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/clientSequelize 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.
$ npm install sequelize| Metric | @prisma/client | sequelize | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 11,810,728 | 2,007,420 | @prisma/client 5.9x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +235% | +5% | @prisma/client +230 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 1 | 16 | sequelize 15 more |
| Unpacked size | 71.0 MB | 2.8 MB | sequelize 25.6x smaller |
| Latest release | 7.10.0, 25 Aug 2026 | 6.37.8, 7 Mar 2026 | @prisma/client 6 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 23 | 1 | @prisma/client 22 more |
| First published | 15 Jan 2020 | 3 May 2011 | sequelize 8.7 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 47,673 | 30,362 | @prisma/client 1.6x higher |
| Open issues | 2,519 | 932 | @prisma/client 1,587 more |
| Open pull requests | 139 | 160 | sequelize 21 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 8,283 | 360 | @prisma/client 23.0x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | Differs |
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/client
- 2.0.09 Jun 2020
- 3.0.17 Sept 2021
- 4.0.028 Jun 2022
- 5.0.011 Jul 2023
- 6.0.028 Nov 2024
- 7.0.019 Nov 2025
- 7.10.025 Aug 2026
- 7.9.127 Jul 2026
- 7.9.020 Jul 2026
- 7.8.022 Apr 2026
- 7.7.07 Apr 2026
sequelize
- 0.4.13 May 2011
- 1.0.03 May 2011
- 2.0.010 Feb 2015
- 3.0.017 May 2015
- 4.0.07 Jun 2017
- 5.1.013 Mar 2019
- 6.1.024 Jun 2020
- 6.37.87 Mar 2026
- 6.37.728 Mar 2025
- 6.37.64 Mar 2025
- 6.37.525 Oct 2024
- 6.37.44 Oct 2024
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- Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirement@prisma/client: ^20.19 || ^22.12 || >=24.0; sequelize: >=10.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent release@prisma/client (7.10.0 on 25 Aug 2026 vs 6.37.8 on 7 Mar 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloads@prisma/client (11.8m vs 2m)
- License@prisma/client: Apache-2.0; sequelize: MIT
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