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Doctrine vs Drizzle ORM

No clear leader: Drizzle ORM (65.0) and Doctrine (62.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Doctrine62
Drizzle ORM65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Doctrine62 / 100medium · 50%
Drizzle ORM65 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✓
Model
Doctrineopen_source
Drizzle ORMcommercial
Price level
Doctrinefree
Drizzle ORMfree
Transparent
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✓
Integrations
Count
Doctrine20
Drizzle ORM13
Security
Scorecard
Doctrine6.9
Drizzle ORM–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Doctrine87,805
Drizzle ORM2,870
Github stars
Doctrine10,165
Drizzle ORM36,017
Package downloads weekly
Doctrine–
Drizzle ORM1,500,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
Doctrine29
Drizzle ORM6
Release
Cadence days
Doctrine6
Drizzle ORM5
History
Doctrine20 items
Drizzle ORM20 items
License
Spdx
DoctrineMIT
Drizzle ORMApache-2.0
Language
Primary
DoctrinePHP
Drizzle ORMTypeScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Doctrine6 items
Drizzle ORM7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Type-safe queries
Doctrine-
Drizzle ORM✓
Schema migrations
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✓
Relations / joins API
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✓
Languages
DoctrinePHP
Drizzle ORMJavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Bun, Deno
Modelling
Schema-first modelling
Doctrine-
Drizzle ORM✓
Flexibility
Raw SQL escape hatch
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✓
Portability
Multiple database backends
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✓
Ops
Connection pooling
Doctrine-
Drizzle ORM✓
DX
Data browser / studio
Doctrine-
Drizzle ORM✓

What each one is

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

Doctrine

PHP libraries for building database-driven applications with support for object-relational mapping and database abstraction.

Independently observed

Drizzle ORM

A thin, typed layer over SQL that enables developers to declare database schemas and write type-safe queries in TypeScript while maintaining compatibility with standard SQL. Includes CLI tools for migrations and a data browser for managing PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite databases.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Doctrine

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Drizzle ORM

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✗
CLI
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Doctrine✗
Drizzle ORM✓
Self-hosted
Doctrine✓
Drizzle ORM✓

Integrations

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

Doctrine

20 total
  • Symfony
  • Drupal
  • Laravel
  • Laminas
  • API Platform
  • eZ Platform
  • Akeneo PIM
  • Pimcore
  • Sylius
  • Shopware
  • Contao
  • Oxid eShop
  • PrestaShop
  • TYPO3
  • Sonata Project
  • JMS Libraries
  • Go! AOP
  • KNP Labs
  • PHPUnit
  • phpbench
Independently observed

Drizzle ORM

26 total
  • Turso
  • Neon
  • Xata
  • PlanetScale
  • Cloudflare D1
  • FlyIO LiteFS
  • Vercel Postgres
  • Supabase
  • AWS Data API
  • Hono
  • ArkType
  • TypeBox
  • Valibot
  • Zod
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • SQLite
  • Nile
  • Vercel
  • Netlify
  • Railway
  • AWS
  • Bun
  • Node.js
  • +2 more
Independently observed
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Doctrine or Drizzle ORM: which one depends on you

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