Comparison

Doctrine vs Prisma

On the evidence we track, Prisma leads this comparison with a composite score of 78/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Doctrine62

★Prisma78

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Doctrine	PrismaLeader
vioscaleAI score	62 / 100medium · 50%	78 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$10
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	20	3
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR Compliance, HIPAA Compliance
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.9	6.8
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.prisma.io/privacy
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=doctrine%2Form&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40prisma%2Fengine-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.95
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	87,805	2,028
Github starsadoption.github_stars	10,165	47,692
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	5,900,000
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	14,000
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	29	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	2
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	PHP	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB, EU
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Doctrine62 / 100medium · 50%

Prisma78 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

Doctrine✓

Prisma✓

Model

Doctrineopen_source

Prismafreemium

Price level

Doctrinefree

Prismalow

Starting price

Doctrine–

Prisma$10

Transparent

Doctrine✓

Prisma✓

Integrations

Count

Doctrine20

Prisma3

Security

Certifications

Doctrine–

PrismaSOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR Compliance, HIPAA Compliance

Disclosure policy

Doctrine–

Prisma✓

Gdpr

Doctrine–

Prisma✓

Hipaa

Doctrine–

Prisma✓

Iso27001

Doctrine–

Prisma✓

Scorecard

Doctrine6.9

Prisma6.8

Soc2

Doctrine–

Prisma✓

Trust center

Doctrine–

Prismahttps://www.prisma.io/privacy

Vulnerabilities

DoctrineCount: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=doctrine%2Form&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL

PrismaCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40prisma%2Fengine-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

Doctrine–

Prisma99.95

Status page

Doctrine–

Prisma✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Doctrine87,805

Prisma2,028

Github stars

Doctrine10,165

Prisma47,692

Package downloads weekly

Doctrine–

Prisma5,900,000

Stackoverflow questions

Doctrine–

Prisma14,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Doctrine29

Prisma100

Release

Cadence days

Doctrine6

Prisma2

History

Doctrine20 items

Prisma20 items

License

Spdx

DoctrineMIT

PrismaApache-2.0

Language

Primary

DoctrinePHP

PrismaTypeScript

Market

Availability

DoctrineAvailable worldwide

PrismaAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB, EU

Content

Faq

Doctrine6 items

Prisma8 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	Doctrine	Prisma
Core
Type-safe queries	-	✓
Schema migrations	✓	✓
Relations / joins API	✓	✓
Languages	PHP	TypeScript, JavaScript (Node.js)
Modelling
Schema-first modelling	-	✓
Flexibility
Raw SQL escape hatch	✓	✓
Portability
Multiple database backends	✓	✓
Ops
Connection pooling	-	✓
DX
Data browser / studio	-	✓

Core

Type-safe queries

Doctrine-

Prisma✓

Schema migrations

Doctrine✓

Prisma✓

Relations / joins API

Doctrine✓

Prisma✓

Languages

DoctrinePHP

PrismaTypeScript, JavaScript (Node.js)

Modelling

Schema-first modelling

Doctrine-

Prisma✓

Flexibility

Raw SQL escape hatch

Doctrine✓

Prisma✓

Portability

Multiple database backends

Doctrine✓

Prisma✓

Ops

Connection pooling

Doctrine-

Prisma✓

Data browser / studio

Doctrine-

Prisma✓

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

Prisma

Leader

An integrated platform that combines an object-relational mapper, managed PostgreSQL database service, and application hosting designed to work together natively. It enables developers to build and deploy applications with type safety throughout the data layer, automated per-branch databases, and usage-based pricing.

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

Prisma

Leader

from $10/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier available. Usage-based pricing starting at $10/month with per-operation and metered resource charges; spend limits included on all paid plans.

FreeFree
- 50 databases
- 200,000 operations per month
- 2GB storage
- No credit card required
Starter$10/month base with metered overages
- 1,000 databases
- 5M requests/month
- 1M operations/month
- 10GB storage
Pro$49/month base with metered overages
- 20M requests/month
- 10M operations/month
- 50GB storage
Business$129/month base
- 100M requests/month
- 50M operations/month
- GDPR compliance
- HIPAA compliance
- SOC 2
- +1 more

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Doctrine	Prisma
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Doctrine✓

Prisma✓

CLI

Doctrine✓

Prisma✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Doctrine✗

Prisma✓

Self-hosted

Doctrine✓

Prisma✗

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

Prisma

Leader

8 total

AI SDK
Next.js
Hono
Vite
Supabase
Vercel Edge Functions
Cloudflare Workers
GitHub

Independently observed

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