrieval, and namespacing. No infrastructure management required.HelixDBHelixDB is an open-source, unified graph-vector database engineered in Rust that merges relational, graph, and vector workloads into a single OLTP engine, using LMDB local caching and S3 object storage for scalable agent memory.LanceDBLanceDB is an open-source embedded vector database built on the Lance columnar format for multimodal AI. It delivers near in-memory performance from disk with zero-copy architecture, supporting vector search, full-text search, and SQL. Native SDKs for Python, TypeScript, and Rust integrate with LangChain, LlamaIndex, and DuckDB. Backed by a $30M Series A, used by Harvey AI and Runway, with 18,000+ GitHub stars.RagieRagie is a managed retrieval-augmented generation platform that handles document ingestion, indexing, and retrieval so developers can build grounded AI applications without managing vector databases or chunking pipelines. It connects to Google Drive, Notion, Slack, Confluence, and other enterprise data sources with simple APIs for hybrid search and entity extraction.VectorChordVectorChord is a Postgres extension from the supervc-stack/VectorChord project that brings high-recall vector search to PostgreSQL. As the spiritual successor to pgvecto.rs, it combines IVF indexes with RaBitQ quantization to deliver Pinecone-class performance at billion-vector scale while keeping all data inside a single Postgres database — no separate vector store, no two-system sync, no rewrites when the workload grows.

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FAQ

Which Drizzle ORM alternative is listed first?

Prisma is first in the editor-selected list of 3 Drizzle ORM alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 85/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source Drizzle ORM alternatives?

Yes — Prisma, Sequelize, TypeORM are open source.

Are there free Drizzle ORM alternatives?

Yes — Prisma offer a free plan or free tier.