This table shows a comparison of notable and available ORM software products.

SoftwarePlatformAvailabilityLicenseVersionPersistence Specification
Apache CayenneJavaOpen sourceApache License 2.04.2.3 / 2025-11-13; 5 months ago
Dapper.NET 4.0Open sourceApache License 2.01.8 NuGet
DataNucleusJavaOpen sourceApache License 24.1.0.RELEASE / May 19, 2015JDO
DBIx::ClassPerlOpen sourceArtistic License 1.0 & GPL0.082843 / May 17, 2022(2022-05-17)
DjangoPythonOpen sourceBSD licenses6.0 3 December 2025; 4 months ago
DoctrinePHPOpen sourceMIT2.14.1 / January 16, 2023
EclipseLinkJavaOpen sourceEclipse Public License Version 1.0 (EPL) and Eclipse Distribution License Version 1.0 (EDL)2.4.2 / July 4, 2013JPA 2.0
Entity Framework Core.NETOpen SourceApache License 2.06.0 / November 10, 2021
HibernateJavaOpen sourceGNU Lesser General Public License5.4.31 / April 30, 2021JPA 2.0
MyBatis/iBATISCross-platformOpen sourceApache License 2.0
jOOQJavaOpen sourceApache License 2.0 and Proprietary License3.2.0 / October 9, 2013
Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework.NET Framework 4.5Part of .NET 4.5Apache License 2.0v6.0 (2014)
nHibernate.NET Framework 4.6.1Open sourceGNU Lesser General Public License5.3.12 (2022-05-01)
RedBeanPHPPHPOpen sourceBSD License2025-05-29; 10 months ago 5.7.5
SQLAlchemyPythonOpen sourceMIT License2026-04-03; 12 days ago 2.0.49
SQLObjectPythonOpen sourceLGPL2025-12-08 / 3.13.1
SkipperPHPCommercialProprietary software3.0
StormPythonOpen sourceLGPL 2.10.20 / June 28, 2013(2013-06-28)
TopLinkJavaCommercialOracle License10gJPA

See also

External links

  • .NET LINQ ORM Comparison – Updated 30 July 2010