Drizzle ORM Has a Free TypeScript ORM — SQL Queries Without the SQL Pain

The ORM Landscape in 2026 Prisma is powerful but adds 10MB+ to your bundle and generates a client you cannot control. TypeORM is buggy and poorly maintained. Sequelize feels like writing Java in JavaScript. Drizzle: SQL Power With TypeScript Safety Drizzle ORM is a TypeScript ORM that lets you write SQL-like queries with full type safety — and it compiles to exactly the SQL you would write by hand. Why Developers Are Migrating to Drizzle Zero Bundle Bloat Prisma: ~10MB node_modules + generated client Drizzle: ~50KB total That is 200x lighter. Your serverless cold starts will thank you. SQL You Can Read // Drizzle - reads like SQL const users = await db . select () . from ( usersTable ) . where ( eq ( usersTable . role , ' admin ' )) . orderBy ( desc ( usersTable . createdAt )) . limit ( 10 ) // Generates exactly: // SELECT * FROM users WHERE role = 'admin' ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10 No magic. No hidden queries. No N+1 problems you discover in production. Type-Safe Schema import