Comparing
Lightweight TypeScript ORM with SQL-first design, zero magic, and edge-runtime support.
End-to-end type-safe APIs — share TypeScript types between server and client without code generation.
| Metric | drizzle-orm | @trpc/server |
|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm | npm |
| Difficulty | Intermediate ✓ | Advanced |
| Weekly downloads | 1.9M↑ | 1.2M |
| Latest version | v0.33.0 | v11.0.0 |
| Recipes | 2 | 2 |
drizzle-orm only
Shared
@trpc/server only
Edge runtimes (Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge), projects where you want full SQL control with types, lighter bundle size than Prisma, serverless environments.
Full-stack TypeScript monorepos, Next.js apps where frontend and backend share a codebase, projects where you want type safety without REST/GraphQL ceremony.
If you prefer Prisma's schema-first DX and Studio. Complex ORM features like polymorphism. Teams more comfortable with ActiveRecord-style ORMs.
Public APIs consumed by third parties (use REST or GraphQL). Polyglot teams where some consumers aren't TypeScript. Microservices with many separate repos.
drizzle-orm
@trpc/server