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Drizzle vs Prisma: which I'd pick for my next side project

Published May 2, 2026 · 7 min read

If you're starting a new TypeScript project in 2026, you'll hit the same fork in the road every other dev hits: Drizzle or Prisma? Both are great. Both have loud fans. And both have very different ideas about what an ORM should do for you.

I've shipped real projects with each, so here's the honest version of how I'd choose between them today.

The short answer

Pick Drizzle if you care about edge runtimes, bundle size, or writing SQL that looks like SQL. Pick Prisma if you want migrations and tooling that just work.

When Drizzle wins on edge runtimes

Here are the four scenarios where I'd reach for Drizzle every time, in order of how strongly I weigh each:

  1. You're deploying to Cloudflare Workers or another edge runtime where bundle size matters
  2. Your team is comfortable with SQL and doesn't need an ORM to "protect" them from it
  3. You're pairing with Turso or LibSQL for SQLite at the edge
  4. You want a thin layer that gets out of your way

When Prisma wins for solo developers

Prisma still has the better story for small teams who want batteries included. See our guide to setting up Prisma migrations for the workflow I use.

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