Prisma alternatives

Prisma is listed under Dev Tools: TypeScript ORM and database toolkit. We compare it with 15 other Dev Tools tools that have researched data. 14 of them offer a free plan or are free to use (9 open source), and 1 are paid only. Prisma itself is freemium (free plan + paid tiers).

Order: Sorted by how much you can use for free (free or open source first, then free plan with paid tiers, then paid only), then by the number of documented features, then alphabetically. No ratings or reviews are used.

Tool	Pricing	Free tier	Key features	Who it's for
Prisma this tool	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers) Paid plans from $10/month	Yes	Type-safe ORM defined by a declarative schema Managed Postgres with a preview database per branch Hosts Node.js, Bun, or Next.js apps beside Postgres	TypeScript developers and coding agents building and deploying apps.
GPTibo	Free and open source	Yes	Storefront for products, checkout, orders, and after-sales requests Admin for pricing, orders, refunds, partners, and notifications Partner desk with its own shop, branding, and custom domain	Developers self-hosting a digital-goods shop.
PlanetScale	Paid	No	Horizontally shards MySQL and Postgres across many nodes Applies schema changes and version upgrades without downtime Automatic failover across three availability zones	Teams running MySQL or Postgres from small projects to large production workloads.
open_scion	Free and open source	Yes	Clients fetch single objects and sparse trees instead of a full clone Blame, path history, and code search run on the server Lands a change with compare-and-swap instead of a merge queue	Developers running source control for coding agents.
Neon	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers)	Yes	Serverless Postgres with branching and separate storage and compute Managed user authentication included in every database Serverless functions that run beside the database	For developers building apps and agents that need a Postgres backend.
Supabase	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers) Paid plans from $25/month	Yes	Every project includes a full Postgres database User sign-ups and logins with row level security Deploy custom code as edge functions without managing servers	Developers and teams building applications on Postgres.
SkillSpector	Free and open source	Yes	Scans Git repositories, URLs, zip files, directories, or a single file Runs static checks and can add optional LLM semantic analysis Writes terminal, JSON, Markdown, or SARIF reports	Developers reviewing an AI agent skill before they install it.
Puter Everything	Free and open source	Yes	MIT monorepo that rebuilds proprietary apps as open-source alternatives Office apps include spreadsheet, documents, presentation, whiteboard, and PDF Also meetings, team chat, email, calendar, and other folders in src	Developers looking through Puter's open-source app rebuilds.
Astro	Free and open source	Yes	Renders components on the server and ships only needed JavaScript Loads content from the filesystem, an external API, or a CMS Organizes Markdown and MDX with TypeScript frontmatter checks	Developers building content-driven websites such as blogs, marketing sites, and e-commerce.
GitLab	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers) Paid plans from $29 per user/month, billed annually	Yes	Planning, source control, and CI/CD share one platform AI agents open merge requests, fix flaws, and review code Security scans, policies, and approvals run inside the pipeline	For individuals, teams, and enterprises that develop, secure, and operate software.
Notion	Freemium (free plan + paid tiers) Paid plans from $10 per member/month	Yes	Store notes, docs, and tasks in one workspace Search connected apps such as Slack and GitHub Agents complete multi-step tasks using workspace context	For individuals, small teams, growing businesses, and enterprises.
HatchZip	Free and open source	Yes	Extracts ZIP, 7z, and tar from the end, then cuts each finished part off the archive Reads ZIP, ZIP64, 7z, tar, .tar.gz, and split archives Checks that the extraction will fit before it changes anything	People extracting a large archive on a disk that cannot hold the archive and the files at once.
Security Audit Skill	Free and open source	Yes	Runs reconnaissance, coverage-led hunting, candidate validation, and structured output Independent agents verify records, then reports are derived from those records Writes confirmed, needs_validation, and rejected records to findings.json	Developers who want a coding agent to audit a repository and keep machine-readable findings.
GridCraft	Free and open source	Yes	XLSX is the native format, including styles, formulas, tables, charts, and PivotTables 500+ worksheet functions, plus dynamic arrays, LET, and LAMBDA Native apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, and BSD, plus the browser	People who want an open-source spreadsheet, including agents that edit workbooks.
Agent Toolkit for AWS	Free No additional charge; pay only for AWS resources	Yes	Auto-detects your agents, installs skills, and configures the MCP server Managed MCP server for AWS CLI commands, docs search, and curated skills Covers 300+ AWS services and 15,000+ API actions through one tool	Developers whose coding agents build and manage applications on AWS.
Handwired	Free and open source	Yes	Transforms if-else, loops, and state into matrix multiplication and ReLU The weights are written by hand, so the net does not need training The whole program stays differentiable	Developers turning ordinary JavaScript into a differentiable net.

Prisma alternatives: FAQ

What are the best Prisma alternatives?

GPTibo, PlanetScale, open_scion, Neon, Supabase, SkillSpector, Puter Everything, Astro, GitLab, Notion, HatchZip, Security Audit Skill, GridCraft, Agent Toolkit for AWS, Handwired are the Prisma alternatives in our directory that have researched data. They are ordered by how much you can use for free, then by documented features. No ratings or reviews are used, so the order is not a quality ranking.

Is there a free alternative to Prisma?

GPTibo (free and open source), open_scion (free and open source), Neon (freemium (free plan + paid tiers)), Supabase (freemium (free plan + paid tiers)), SkillSpector (free and open source), Puter Everything (free and open source), Astro (free and open source), GitLab (freemium (free plan + paid tiers)), Notion (freemium (free plan + paid tiers)), HatchZip (free and open source), Security Audit Skill (free and open source), GridCraft (free and open source), Agent Toolkit for AWS (free), Handwired (free and open source). Free tiers can change, so check each site.