Layoff
Jul 2026Prisma cut 28% of the team, or 21 employees, as part of a GTM restructuring tied to overexpansion, redundancy, and macro conditions.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Prisma is a remote-first TypeScript data platform centered on Prisma ORM, with Prisma Postgres and Prisma Compute extending the product into managed database and app-hosting infrastructure.
Primary product
Prisma ORM
Founded
2016
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Team size
40-50
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Developer tools / database infrastructure
Offices
Berlin, Germany
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
open-source software
usage-based SaaS
enterprise support
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
COO
Head of Engineering
Head of Product
Founders
Co-founder, Board Member
Work & culture
Remote-first, globally distributed, and startup-like, with explicit company values around transparency, curiosity, solidarity, and accountability.
Work style
Remote
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public postings describe competitive base salary, stock options, and US benefits; no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
stock options with a 10-year exercise window
flexible working hours
24 vacation days per year
4 mental health days per year
20 weeks paid parental leave
6-week paid sabbatical after 3 years
tech budget
ergonomic chair subsidy
access to co-working spaces
US 401(k) matching
US medical, dental, and vision coverage
relocation assistance
Product & market
Pricing
Prisma ORM is free and open source; Prisma Postgres and Prisma Accelerate use freemium, usage-based operation pricing with paid tiers and enterprise terms.
Differentiators
- —schema-first type-safe ORM with generated client
- —integrated platform spanning ORM, managed Postgres, and compute
- —Prisma Studio GUI
- —operation-based billing for managed services
- —managed connection pooling
- —remote-friendly developer experience
- —large open-source community
- —edge/runtime modernization via TypeScript/WASM architecture
Technology
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Rust
WebAssembly
Node.js
Bun
Docker
GitHub Actions
Cloudflare
Vercel
React
Kubernetes
Terraform
GraphQL
MySQL
SQLite
Customers
TypeScript developers
teams building modern web applications
startups
AI agent builders
backend engineering teams
developers using PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB
Competitors
Drizzle ORM
TypeORM
Kysely
ZenStack
Hasura
Supabase
Neon
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
1.1M
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
Prisma blog · Jul 2026
Prisma Compute began provisioning isolated branch databases to reduce migration collisions and support safer expand-and-contract workflows.
Prisma blog · Jul 2026
Prisma said it would reduce team size by 28% (21 people) to reset GTM focus, citing overhiring in commercial functions, redundancy, and macro conditions.
Prisma blog · Jul 2026
Prisma Studio gained a migrations timeline view for Prisma Next databases, exposing applied migrations, SQL, and schema diffs.
Prisma blog · Jul 2026
Prisma added Prisma Postgres to Stripe Projects so developers can provision databases from the Stripe CLI and move closer to agent-driven setup flows.
Prisma blog · Jun 2026
Prisma Compute entered public beta as TypeScript app hosting tied closely to Prisma Postgres and positioned for agents and long-lived processes.
Jobs and careers at Prisma
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