Comparison

PgBeam vs Prisma Accelerate

No ORM lock-in, no per-query billing. Prisma Accelerate is a managed PostgreSQL proxy tightly integrated with the Prisma ORM. PgBeam provides the same caching and pooling but works with any PostgreSQL driver or ORM without metering every query.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Prisma Accelerate	PgBeam
Connection pooling	Yes	Yes
Query caching	Yes	Yes
ORM lock-in	Prisma only	None (any driver/ORM)
Per-query billing	Yes	No
Multi-region	Yes	Yes
Code changes required	Prisma client required	No (connection string swap)
Works with raw SQL	Through Prisma only	Yes (any client)

When to use Prisma Accelerate

Already using Prisma and want integrated caching
Per-query cache control via Prisma client
Per-query billing fits your usage pattern

When to use PgBeam

Any ORM or driver: Drizzle, Knex, pgx, SQLAlchemy, Django
No per-query billing
Zero code changes, just swap the connection string

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