Prisma Accelerate Has a Free API — Global Edge Caching for Your Database Queries

What if your Prisma queries were cached at the edge — globally distributed, with automatic invalidation?

Prisma Accelerate adds a global cache and connection pooling layer to any Prisma-powered application.

Why Prisma Accelerate

• Edge caching — cache database queries at 300+ global locations
• Connection pooling — no more "too many connections" errors in serverless
• Zero code changes — swap your connection string, caching just works
• Cache strategies — TTL-based, SWR (stale-while-revalidate)
• Works with any database — Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, CockroachDB
• Free tier — 6,000 queries/month + connection pooling

Quick Start

# Just change your connection string
DATABASE_URL="prisma://accelerate.prisma-data.net/?api_key=YOUR_KEY"

import { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
import { withAccelerate } from "@prisma/extension-accelerate";

const prisma = new PrismaClient().$extends(withAccelerate());

// Cached query — served from edge, not your database
const posts = await prisma.post.findMany({
  where: { published: true },
  cacheStrategy: {
    ttl: 60, // Cache for 60 seconds
    swr: 120, // Serve stale for 120s while revalidating
  },
});

Connection Pooling

Without Accelerate, serverless functions open a new database connection per request. With 100 concurrent requests, that is 100 connections — most databases max out.

Accelerate pools connections automatically. Your serverless functions share connections through the proxy, eliminating connection exhaustion.

Real Use Case

A Next.js app on Vercel hit "too many connections" errors at 50 concurrent users. The team considered PgBouncer (DevOps overhead) and Supabase pooler (migration risk). Prisma Accelerate solved it by changing one environment variable. Connection errors disappeared, and frequently-read data loaded 3x faster from edge cache.

When to Use Prisma Accelerate

• Serverless apps hitting connection limits
• Read-heavy apps that benefit from edge caching
• Prisma projects wanting global performance
• Any Prisma app — zero code changes required

Get Started

Visit prisma.io/accelerate — free tier, one-line setup.

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