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Prisma

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NOT REALLY

An ORM that got more useful once machines started writing the queries.

NOT REALLY

why this verdict

Keep it — Anthropic has not replaced it

Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the dev tools job, so this one is still worth keeping open.

A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
Typed schemas are what let agents write correct data code. Anthropic, February 24, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
Is there a free way to do it? yes
1 of 1 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Drizzle ORM.
What the call is worth nothing to cancel
No paid entry tier tracked, so there is no subscription to cancel.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed missing: two or more escape hatches
Threatened by
Anthropic
Since
February 24, 2025
List price
free
Per year
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The backstory

Prisma's schema file is a compact, machine-readable description of your data model — precisely the artefact a coding agent needs to generate correct queries. Rather than being displaced, Prisma became a way to constrain generated code into something type-safe. The open-source core stays free; the money is in Accelerate and Pulse.

Escape hatches

1 of 1 replacements have a usable free tier.

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