MikroORM vs Prisma

MikroORM allows handling transactions automatically. When you call em.flush(), all computed changes are wrapped inside a database transaction.

Manages in memory state of loaded entities for you.

Uses source code analysis so you do not have to repeat yourself when defining entities. Simply define correct TypeScript types and you are good to go!

You can use decorators or define your schema via EntitySchema helper. You can also define custom MetadataProvider to customize how the discovery works.

The first easy-to-use and convinient ORM in Typescript for Node.js

Allows to use knex directly (as well as native SQL) and map results to entities easily.

Supports MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases, and more can be supported via custom drivers right now.

Allow to generate entities from existing database schema to get you up in speed.

Prisma generates types out of a schema, enabling type safety across your application

Great support for VSCode with autocompletion, quick fixes, syntax highlighting of the Prisma schema

Introspects your database to generate a schema you can use to generate your client makes it simple to get started with existing databases.

Prisma Migrate makes it easy to create migrations for production.

Actually responds on issues or the Prisma Slack with helpful answers.