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Prisma Compute

The story of Prisma Compute: TypeScript app hosting that runs on the same infrastructure as your database. From the public beta launch to the runtime engineering underneath.

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Prisma Compute is now GA
AnnouncementAugust 26, 2026Updated October 13, 2026

Prisma Compute is now GA

Prisma Compute is GA: deploy a TypeScript app and its Prisma Postgres database together, with a preview and an isolated database for every branch you push. What changed since the beta, what it costs, and how to start.

Søren Bramer Schmidt
Søren Bramer Schmidt
How We Moved Prisma's Control Plane to Prisma Postgres Without Downtime
Prisma PostgresOctober 26, 2026

How We Moved Prisma's Control Plane to Prisma Postgres Without Downtime

How Prisma migrated 83 tables and 74 GB from Amazon RDS to Prisma Postgres with zero downtime using logical replication, and kept a rollback open for a week.

Kristof Siket
Ankur Datta
Kristof Siket, Ankur Datta
One ChatGPT Plugin To Deploy It All
AnnouncementOctober 26, 2026

One ChatGPT Plugin To Deploy It All

The official Prisma plugin for ChatGPT connects ChatGPT and Codex to Prisma ORM, Prisma Postgres, and Prisma Compute, so you can build, set up the database, and deploy from one prompt.

Ankur Datta
Ankur Datta
Railway's security incident: How to secure your Prisma Postgres database, and what to do next
EducationOctober 23, 2026

Railway's security incident: How to secure your Prisma Postgres database, and what to do next

Using Prisma Postgres on Railway? How to replace your database credentials after the October 21 incident, secure your other secrets, and what to do next.

Ankur Datta
Ankur Datta
How to host a test version of your app without replacing production (2026)
EducationOctober 15, 2026Updated October 26, 2026

How to host a test version of your app without replacing production (2026)

Deploy a branch to a preview or staging URL with a test database; only main deploys production. How Fly.io, Netlify, Prisma Compute, Railway, Render and Vercel do it.

Gregory Boch
Gregory Boch
We closed 330 of your most-requested issues with Prisma ORM 8
ORMOctober 12, 2026

We closed 330 of your most-requested issues with Prisma ORM 8

Prisma ORM 8 resolves 330 open GitHub issues carrying about 8,922 upvotes, the oldest from 2019: typed JSON, polymorphism, partial unique indexes, PostGIS, pgvector, TypeScript migrations and more.

Ankur Datta
Ankur Datta
Prisma ORM Manifesto 2026: Open, Extensible, Collaborative
ORMOctober 2, 2026

Prisma ORM Manifesto 2026: Open, Extensible, Collaborative

The five principles behind Prisma ORM 8: an open framework and ecosystem, tools that are safe to delegate, exceptional DX, modern JavaScript, and stewardship.

Will Madden
Will Madden
App hosting platforms with managed Postgres compared (2026): Prisma Compute, Railway, Render, Fly.io, Supabase, Neon and Vercel
PlatformSeptember 30, 2026Updated October 26, 2026

App hosting platforms with managed Postgres compared (2026): Prisma Compute, Railway, Render, Fly.io, Supabase, Neon and Vercel

Prisma Compute, Railway, Render, Fly.io, Supabase, Neon and Vercel compared for an app next to managed Postgres: previews, idle cost, pooling, backups and prices.

Gregory Boch
Gregory Boch
Hosting and managed Postgres options for your startup's first 100 paying users (2026)
PlatformSeptember 24, 2026Updated October 26, 2026

Hosting and managed Postgres options for your startup's first 100 paying users (2026)

For a startup's first 100 paying users: a managed PaaS (Prisma Compute, Render or Railway) and managed Postgres (Prisma Postgres, Neon or Supabase) in one region, with pooling, backups and staging, then what to add as you scale.

Gregory Boch
Gregory Boch
Neon alternatives with app hosting and Postgres in one place (2026): Prisma Postgres + Prisma Compute, Railway, Render and Supabase compared
PlatformSeptember 24, 2026Updated October 26, 2026

Neon alternatives with app hosting and Postgres in one place (2026): Prisma Postgres + Prisma Compute, Railway, Render and Supabase compared

Neon alternatives compared on app hosting and Postgres in one place: Prisma Postgres + Prisma Compute, Railway, Render and Supabase, with 2026 prices.

Gregory Boch
Gregory Boch
The new way to use Prisma ORM 8 in NestJS
ORMSeptember 24, 2026

The new way to use Prisma ORM 8 in NestJS

Prisma ORM 8 replaces the extends-PrismaClient service in NestJS with one shared client and plain query helpers. Scaffold, query, and deploy to Prisma Compute.

Ankur Datta
Ankur Datta