# Pagination (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/prisma-client/queries/pagination)

Learn how to paginate Prisma Client query results with offset pagination and cursor-based pagination.

Location: ORM > v7 > Prisma Client > Queries > Pagination

Prisma Client supports both offset pagination and cursor-based pagination.

## Offset pagination

Use `skip` and `take` when you need page numbers or shallow navigation through a result set:

```ts
const posts = await prisma.post.findMany({
  skip: 20,
  take: 10,
});
```

Offset pagination is straightforward, but it becomes more expensive as the offset grows.

## Cursor-based pagination

Use `cursor` and `take` when you want stable, scalable pagination for feeds, timelines, or large datasets:

```ts
const firstPage = await prisma.post.findMany({
  take: 10,
  orderBy: {
    id: "asc",
  },
});

const lastPost = firstPage[firstPage.length - 1];

const nextPage = lastPost
  ? await prisma.post.findMany({
      take: 10,
      skip: 1,
      cursor: {
        id: lastPost.id,
      },
      orderBy: {
        id: "asc",
      },
    })
  : [];
```

## Which approach to choose

- Use offset pagination when users need to jump directly to a numbered page.
- Use cursor-based pagination when you care more about performance and consistency as the dataset grows.

## Related pages

- [Filtering and sorting](/guides/prisma-client-v7-queries-filtering-and-sorting)
- [Query Insights](/guides/manage-query-insights)
- [Prisma Client API reference](/guides/reference-6-v7-reference-prisma-client-reference)

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- [`Aggregation, grouping, and summarizing`](/guides/prisma-client-v7-queries-aggregation-grouping-summarizing): Use Prisma Client to aggregate, group by, count, and select distinct.
- [`CRUD`](/guides/prisma-client-v7-queries-crud): Learn how to perform create, read, update, and delete operations
- [`Excluding fields`](/guides/prisma-client-v7-queries-excluding-fields): Learn how to exclude fields from Prisma Client results with the omit option.
- [`Filtering and sorting`](/guides/prisma-client-v7-queries-filtering-and-sorting): Learn how to filter Prisma Client queries with where and sort results with orderBy.
- [`Full-text search`](/guides/prisma-client-v7-queries-full-text-search): Learn how to search text fields with Prisma Client using your database's native full-text search support.

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