# Core Concepts

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:::card{title="What is Prisma ORM? (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/introduction/what-is-prisma)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-introduction-what-is-prisma"}
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:::card{title="Why Prisma ORM? (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/introduction/why-prisma)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-introduction-why-prisma"}
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:::card{title="Should you use Prisma ORM? (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/introduction/should-you-use-prisma)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-introduction-should-you-use-prisma"}
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:::card{title="Data modeling (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/introduction/data-modeling)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-introduction-data-modeling"}
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:::card{title="Data modeling (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/data-modeling)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-data-modeling"}
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:::card{title="Overview (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/supported-databases)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-supported-databases"}
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:::card{title="PostgreSQL (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/supported-databases/postgresql)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-supported-databases-postgresql"}
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:::card{title="MySQL (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/supported-databases/mysql)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-supported-databases-mysql"}
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:::card{title="SQLite (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/supported-databases/sqlite)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-supported-databases-sqlite"}
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:::card{title="SQL Server (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/supported-databases/sql-server)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-supported-databases-sql-server"}
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:::card{title="MongoDB (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/supported-databases/mongodb)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-supported-databases-mongodb"}
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:::card{title="Database drivers (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/supported-databases/database-drivers)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-supported-databases-database-drivers"}
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:::card{title="PostgreSQL (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/postgresql)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-postgresql"}
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:::card{title="MySQL/MariaDB (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/mysql)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-mysql"}
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:::card{title="SQLite (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/sqlite)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-sqlite"}
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:::card{title="Microsoft SQL Server (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/sql-server)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-sql-server"}
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:::card{title="SQL Server on Windows (local) (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/sql-server/sql-server-local)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-sql-server-sql-server-local"}
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:::card{title="SQL Server on Docker (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/sql-server/sql-server-docker)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-sql-server-sql-server-docker"}
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:::card{title="Prisma ORM MongoDB database connector (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/mongodb)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-mongodb"}
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:::card{title="Database drivers (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/database-drivers)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-database-drivers"}
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:::card{title="CockroachDB (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/cockroachdb)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-cockroachdb"}
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:::card{title="PlanetScale (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/planetscale)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-planetscale"}
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:::card{title="Neon (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/neon)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-neon"}
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:::card{title="Supabase (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/supabase)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-supabase"}
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:::card{title="Turso (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/turso)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-turso"}
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:::card{title="Cloudflare D1 (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/databases/cloudflare-d1)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-databases-cloudflare-d1"}
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:::card{title="Is Prisma ORM an ORM? (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/prisma-in-your-stack/is-prisma-an-orm)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-prisma-in-your-stack-is-prisma-an-orm"}
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:::card{title="GraphQL (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/prisma-in-your-stack/graphql)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-prisma-in-your-stack-graphql"}
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:::card{title="REST (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/prisma-in-your-stack/rest)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-prisma-in-your-stack-rest"}
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:::card{title="Fullstack (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/prisma-in-your-stack/fullstack)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-prisma-in-your-stack-fullstack"}
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:::card{title="Beyond Prisma ORM (Prisma ORM v6) (/docs/orm/v6/overview/beyond-prisma-orm)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v6-overview-beyond-prisma-orm"}
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:::card{title="API patterns (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/core-concepts/api-patterns)" href="/guides/core-concepts-v7-api-patterns"}
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## Related pages

- [Authentication & Tools](./authentication-tools-index.md)
- [Build](./build-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Concepts](./concepts-index.md)
- [Console commands](./console-commands-index.md)
- [Contract Authoring](./contract-authoring-index.md)
- [Data Modeling](./data-modeling-index.md)
- [Database](./database-index.md)
- [DB commands](./db-commands-index.md)
- [Deploy](./deploy-index.md)

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