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@prisma/client vs sequelize-typescript

ORMs and query buildersPackage data 25 Sept 2026
@prisma/clientv7.10.0, 25 Aug 2026

Prisma Client is an auto-generated, type-safe and modern JavaScript/TypeScript ORM for Node.js that's tailored to your data. Supports PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite & MongoDB databases.

$ npm install @prisma/client
sequelize-typescriptv2.1.6, 24 Nov 2023

Decorators and some other features for sequelize

$ npm install sequelize-typescript
Metric@prisma/clientsequelize-typescriptDifference
Weekly downloads11,810,728373,948@prisma/client 31.6x higher
12-month download growth+235%+25%@prisma/client +209 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies11Same
Unpacked size71.0 MB211 kBsequelize-typescript 345.2x smaller
Latest release7.10.0, 25 Aug 20262.1.6, 24 Nov 2023@prisma/client 2.8 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months230@prisma/client 23 more
First published15 Jan 202015 Mar 2017sequelize-typescript 2.8 years earlier
GitHub stars47,6732,836@prisma/client 16.8x higher
Open issues2,519232@prisma/client 2,287 more
Open pull requests13931@prisma/client 108 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks8,2830@prisma/client higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSCommonJSDiffers
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LicenseApache-2.0MITDiffers

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

@prisma/client11.8m latest weeksequelize-typescript367.7k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

@prisma/client

Major versions
  1. 2.0.09 Jun 2020
  2. 3.0.17 Sept 2021
  3. 4.0.028 Jun 2022
  4. 5.0.011 Jul 2023
  5. 6.0.028 Nov 2024
  6. 7.0.019 Nov 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 7.10.025 Aug 2026
  2. 7.9.127 Jul 2026
  3. 7.9.020 Jul 2026
  4. 7.8.022 Apr 2026
  5. 7.7.07 Apr 2026
201 releases in total, 23 in the last 12 months

sequelize-typescript

Major versions
  1. 0.1.015 Mar 2017
  2. 1.0.021 Aug 2019
  3. 2.0.017 Jan 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.1.624 Nov 2023
  2. 2.1.517 Oct 2022
  3. 2.1.415 Oct 2022
  4. 2.1.316 Feb 2022
  5. 2.1.24 Jan 2022
40 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry points@prisma/client (@prisma/client: ESM + CommonJS; sequelize-typescript: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirement@prisma/client: ^20.19 || ^22.12 || >=24.0; sequelize-typescript: >=10.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent release@prisma/client (7.10.0 on 25 Aug 2026 vs 2.1.6 on 24 Nov 2023)
  • Higher weekly npm downloads@prisma/client (11.8m vs 373.9k)
  • License@prisma/client: Apache-2.0; sequelize-typescript: MIT

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