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Prisma

Deep Dive Analysis

Prisma generates a fully typed client from your schema, so database queries are checked at compile time rather than failing at runtime.

Target Audience

TypeScript teams that want database access checked by the compiler.

The Final Verdict

"The typing genuinely prevents bugs. If your queries are unusual, expect to drop to raw SQL more than you would like."

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What we checked

Public API
Offers a documented API you can build against.
Yes
Mobile app
Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.
No
Open source / self-hostable
Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.
Yes
SSO (SAML)
Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.
Yes

These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.

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