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Prisma
Modern ORM and API client for Node.js and TypeScript
As of 30 August 2026, Prisma is free to use. Prisma is a modern, type-safe ORM for Node. Softwr lists it under APIs. Prisma is launched in 2016, available on API.
Overview
What Prisma does
Prisma is a modern, type-safe ORM for Node.js and TypeScript that simplifies database access and API development. It provides an intuitive data model, auto-generated migrations, and powerful query capabilities.
What people use it for
- Using a type safe ORM and query layer against a Postgres database
- Adding a managed connection pool and edge cache in front of an existing database
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Prisma.
- Prisma Postgres is billed per operation, with the free tier at 100,000 operations and 500 MB of storage
- Starter at $10 a month includes 1M operations then charges $0.0080 per 1,000
- Storage overage runs from $2.00 per GB on Starter down to $1.00 per GB on Business, so the unit cost depends on the plan
- Accelerate charges separately per operation and per GiB of query egress beyond the first 1 KiB
- Cache tag invalidations are not included below the Pro plan and are billed per thousand above it
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Pricing
What Prisma costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- 1M requests/month
- 360 GB-hours memory
- 4 vCPU-hours
- 10 GB bandwidth
- 200k database operations
- 500 MB storage
Starter
$10 /mo
- 5M requests/month
- 1M database operations ($8 per million overage)
- 10 GB storage ($2/GB overage)
- 1,000 databases
- 7-day daily backups
Pro
$49 /mo
- 20M requests/month
- 10M operations ($2 per million overage)
- 50 GB storage ($1.50/GB overage)
- GDPR and HIPAA compliance
Business
$129 /mo
- 100M requests/month
- 50M operations ($1 per million overage)
- 100 GB storage
- 30-day backup retention
- SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance
Capabilities
Features
ORM
Query builder
Auto-migrations
Node.js
Integration with Node.js
TypeScript
Integration with TypeScript
GraphQL
Integration with GraphQL
REST APIs
Integration with REST APIs
Node.js support
Available on Node.js
TypeScript support
Available on TypeScript
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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How much does Prisma cost?
Prisma is free to start with 1M requests/month. The Starter plan costs $10/month with 5M requests, the Pro plan $49/month with 20M requests, and the Business plan $129/month with 100M requests. All plans have usage-based overages.
SourceWhat is Prisma's overage pricing?
Prisma charges $1 per million requests over the included amount (Starter), $2 per million database operations overage (Pro and Starter), and $1.50-$2 per GB for storage overages depending on the plan. All plans include a hard spend limit on by default.
SourceDoes Prisma include data transfer costs?
No, Prisma includes unlimited data transfer with no egress fees on all plans. Prisma ORM remains free across all tiers.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Prisma
- Company
- Prisma
- Based in
- Berlin, Germany
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