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8 packages that do the same job as sequelize: @prisma/client, drizzle-orm, drizzle-kit, drizzle-zod, drizzle-seed, drizzle-typebox, knex, sql-template-tag. Figures below are from npm, GitHub and Bundlephobia.

Data as of 25 Sept 2026

sequelize and 8 alternatives compared

PackageWeekly downloads12-month changeGzipDependenciesLast releaseModuleTypesRuntimes
sequelize
This package
2m+5%-166 months agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
@prisma/client11.8m+235%-130 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
drizzle-orm16.3m+710%-03 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
drizzle-kit13.6m+754%-43 days agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
drizzle-zod2.2m+212%-01 year agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
drizzle-seed234.2k+246%-11 year agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
drizzle-typebox37.6k+103%-01 year agoESM + CommonJSBundled-
knex3.8m+74%-142 months agoCommonJSBundled-
sql-template-tag62.6k+48%-02 years agoESM onlyBundled-

12-month change compares the average of the last 4 weeks of downloads with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series. Gzip size is for the whole package (Bundlephobia). Runtimes are taken from each package's own documentation; "-" means not recorded.

@prisma/client

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.

Compared with sequelize

  • 5.9x more weekly downloads (11.8m vs 2m)
  • 1 dependency vs 16
  • Declares Node.js ^20.19 || ^22.12 || >=24.0 vs Node.js >=10.0.0
  • Last release 25 Aug 2026 vs 7 Mar 2026
  • 1.6x more GitHub stars (47.7k vs 30.4k)
@prisma/client package page@prisma/client vs sequelize

drizzle-orm

Drizzle ORM package for SQL databases

Compared with sequelize

  • 8.1x more weekly downloads (16.3m vs 2m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 16
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js >=10.0.0
  • Last release 21 Sept 2026 vs 7 Mar 2026
  • 1.2x more GitHub stars (35.9k vs 30.4k)
drizzle-orm package pagedrizzle-orm vs sequelize

drizzle-kit

Drizzle Kit is a CLI migrator tool for Drizzle ORM. It is probably the one and only tool that lets you completely automatically generate SQL migrations and covers ~95% of the common cases like deletions and renames by prompting user input. <https://github

Compared with sequelize

  • 6.8x more weekly downloads (13.6m vs 2m)
  • 4 dependencies vs 16
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js >=10.0.0
  • Last release 21 Sept 2026 vs 7 Mar 2026
  • 1.2x more GitHub stars (35.9k vs 30.4k)
drizzle-kit package page

drizzle-zod

Generate Zod schemas from Drizzle ORM schemas

Compared with sequelize

  • 1.1x more weekly downloads (2.2m vs 2m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 16
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js >=10.0.0
  • Last release 6 Aug 2025 vs 7 Mar 2026
  • 1.2x more GitHub stars (35.9k vs 30.4k)
drizzle-zod package page

drizzle-seed

A package to seed your database using Drizzle ORM

Compared with sequelize

  • 8.6x fewer weekly downloads (234.2k vs 2m)
  • 1 dependency vs 16
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js >=10.0.0
  • Last release 29 Jan 2025 vs 7 Mar 2026
  • 1.2x more GitHub stars (35.9k vs 30.4k)
drizzle-seed package page

drizzle-typebox

Generate Typebox schemas from Drizzle ORM schemas

Compared with sequelize

  • 53x fewer weekly downloads (37.6k vs 2m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 16
  • Declares no Node.js engine range vs Node.js >=10.0.0
  • Last release 20 May 2025 vs 7 Mar 2026
  • 1.2x more GitHub stars (35.9k vs 30.4k)
drizzle-typebox package page

knex

A batteries-included SQL query & schema builder for PostgresSQL, MySQL, CockroachDB, MSSQL and SQLite3

Compared with sequelize

  • 1.9x more weekly downloads (3.8m vs 2m)
  • 14 dependencies vs 16
  • CommonJS vs ESM + CommonJS
  • Declares Node.js >=16 vs Node.js >=10.0.0
  • Last release 26 Jun 2026 vs 7 Mar 2026
  • 1.5x fewer GitHub stars (20.3k vs 30.4k)
knex package page

sql-template-tag

ES2015 tagged template string for preparing SQL statements, works with `pg`, `mysql`, `sqlite` and `oracledb`

Compared with sequelize

  • 32x fewer weekly downloads (62.6k vs 2m)
  • 0 dependencies vs 16
  • ESM only vs ESM + CommonJS
  • Declares Node.js >=14 vs Node.js >=10.0.0
  • Last release 20 Apr 2024 vs 7 Mar 2026
  • 77x fewer GitHub stars (393 vs 30.4k)
sql-template-tag package page
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, Bundlephobia. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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