Comparisons

Learn how Prisma ORM compares to Mongoose

This page compares the Prisma ORM and Mongoose APIs. If you want to learn how to migrate from Mongoose to Prisma, check out this guide.

Prisma ORM

const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
  where: {
    id: 1,
  },
});

Mongoose

const result = await User.findById(1);

Prisma ORM

const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
  where: {
    id: 1,
  },
  select: {
    name: true,
  },
});

Mongoose

const user = await User.findById(1).select(["name"]);

Prisma ORM

Mongoose

const userWithPost = await User.findById(2).populate("post");

Prisma ORM

const posts = await prisma.post.findMany({
  where: {
    title: {
      contains: "Hello World",
    },
  },
});

Mongoose

const posts = await Post.find({
  title: "Hello World",
});

Prisma ORM

Prisma ORM generates many additional filters that are commonly used in modern application development.

Mongoose

Mongoose exposes the MongoDB query selectors as filter criteria.

Prisma ORM

Prisma ORM lets you filter a list based on a criteria that applies not only to the models of the list being retrieved, but to a relation of that model.

For example, the following query returns users with one or more posts with "Hello" in the title:

const posts = await prisma.user.findMany({
  where: {
    Post: {
      some: {
        title: {
          contains: "Hello",
        },
      },
    },
  },
});

Mongoose

Mongoose doesn't offer a dedicated API for relation filters. You can get similar functionality by adding an additional step to filter the results returned by the query.

Prisma ORM

Cursor-style pagination:

const page = prisma.post.findMany({
  before: {
    id: 242,
  },
  last: 20,
});

Offset pagination:

const cc = prisma.post.findMany({
  skip: 200,
  first: 20,
});

Mongoose

const posts = await Post.find({
  skip: 200,
  limit: 20,
});

Prisma ORM

const user = await prisma.user.create({
  data: {
    name: "Alice",
    email: "alice@prisma.io",
  },
});

Mongoose

Prisma ORM

const user = await prisma.user.update({
  data: {
    name: "Alicia",
  },
  where: {
    id: 2,
  },
});

Mongoose

Prisma ORM

const user = prisma.user.delete({
  where: {
    id: 10,
  },
});

Mongoose

await User.deleteOne({ _id: 10 });

Prisma ORM

const users = await prisma.user.deleteMany({
  where: {
    id: {
      in: [1, 2, 6, 6, 22, 21, 25],
    },
  },
});

Mongoose

await User.deleteMany({ id: { $in: [1, 2, 6, 6, 22, 21, 25] } });