Comparison

Atlas vs Kysely

On the evidence we track, Kysely leads this comparison with a composite score of 74/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Atlas56

★Kysely74

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Atlas	KyselyLeader
vioscaleAI score	56 / 100medium · 56%	74 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$39	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	22	21
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC2 Type II	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.2	7.2
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://atlasgo.io/cloud/features/security-graph	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=ariga.io%2Fatlas&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=kysely&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	593	1,155
Github starsadoption.github_stars	8,773	14,269
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	20,754,444
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	10	59
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	40	10
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Atlas56 / 100medium · 56%

Kysely74 / 100high · 78%

Pricing

Free tier

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

Model

Atlasfreemium

Kyselyopen_source

Price level

Atlasmid

Kyselyfree

Starting price

Atlas$39

Kysely–

Transparent

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

Integrations

Count

Atlas22

Kysely21

Security

Certifications

AtlasSOC2 Type II

Kysely–

Gdpr

Atlas✓

Kysely–

Scorecard

Atlas6.2

Kysely7.2

Soc2

Atlas✓

Kysely–

Trust center

Atlashttps://atlasgo.io/cloud/features/security-graph

Kysely–

Vulnerabilities

AtlasCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=ariga.io%2Fatlas&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

KyselyCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=kysely&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Atlas✓

Kysely–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Atlas593

Kysely1,155

Github stars

Atlas8,773

Kysely14,269

Package downloads weekly

Atlas–

Kysely20,754,444

Activity

Commits last 30d

Atlas10

Kysely59

Release

Cadence days

Atlas40

Kysely10

History

Atlas20 items

Kysely20 items

License

Spdx

AtlasApache-2.0

KyselyMIT

Language

Primary

AtlasGo

KyselyTypeScript

Market

Availability

AtlasAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Kysely–

Content

Faq

Atlas8 items

Kysely6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for orm & database tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for ORM & Database Tools
Capability	Atlas	Kysely
Core
Type-safe queries	-	✓
Schema migrations	✓	✓
Relations / joins API	✓	✓
Languages	Multiple databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, SQLite, Oracle, Snowflake	TypeScript, JavaScript (Node, Deno, Bun, Cloudflare Workers, browsers)
Modelling
Schema-first modelling	✓	✓
Flexibility
Raw SQL escape hatch	✓	✓
Portability
Multiple database backends	✓	✓
Ops
Connection pooling	-	✗
DX
Data browser / studio	✓	✗

Core

Type-safe queries

Atlas-

Kysely✓

Schema migrations

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

Relations / joins API

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

Languages

AtlasMultiple databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, SQLite, Oracle, Snowflake

KyselyTypeScript, JavaScript (Node, Deno, Bun, Cloudflare Workers, browsers)

Modelling

Schema-first modelling

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

Flexibility

Raw SQL escape hatch

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

Portability

Multiple database backends

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

Ops

Connection pooling

Atlas-

Kysely✗

Data browser / studio

Atlas✓

Kysely✗

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Atlas

A language-agnostic tool that lets teams define database schemas as code, automatically plans and executes migrations, and monitors for drift. It works with multiple databases and integrates into CI/CD workflows like Terraform does for infrastructure.

Independently observed

Kysely

Leader

A JavaScript and TypeScript SQL query builder that provides compile-time type safety and database schema validation. It works across multiple runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun, Cloudflare Workers, browsers) with zero runtime dependencies and emphasizes composable, type-safe queries over higher-level abstractions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Atlas

from $39/mofreemiumFree tier

Free to start. Pro from $9/developer/month. Enterprise custom pricing.

StarterFree
- ORM integration
- Migration planning & execution
- IDE support
- Limited inspection & diffing
- Limited database support
ProFrom $9/developer/month plus project and database add-ons
- Everything in Starter
- Automated CI/CD integration
- Database Security as Code
- Migration linting & safety checks
- Security Graph & CVE scanning
- +4 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Pro
- Fully customizable plans
- Enterprise SSO
- Premium Support and custom SLA
- Air-gapped network deployment
- +2 more

as of 2026-10-14verify ↗

Kysely

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Completely free and open source (MIT license)

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Atlas	Kysely
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

CLI

Atlas✓

Kysely✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Atlas✓

Kysely✓

Self-hosted

Atlas✗

Kysely✓

Air-gapped

Atlas✓

Kysely✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)

PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQLite

Atlas

31 total - 28 not shared

GitHub
AWS Marketplace
Slack
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
CircleCI
Azure DevOps Pipelines
Azure Repos
Datadog
Oracle
Snowflake
ClickHouse
Aurora DSQL
Azure Fabric
CockroachDB
Databricks
Google Cloud Spanner
Kubernetes
Terraform
Azure DevOps
Argo CD
Crossplane
GCP Cloud SQL
MariaDB
+4 more

Independently observed

Kysely

Leader

25 total - 22 not shared

Supabase
Cursor
Windsurf
GitHub Copilot
ChatGPT
Claude
Claude Code
AirTrail
AWS Blocks
Conar
EmbedPDF
Hot Updater
inlang
Notesnook
OpenClaw
Reflect
Sink
Stacks
StudioCMS
Tunarr
ZenStack
Microsoft SQL Server

Independently observed

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