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24 alternatives to Prisma

Turn your database into a GraphQL API

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prisma launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Prisma▲522

    Build a GraphQL server with any database

    2018 · prisma.io · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    GraphQL database platform

    2018 · app.prisma.io · its alternatives →

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    Next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript

    2021 · prisma.io · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    The future of serverless databases

    2025 · prisma.io · its alternatives →

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    Grafbase▲192

    Unify the data layer with GraphQL

    2023 · grafbase.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source tutorial website to learn GraphQL development

    2017 · howtographql.com · its alternatives →

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    Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events. - hasura/graphql-engine

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hubql CLI▲119

    Create data schema visualizations from your terminal

    2024 · schemavisualizer.dev · its alternatives →

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    GraphCMS▲264

    The GraphQL CMS

    2017 · hygraph.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10
    IrisQL▲82

    GraphQL schema made easy

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Prisma Cloud is the most complete Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) for code to cloud security in any cloud, multicloud, and hybrid environment.

    2017 · twistlock.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Build your Prisma schema visually in this easy web tool

    2021 · prismabuilder.io · its alternatives →

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    Graphcool▲294

    The GraphQL backend for mobile & web developers

    2017 · graph.cool · its alternatives →

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    The fully-featured GraphQL Server

    2022 · the-guild.dev · its alternatives →

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    AI-driven query analysis

    2024 · prisma.io · its alternatives →

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    A flexible GraphQL client and server library that can be used to power realtime applications. - tjmehta/primus-graphql

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I created this ORM to fill a gap in the Python ecosystem. Due to the nature of typing in Python there are no other Python ORMs that can provide correct type hints. Prisma Python manages to work around this by auto-generating python types. Aside from static type checking, providing type hints means that you will get autocomplete suggestions for you which for me is the killer feature for this ORM (see the GIF in the README for an example). It's also built on top of Prisma, a next-generation ORM for TypeScript which means that the core query building and connection handling has been battle…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Instant realtime GraphQL APIs on your data

    2021 · hasura.io · its alternatives →

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    Instant Realtime GraphQL on Postgres

    2018 · hasura.io · its alternatives →

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    8base▲211

    Bring powerful apps to market fast - 8base GraphQL Backend

    2020 · 8base.com · its alternatives →

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    Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on all your data with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events. - graphql-engine/community/tools/json2graphql at master · hasura/graphql-engine

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🛰️ Represent any GraphQL API as an interactive graph - APIs-guru/graphql-voyager

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Reindex▲161

    GraphQL backend as a service

    2016 · reindex.io · its alternatives →

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    Graphweaver is an open-source GraphQL API Server that can connect many data sources to create a single API. Create a headless CMS, API Gateway, BaaS or use it as a BFF.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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