No Prisma is not like JOOQ. We are happily using JOOQ internally at Prisma so i happen to know. The main differences in my opinion are: - JOOQ is a SQL Query Builder which is typesafe in regards to the fact that you cannot make SQL syntax errors in your query. However you can still write queries that are e.g. using a table that does not exist. In contrast the Prisma Client gets generated for all your tables and columns and this error is impossible. You also don't need to do any mapping from SQL result sets to your application models. - JOOQ is about SQL. Prisma is not only about SQL but also any other kind of database. Prismas architecture is comprised of a database agnostic core and database specific connectors. Therefore it can connect to any database for which a connector exists. Right now we have connectors for Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB. More are in the works and in the future people will be able to implement their own connectors :-) - Prisma has a migration system but JOOQ does not have one.